04.02.06
The Red Menace 2: Electric Boogaloo
As a dame, I can say with great authority that being on the rag sucks. My Aunt Scarlet is visiting me right now, and the worst part about it is going to the bathroom and wiping away thick red chunks with toilet paper. Well, they’re usually red, but it’s towards the end of my period now so they’re more of a reddish black and have the consistency of snot. It’s every bit as appetizing as it sounds, I assure you.
But that’s besides the point. The point is that while it can be argued that I am a little off in the head, there are some broads out there with so many screws loose that they think painting pictures with their menstrual blood is a good idea. And not just finger-painting on their bodies, oh no. I’m talking Bristol board, watercolor brushes, then crosshatching with black ink. And it’s not just a handful of chicks doing this, it’s a bustling Livejournal community with nearly 500 members.
Before I discuss the drawings I feel I need to explain menstrual cups, one of which you can see in the photo below:
Before menstrual cups were around women had to put something absorbent in or near their cooch, which soaked up all the blood. By comparison, menstrual cups are inserted and catch each little drop of blood, which stays there until the girl removes it and dumps it out. Well, some girls had the bright idea of using the collected blood to paint with, and the results are contained in this entry.
Most of the time the paintings are drawings of awkward women or vulvas or flowers, like so:
But sometimes drawing female imagery isn’t enough, and they feel the need to draw pop culture icons with their blood. I was horrified enough to find this community in the first place, so you can imagine my surprise when I saw my favorite Star Wars characters rendered in blood.
Is that all? No, of course not! There’s also this heartwarming drawing of Matthew McConaughey:
In a roundabout way I can comprehend drawing vulvas and pixies out of your own blood, it’s all very feminine and this could be a way of reclaiming womanhood or some new age retro hippie bullshit, but Matthew McConaughey? He doesn’t really strike me as a symbol of fertility and the Goddess element in all of us.
But then again, neither does Megaman and they fucking painted him with their uterine linings, too!
So by all means go to the blood_art community and watch a bunch of Boho and goth chicks paint shit with their cooters, but don’t say I didn’t warn you.
And let it be known that I witnessed Rob coin the term “muff marinara” last night, so if the term takes off I can look all smug and say “Yeah, you know the term ‘muff marinara’? I KNOW THAT GUY!” and then everyone will want to touch me. Unless they read this entry and know about my snot-like black menses, in which case I guess they won’t!
Tiffany said,
April 2, 2006 at 9:55 am
I am frightened/confused/horrified by women who fool themselves into thinking that their periods are anything but the most disgusting event to ever occur to humankind. It is a vile, sloppy atrocity, and in no way should be used to create artwork of fucking Yoda.
Do these girls use the blood clots as well, or just the regular boring blood? I hate myself for saying that, and I think I have to throw up now.
Holly said,
April 2, 2006 at 1:25 pm
HA HA. WTFEVER. Sooooo buh. Who are these people? Where do they come from? Why do they think this is actually okay? So many questions, and yet, so little answers. I don’t even know where to begin. And I don’t know whether to be downright horrified or amazed. A little of both, I guess. It’s like a goddamn trainwreck.
That said, I think the Megaman one is my favorite.
Sandy said,
April 2, 2006 at 2:01 pm
I am not squeamish, but damn…..I had to turn away, but I also had to keep reading for the next laugh. I am not going to go check out the artwork without the commentary.
Anonymous said,
April 2, 2006 at 2:53 pm
This was the most horrifying thing I’ve ever seen
paris said,
April 2, 2006 at 4:31 pm
this is the sickest thing you have ever shared. PERIOD.
robnett said,
April 2, 2006 at 7:55 pm
no, the grossest thing ever on here is the dick covered in blood that was just pulled out of the marinaraiest muff ive ever seen
ed said,
April 3, 2006 at 11:42 am
god. damn.
the horror, the horror.
this is truly terrible stuff.
