Livetweeting is nothing new. We all do it, some more rigorously than others, from concert updates to having our say throughout the new Made in Chelsea episode but this new hashtag doing the rounds on twitter is getting very personal, and hilarious. Periods. It's not the first thing you think about sharing with your hundreds of followers but that's exactly what women all over the world are doing.
All women know that bad period cramps feel like your insides are being ripped out but most of us bravely suffer in silence, or take all our hormonal anger out on the nearest, unfortunate human, but now, kind of like a support group, you can share your traumatising monthly ordeal with the world, in an hilarious manner.
#LiveTweetYourPeriod has been around for a number of months but its popularity has been refuelled thanks to a New York Times Magazine article published last week.
In her post, Our Bodies, Our Feeds, Jenna Wortham stated that while the hashtag appears as women feeling sorry for each other, it is something more than this:
On the surface, this seems like little more than communal commiseration, but to me, it felt like something bigger: a microprotest against a modern paradox. Social media is saturated with images of hypersexualized women, but these are rarely considered as scandalous as content that dares to reveal how a woman’s body actually functions.
Her hope is that the hashtag will help to "normalise, desexualise and destigmatise" a topic that has been "shrouded in shame for far too long".
Have a look at some of the best tweets using #LiveTweetYourPeriod
Bosses the world over, take note. This needs to happen
I feel like the first two days of periods, should be a mandatory work-off. If only. #LiveTweetYourPeriod
— Tanisha Chadha (@tanishachadha) June 23, 2015
The fear is real. DON'T DO IT
Disarming a bomb is less stressful than realizing you have to sneeze. #LiveTweetYourPeriod pic.twitter.com/t1ekFlsRck
— Alice the Author (@LittleAlice06) June 22, 2015
No they ain't
These ovaries ain't loyal #livetweetyourperiod
— ck (@caitlinkellogg) June 12, 2015
A plus side?
Happy celebrate-not-accidentally-getting-pregnant-this-month day #livetweetyourperiod pic.twitter.com/lL5eQJIEBl
— Charlotte (@CharlTaylorPage) May 23, 2015
Questionable
Hot water bottle, comfort food and reality TV at the ready
Is there no end to the torture?
Feeling like someone is yanking on your insides with a fishing rod while simultaneously punching your boobs #livetweetyourperiod #hell
— Natalié (@natalieemma11) June 22, 2015
Do you think we are made of money, uterus?
I ate like seven meals today, and yet my uterus is telling me to eat more. I can't afford this damn organ #livetweetyourperiod
— Taylor Mulcahey (@t_mulc) February 23, 2015
This isn't even an exaggeration
I honestly feel like I'm dying.. Do chickens feel this when they lay eggs?... #livetweetyourperiod pic.twitter.com/8VLNjgUpey
— That Trouble Causing Mutineer (@SadAndYellow) April 28, 2015
That triumphant moment
Until next time, goodbye
Folks, I'd like to thank you for enduring this #livetweetyourperiod & hope to see everyone participating next month!
— This Machine Kills Fascists (@RoyalHoeliness) January 31, 2015
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