It disturbs me that most of the comments to this article are "horrifically gross" and "vile" and insinuate that the woman is mentally disturbed (since when did menstrual blood become so absolutely horrifically disgusting that anyone who touched it, or tried to see something positive in it, must be "mentally ill"?)
In the end menstrual blood IS just blood, and blood is just red liquid, and red liquid is just paint. Our culture has such a strong stigma and taboo against menstruation that we can barely even talk about it (particularly in front of men).
This woman has inspired me to do a canvas painting of my own with menstrual blood (and then coat it with resin or something). There will be no way anyone who sees it (other than me) will know that it was menstrual blood and not paint, so should it even matter once the final product is completed? If I have to go through as much pain as I do each month, at least I will have done something productive with it.
I don't consider my menstrual blood gross at all (it IS just blood). Women and girls have to deal with it every month, so it would sure help us if our society wasn't like, "Eww!! Gross!!" at the mere sight of it.
In the end menstrual blood IS just blood, and blood is just red liquid, and red liquid is just paint. Our culture has such a strong stigma and taboo against menstruation that we can barely even talk about it (particularly in front of men).
This woman has inspired me to do a canvas painting of my own with menstrual blood (and then coat it with resin or something). There will be no way anyone who sees it (other than me) will know that it was menstrual blood and not paint, so should it even matter once the final product is completed? If I have to go through as much pain as I do each month, at least I will have done something productive with it.
I don't consider my menstrual blood gross at all (it IS just blood). Women and girls have to deal with it every month, so it would sure help us if our society wasn't like, "Eww!! Gross!!" at the mere sight of it.