Dave said,
April 3, 2006 at 12:15 pm
fucking hilarious
Robin the mad photographer said,
April 9, 2006 at 5:19 pm
I have to admit that I actually used a menstrual cup at one point, and they can work very nicely for their original intended purpose (as tampons & napkins use an appalling amount of trees in their production, it’s the eco-friendly way to deal with Communists in the summer house). I’ve also heard of women who empty out their cups or just straight-up bleed in their gardens on their plants (supposedly it’s good for the plants, although I can’t see squatting over the petunias myself…); and some pagan/wiccan rituals involve the use of various bodily fluids, menstrual blood among them, for painting symbols on yourself or your partner’s body (I think this usually goes along with the Great Rite or other such activities)…and, yes, I’ve heard of women using their blood as an art medium, and if they want to do it, fine, whatever makes them happy. But drawing Yoda with it?!? WTF?!? And then starting a fucking LJ community?!? *bangs head on desk* (I’ve also read that supposedly adding a bit of one’s menstrual blood to your man’s food is a good way to hook him and/or keep him pussywhipped, but as one very funny pagan book once put it, if your cooking is so bad that he can’t tell the difference, you’ve got bigger problems than THAT. *cringe* And no, I’d never do such a thing for 2 very good reasons: (1) That kind of manipulative magic is a Really Bad Idea, as it violates someone’s free will and will wreck havoc with your karma; and (2) even if I wasn’t afraid of getting karmically buttfucked, there still isn’t enough chocolate in the world to cover up the taste…)
Anonymous said,
April 10, 2006 at 5:27 pm
I thought it was shit before I red the text
Anonymous said,
April 12, 2006 at 2:23 am
Never have i gotten wood so hard!!!
I feel like i could hammer a house through the eye of a needle!
S-- said,
April 12, 2006 at 9:26 am
I think it weird that Robin is aware of its taste… :S This is disgusting…
Sisu said,
April 12, 2006 at 1:02 pm
Amazing!
Hahahaha, if I had that skill I’d definately paint yoda.
ashley said,
April 12, 2006 at 8:34 pm
dude- this is awesome. atleast its not going to waste. emo kids write suicide letters this way anyway…this is so much more amazing. its cheaper than painst anyway. i wish i could paint…it save alot on tampons too!
rag on chixx0rz…..rag on.
Robin the mad photographer said,
April 15, 2006 at 8:04 pm
Um, I don’t know about the taste myself–I just report what I’ve read, that’s all. As I already said, I’ve never done and would never do such a thing (adding menstrual blood to food, that is, although I’m not interested in tasting it straight up, either, thankyouverymuch), but apparently it actually has been done by others. *gags* FWIW, my housemate actually knows one of the women who posts to that LJ community, and according to her the girl is a total space-cadet witchypoo pagan of the most inane sort, which sounds about right for anyone who’d use that particular, er, medium for their artwork…
the amazing zipper girl said,
April 24, 2006 at 11:15 pm
“A Jedi’s strength flows from the cooch.”
Priceless.
William said,
May 6, 2006 at 7:01 am
Just found your home page its great, it looks like you folks do great service keep up the good work.
Anonymous said,
May 6, 2006 at 2:12 pm
Here’s a porn site which you could file under this catergory - http://www.eroticred.com/
full of some nasty looking girls playing with their blood…ewww
Limey said,
May 6, 2006 at 7:37 pm
A few of those appear to be done in sketchbooks… How bad do you that’s gotta smell?
Sara Killing said,
May 16, 2006 at 4:15 pm
To those of you at the top that think your period is vile and disgusting, well hun you wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for that little natural fact. Just a thought, you might consider. Kudos on the art work even if it is unsanitary.
keygen said,
May 17, 2006 at 5:00 am
marvelous!
