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She said you came in this world enveloped in the same blood, but you may not remember.
He asked how it felt like bleeding every month.
She said it’s a blissful feeling, a feeling unexplained.
To this he asked, don’t you feel gross seeing blood tricking down every month.
Pin drop silence from his end, an attempt to hide in shame,
Though she remained unfazed and calm all through the game.
After the silence came his next question,Why do women bleed?
To this she replied women bleed to reproduce to recreate.
He went on to ask how she dealt with cramps and back pain.
She said , bleeding for 12 years now and a hot water bag has been her companion.
While his questions refused to end,She proudly proclaimed!
Yes I bleed
I bleed for good,
I bleed for a new life ,
Yes I bleed.
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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