#like putting a tampon near an adolescent boy

[shallowseeker]

Misha Collins / Cas became the scapegoat in terms of relying on him to absorb the full weight of the queer that the entire team, from the other actors to writers to editors knowingly bathed in and narratively wrote to. :)

[readingfreak]

we carry tampons like concealed weapons

10 years old First ever sex ed class The girls and the boys are segregated into separate rooms So there’s nothing to laugh that and so there’s nothing to blush at Yet the entire student body still giggles in the halls when someone says the “p” word Why is our genitalia a legend or a myth that doesn’t exist within the lockers of my PE class My biology education was built on the foundation of whispered conversations passed down like a game of telephone By the time the story gets to me it sounds like a skit with a laugh reel And I can’t tell which story is real Just a pre-adolescent trying to be present but at least I’m here

13 years old On summer vacation one trip to the bathroom and now she’s a woman A spot of red makes her face go red and when she asks for advice someone slips her a flower patterned pencil bag to carry those tampons and pads in It’s how our own mothers unintentionally shaming begins Because everyone’s afraid to say vagina out loud And because everyone’s using slang phrases and cute nouns in the place of that private body part The one that’s only a part of our human anatomy Vagina You’d swear that those organs were so vulgar, the equivalent to a cuss word Words so dirty not even our mouths want to hold them Words we drop to the floor but there’s no five second rule here

16 years old Leftover rumors from the soccer team that when your cherry pops it will be painful Suddenly girls my age are giving blowjobs on prom night I ask if that’s safe and they all roll their eyes “It’s just oral” And what’s confusing to me is being more OK with putting your face near a penis When my high school never taught me how girls can feel pleasure Please point to the diagram and tell me what a clit is We have our driver’s license and have also been trained so discreetly to not let anyone know when our period is Yet boys still claim PMS is the reason for our rage And chocolate and ice cream can fix that Close your ears and close your eyes for this natural cycle is nasty It’s bodily fluids coming out from “down there” It’s the reason we carry tampons to restrooms like concealed weapons that don’t belong here

19 years old If you haven’t had sex yet you’re probably a prude Too naïve to let a man’s dick puncture your skin in the rhythm he decides And yet everyone tells you it’s a good time Bragging about bases and what positions you’ve tried How come my own reproductive organs still feel like a mystery?

23 years old Working in an office 80% male She reaches in her purse pulls out a tampon and shoves it into her front pocket like she’s done 1000 times How come being a woman feels like committing a crime?