period week

7/6/20

“I believe that our identity is at risk. That when we actually don’t care about these difficult things, the positive and wonderful things are nonetheless implicated.

We love innovation.

We love technology.

We love creativity.

We love entertainment.

But ultimately, those realities are shadowed by suffering, abuse, degradation, marginalization. And for me, it becomes necessary to integrate the two.

… I’ve come to TED because I believe that many of you understand that the moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

That we cannot be full, evolved human beings until we care about human rights and basic dignity. That all of our survival is tied to the survival of everyone.

That our visions of technology and design and entertainment and creativity –

have to be married

with visions of humanity, compassion, and justice.”

– Bryan Stevenson 2012 Ted Talk

7/8/20

I love and I thanked God today that I am able to be home when I get my period. Because I had to use the bathroom like 3 times in 2 hours when I first got it today, and I felt better I could do this without having to walk in front of everyone on my way to bathroom as at the office. I also got bad cramps and chills and sudden exhaustion like sometimes happens, and my eyes were involuntarily closing and I felt so bad and had to lie down and I COULD lie down while I was working (still working from home). It just gave me so much comfort, to be in my own bed taking as much care of myself as I could while the bad feeling passed. I’m really grateful that I can get sick here for the two hours I need to feel sick, instead of trying to fight to appear normal at work, when this happens. When I have period sickness at work, it just compounds the bad feeling because on top of the physical discomfort, there is also the mental burden of trying to look like I’m fine when I’m not. I just feel so much better and cared for when I’m at home.