Anonymous said,
May 19, 2006 at 1:56 pm
My eyes and mind are in agony
JORDAN PRUETT said,
May 19, 2006 at 6:21 pm
sooooooooooo effin hot –
Danny said,
May 20, 2006 at 1:30 pm
mega-man was never red
if ur gonna be a pms artist then get it right next time
alex said,
May 20, 2006 at 10:35 pm
yeah too bad i am a guy and dont get periods I’d paint too..NOT. That shit gotta smell and also you might wanna check HAZMAT (hazard material) issues cuz that shit will make you sick. but i did save money on my car insurance tho.
erin said,
May 20, 2006 at 11:57 pm
this is true art.
cass said,
May 21, 2006 at 12:10 am
that is so fake
sean said,
May 21, 2006 at 3:08 am
this was once called mental illness 50 years ago.
opus2112 said,
May 21, 2006 at 3:55 am
Hey, it’s up there w/ the Britney Spears sculpture that crazy ass artist did. I think the time spent on marvels of poo-poo are trivial and wasted; however, each and every person is a creator of originality, and for that reason, you have to ask “why not do it?”
Myrilath said,
May 21, 2006 at 6:48 am
I applaud these paintings. I think it is great and people have found just another way of putting themselves into their art.
Jason said,
May 21, 2006 at 11:33 am
el oh el
el hersh said,
May 21, 2006 at 4:27 pm
i admit the shits nice, but damn it must b smelly.
-ill never forget
Sonic TH said,
May 21, 2006 at 6:38 pm
I’m going to start drawing paintings with my semen,
but then it will dry over, and my dog will lick it off…
dont you hate it when that happens?
BlackClothesThePirate said,
May 22, 2006 at 4:34 am
At least they are doing something creative with their menses. Remember, waste not want not. If I were to have colon cancer and were to bleed out of my ass daily, there is no doubt that I would paint something with it! It would be a grand mural of a blueberry muffin carjacking a white female at knifepoint, I would call it “The Best Goddamned Thing Ever.”. Hell yeah.
Kyle said,
May 23, 2006 at 1:31 am
How about I go and make some paintings with my semen and sperm! Thanks for the inspiration!
Dudley The Dragon said,
May 29, 2006 at 1:38 am
thnx for the tip. now i when i have a skool project and run out of white paint ill jus use my cum! =)
Chris said,
May 31, 2006 at 9:40 pm
I love this woman!
Andy said,
June 9, 2006 at 12:32 am
There actually are artist who not only use menstrual blood, but vomit, semen, fecal matter, saliva, skin/hair, etc. I’ve seen some amazing semen paintings in a black light exhibit. When I walked in it just looked like blank canvases, but when they turned out the regular lights and turned on the black lights it was amazing.
nat said,
June 26, 2006 at 1:45 pm
I think the only thing that could top “Chewbacca in Menstrual Blood” would be “Chewbacca in Semen”.
shockedface said,
June 28, 2006 at 9:28 pm
_______ _______
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\ \________/ \________/ /
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shockedface said,
June 28, 2006 at 9:30 pm
k that didnt work but basically this is crazy.
O,O said,
June 28, 2006 at 10:58 pm
This is the single most grotesque site i have ever been too, thanks for poluting my mind even further. >,
alkaline said,
June 29, 2006 at 2:31 am
that’s fucked up.
Useyourswede said,
June 29, 2006 at 2:15 pm
I agree with alkaline, that IS fucked up
mary said,
June 30, 2006 at 4:29 pm
gross..plain and simple..
Jimmy said,
July 2, 2006 at 11:54 am
Not only must these girls be mentally retarded but they must have no life. They just wake up with their
rags one day and say to themselves, “i think i’ll be an artist today”. This World is now in my mind, officially all kinds of fucked up.
ruth said,
July 5, 2006 at 4:26 pm
that fucking rules
duhleenkwint said,
July 26, 2006 at 10:22 am
OMG. I had no idea there were so many women looking at this site! Izzat sexist?
Yooper said,
August 21, 2006 at 3:12 pm
You chicks have way too much time on your hands.
Ricky G said,
August 21, 2006 at 5:00 pm
TOTALLY RULES!
WAY TO TAKE YOUR PIE ROD and TURN IT INTO LEMONADE! I E-high FIVE YOU!!!!
Djehuty-mes said,
November 7, 2006 at 12:25 pm
Holy crap…That doesn’t even LOOK like blood…When I saw the painting of Yoda, before I read the article, I had no idea what it was, or even what a brownish-red Yoda was doing on Population Paste.
