Women are hitting back at Donald Trump by live-tweeting their periods to him
Periods aren't new. Neither are women's live-tweets about them. But since Donald Trump's comment Friday that Fox News' Megyn Kelly "had blood coming out of her wherever," the movement has taken a more targeted, political approach.
As part of the Periods Are Not An Insult campaign, women are pushing back against Trump's misogyny by giving him a hilarious, personal play-by-play of their periods to show him they can't be shamed by a normal biological process.
Some women generously offered to share supplies with Trump.
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Others reminded him their opinions had nothing to do with their ovaries.
Trump cherishes women, so it only seems fair for him to also cherish receiving detailed descriptions of their menstrual blood.
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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.