THIS NEEDS TO BE WATCHED.

THIS IS THE STORY OF MOST WOMEN MY AGE (STRAIGHT OR OTHERWISE), AS TOLD THROUGH THE LENS OF BIRTH CONTROL.

SO MANY WOMEN ARE TOLD THEY ARE CRAZY, OR MOODY, OR SNAPPY, OR CRANKY.... SO MANY WOMEN CRY MORE before their period. SOME WOMEN BATTLE WITH cyclical DEPRESSION.

SOME WOMEN ARE LUCKY AND DON'T HAVE PMS, BUT THEY DO HAVE CRAMPS. SOME WOMEN ARE REALLY UNLUCKY AND HAVE PMS PLUS CRAMPS. SOME WOMEN DENY THAT THEY HAVE PMS BUT ALL OTHER WOMEN CAN TELL WHEN SAID PMS DENIER IS ABOUT TO GET HER PERIOD. SOME WOMEN BLEED FOR MORE THAN 7 DAYS. SOME WOMEN BREAK OUT IN THEIR 30S. SOME WOMEN DON'T DON'T GET THEIR PERIODS REGULARLY AND DON'T KNOW WHY.

ALL WOMEN ARE TOLD THAT THESE VARIOUS ISSUES CAN BE SOLVED WITH BIRTH CONTROL. ALL WOMEN ARE ALSO TOLD THAT BIRTH CONTROL COULD BE THE CAUSE OF SOME OF THE ABOVE.

FOR SOME REASON THE VIDEO'S EFFICACY IN TELLING A VERY PERSONAL SIDE OF A TABOO THING MAKES ME BOTH ANGRY AND FEEL LIBERATED. MEN THINK THEY KNOW WHAT WE GO THROUGH BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT BIRTH CONTROL HAS SIDE EFFECTS. THEY HAVE NO IDEA.

MY ENTIRE LIFE (UNTIL I GOT MARRIED) I CALENDARED MY CYCLE TO THE POINT OF OBSESSION, AND EVERY WOMAN I KNOW HAS HER OWN VERSION OF THE STORY IN THIS VIDEO. I'VE PERSONALLY GONE THROUGH 5 TYPES OF BIRTH CONTROL IN MY LIFETIME IN A TRIAL AND ERROR TYPE OF DISCOVERY.

SELECTING BIRTH CONTROL IS ALWAYS SETTLING, IT'S LIKE CHOOSING THE LESSER EVIL. AND RIGHT NOW THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE VERY MUCH PROGRESS ON THIS. THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF OUR OPTIONS RADICALLY CHANGING ANY TIME SOON. EQUALITY FOR WOMEN IS CURRENTLY BEING ENGULFED BY INTERSECTIONALITY, AND STILL WE HAVE GENDER SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT SEEM TO BE LEFT OUT OF THE CONVERSATION... EXCEPT WHEN WE GET TO TALK ABOUT OUR PERIODS, THE ONE TOPIC EVERYONE ELSE WHO DOESN'T MENSTRUATE SEEMS TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE HEARING ABOUT.

SMDH. LE SIGH...