"i bleed each month to help make humankind a
possibility. my womb is home to the divine. a source of life for our species. whether
i choose to create or not. but very few times it is seen that way .. in older
civilizations this blood was considered holy. in some it still is. but a
majority of people. societies. and communities shun this natural process. Some
are more comfortable with the purification of women.
the sexualization of
women. the violence and degradation of women than this. they cannot be bothered
to express their disgust about all that. but will be angered and bothered by
this. we menstruate and they see it as dirty. attention seeking. sick. a
burden. as if this process is less natural than breathing. as if it is not a
bridge between this universe and the last. as if this process is not love.
labour. life. selfless and strikingly beautiful."
When Kaur took to Instagram
to post the photo, shown below, the social media app claimed that it violated
its community guidelines, so it took it down after two attempts of posting it.
Kaur did not back down and posted it for a third time with her message to
Instagram:
No comments:
Post a Comment