MagdaleneJaneway
Jason ScottInternet Archive now has a menstruation information and history library, since we now live in a world with Florida bill 1069, which bans the mention of periods before sixth grade in Florida public schools.
Library is universally available:
Ross Andrews@textfiles No it doesn't. Here is the text of the bill: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1069/?Tab=BillText
novemberA sponsor of the bill seems to believe that it does, in fact.
> The bill is sponsored by Republican Florida state Representative Stan McClain ... Ashley Gantt questioned ... "So if little girls experience their menstrual cycle in fifth grade or fourth grade, will that prohibit conversations from them since they are in the grade lower than sixth grade?" ... McClain responded, "It would."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-bill-ban-menstruation-education-elementary-school/
So it's very good to have other available resources.
Of course, if the bill would not actually ban teaching kids younger than sixth grade about menstruation, that's great! But I'd want to hear that from someone who actually wrote the bill.
Dudley of Yesterzine 
@textfiles Big surprise how this guy’s bio begins isn’t it? (If it’s not clear I’m replying to a dickhead conservative in your mentions but I also immediately blocked him because see above)
root42@textfiles what went wrong in DeSantis life to mess up FL so badly? Thanks for your great service of providing essential educational material!
Luna:babaw_is: NOT 
@root42 @textfiles as someone else (I don't remember who) posted today, if it's illegal in the EU it's probably violating human rights, and if it's illegal in Florida it's probably a human right
James R.chrisisgr8 (@[email protected])
i like how "illegal in the EU" means it probably violated a human right and "illegal in florida" means it probably is a human right
RevJeber@textfiles @Ruth_Mottram
What’s going to happen to a teacher who refers to a war as “the bloodiest period in history”?
What’s going to happen to a teacher who refers to a war as “the bloodiest period in history”?
𝓛 𝓪 𝓫 𝓸 𝓾 𝓻 𝔀 𝓪 𝓿 𝓮 1864 🟥⬛️@textfiles fucked up that this needs to exist but dope that it does
Ainebet@textfiles I got my period in 5th grade. Wtf.
Crochetcat@ainebet @textfiles Same. Grateful to have had the class, since mom just handed me a book. “Let me know if you have any questions”. 😐
@Crochetcat @textfiles I honestly learned more from the Tampax first period kit than anything else. My mom did help with that. But most other things health related and certainly sex related were never talked about in my house.
@ainebet @textfiles I’d say we had the same parents, but I’m old enough that mom started me out with “the belt”. Not exactly made for comfort.
@Crochetcat @textfiles I'm an elder millennial, no belt, but we got spankings, which my adopted mom called "putches" which I guess was supposed to make them seem cuter?? Idk. 😒
@Crochetcat @textfiles oh we're talking about different belts. Yeah thank goddess I at least had thin maxi pads and tampons to work with. Whew.
JC@textfiles Why is it always Florida??
Elissa Nyer@textfiles Tragic that this is necessary. Thank you for the resource link.
Thomas collins@amazing_collin @textfiles How’s it going?
@elissatasha @textfiles it’s going great I would like to know you more and better
Julie Webgirl@textfiles
Oh. Ohhhhhh.... Ok. PHEW! I read that at first, cynic that I am, that there was a database of women and their menstruation history, etc..
Oh. Ohhhhhh.... Ok. PHEW! I read that at first, cynic that I am, that there was a database of women and their menstruation history, etc..
Elizabeth@textfiles So what do we say to 4th graders who get their first period in the middle of a test? (Not a hypothetical situation.)
@avertexofmyown are they in Florida?
@textfiles Not in my case, but I’m sure some will be. And parents don’t realize they need to give some preparation to girls under, say, 12.
Deadly Headshot@textfiles
Does that mean that Floridian ISPs will start blocking the internet archive though? I recently changed mobile phone providers (not from choice) and the new one blocked the archive as NSFW content unless I turned on adult mode and proved I was 18+...
Does that mean that Floridian ISPs will start blocking the internet archive though? I recently changed mobile phone providers (not from choice) and the new one blocked the archive as NSFW content unless I turned on adult mode and proved I was 18+...
@dheadshot excited to see
Andrew Pappas@dheadshot @textfiles what mobile phone provider is blocking content on your phone? Do you know why?
@AndrewPappas
It's usual for a provider here to block 18+ content by default. The problem is the misclassification of a library as an adult site!
@textfiles
It's usual for a provider here to block 18+ content by default. The problem is the misclassification of a library as an adult site!
@textfiles
@dheadshot @textfiles where is that normal? Florida?
@dheadshot @textfiles sorry about that! It wasn’t clear and I was not aware that the UK did that.
Da_BoomAh yes, because it's not possible for people to get periods before sixth grade. /s
God, sometimes I'm glad I don't live in America - what in the ever loving fuck is happening over there?
PixiePancake@textfiles As a 5th grade teacher, I can attest that many girls need information and access to menstrual supplies by or before the 5th grade.
Gemma Rex@textfiles Thank you for sharing this. This is the first I've heard about the bill, but it sounds like another step in legislating enslavement. The less civilians know about their bodies, the more power the state has over them.
It's an abuser dynamic, too. Taking away a person's knowledge of themself can make them dependent on the abuser.
Stu Duerson, machina exo deus
Annette Licitra@textfiles As someone who first got their period in fourth grade, at age 9, I appreciate everyone having this resource. My teacher and my mom worked together so that I wouldn’t be scared, embarrassed or misinformed. I feel bad for the girls in Florida.
Jason E Miller@textfiles OMFG. I haven't waded into this dB yet, myself, but why aren't people running at it with torches and pitchforks?!
@textfiles I tried to do my duty and load the site, but it is 'offline'.
Will try again in a couple hours.
@jasonemiller power outage, now recovering
jojo@textfiles i misread this as masturbation
@textfiles Ahhh! The database has such a variety of information. I'm not sure this database makes anyone vulnerable. (But ALL should be sensitive to the possibility and NOT contribute their personal data.)
xanatax 🐰@textfiles … Thank you!
& worst/best hot-take:
(knowing this *can* be a thing for a small %, in 3rd, 4th, & 5th grade)
fine. actually, medical stuff, for small children …
teachers don’t get paid enough to deal with this. 🤷♀️ #PayTeachersMore
how about, maybe your Family Doctor should deal with this?
and everyone should have a GP! #medicare4all
(and for this one, almost any smart Dr. will refer this off to their best Nurse.) 🤷♀️ #PayNursesMore
🤪
@textfiles … worked in a school, in a foreign country, once … so, we had basically zero expectation of gov’t support with anything, anywhere. 🤦♀️🤣
we had a School Nurse who definitely had to help a few kids with this. She didn’t get paid enough to do the job, in general. This topic … I saw how much she did, with no help. 🫡
We were all undervalued … but she was *invaluable,* as these thing go. 💜
The Turtle@textfiles ah, yes, Florida, where some dumbshit guy will probably try to pass a law making it illegal to get your period before sixth grade. And some other dumbshit guys will vote for it, and the prime asshole will sign it.
Erotic Mythology 🌹@textfiles You've probably seen this, @vagina_museum, but tagging you just in case 🩸
Mark de Vries 🇪🇺@textfiles Very good initiative. I donated to encourage this, even tho in Europe we don’t have these ridiculous laws.
Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅@textfiles Wow ... I guess it's too bad for the young people who begin menstruating before that, as some of my friends did ... and whose parents may not be as forthcoming with information as one might like.
I'd say it's unbelievable, but here we are.
PirateJoie@textfiles Its tragic that we’ve come to this. Fascified education is no education at all.