Anonymous said,
November 7, 2006 at 6:15 pm
I’ve mixed a little blood with my paint before. Both menstrual and from cuts. It adds a physical link to my art. I don’t tell many people about the blood. It’s mostly for me. I’m a fine art artist and am fairly picky about what I like. I find myself sort of disgusted by menstrual art sometimes, though. Mostly because much of it is very poor art. That is why I think many menstrual “artists” don’t earn wider respect. If it’s bad art and uses any bodily fluid, then it becomes quite distasteful.
I’m not so much about the photo up there of the cup. It seems a little unecessary. A turn off. The color of blood can be pretty if it’s not on the bathroom floor. But I might have to forgive it with the Mega Man painting. It’s quite borderline for me, (Why Mega Man in your MENSTRUAL blood? And why the hell Star Wars?) but I’m a gamer. Thanks?
By the way, someone implied it must smell bad here–no, it does not. But I’m sure if you had a team of girls to make a mural, the blood smell might be somewhat noticable.
Merrick said,
November 7, 2006 at 10:48 pm
Nasty.
Haha I like it nasty.
Amelia said,
November 24, 2006 at 3:58 am
Your entry is hilarious, I love it.
What the hell is wrong with these morons?
I’m an enlightened, liberal, extremely leftist feminist who doesn’t think menstruation is at all digusting, and never has. Ever since I got my first period I have been fascinated by the process and irked at society’s attitude towards menstruation–I think Gloria Steinem was definitely right in saying that menstruation is super gross mostly because it’s something chicks do. However, I mean, it’s fucking menstruation. It’s not like a huge fucking social issue (except for the women in countries where tampons are of limited availability; then it DOES become a rights issue).
However, you have to draw a line somewhere. Smearing something that squirts out of your body onto a canvas or onto your skin is fucktarded. I don’t care whether it’s menses, blood from elsewhere, semen or mucus, some things are just not artistic media and you look fucking retarded for trying to paint with them. I mean seriously, these chicks need to get over themselves. Just because menses is a wymynly byproduct and all that crap doesn’t mean it’s amazing and holy and beautiful to make pictures with. It’s not a gender thing at all–if dudes started painting with their cum I’d laugh at them too,
Ugh. People are so fucking stupid…the Stone Age shall never end.
Tristikov said,
November 25, 2006 at 4:12 am
Of all the enjoyable things I’ve done with my girlfriend’s menstrual blood, (I don’t get that perk, being male) I can say that it has never occurred to me to draw something with it; And I’m a rather off kilter artist of all things! I’ll definitely have to try this sometime, though probably not on my drawing pad.. maybe on some water color paper… That I’ll throw out before it starts to smell/grow mold.
In case you didn’t quite catch my drift, I think blood is dandy, I don’t find menstrual blood gross, this can be observed in that I use a blood collection cup like a shotglass. It’s fun, try it some time.
However, there are logical reasons why people think it’s gross; That’s fine with me, but I do think people should relax a little, there’s grosser shit out there. I also wouldn’t make drawing with the stuff a regular practice, but drawing with blood could be fun to try, and getting that amount of blood sure is easier than breaking skin over it… Speaking of which, seeing how my dear has medical fetish dreams/ambitions, I just might be drawing with my own blood sometime too.
Had fun commenting, Cheerio!
Cc said,
December 4, 2006 at 9:38 pm
this is seriously the coolest thing ever. How could anyone get grossed out by this? it’s just a cycle and it’s funny! what kind of freak would think that a natural thing that happens to your body is disgusting? what is wrong with you!?
Edd said,
December 13, 2006 at 5:00 pm
That got me so hard I had to go outside and beat off into the path of oncoming vehicles straight away. Don’t judge me.
Jennifer said,
January 5, 2007 at 10:05 am
Lol I like! I am sooo going to try this!!
I dont think aunty flow is disgusting. I love my menstruation.. now I can prove it! Lol
Seraph said,
January 5, 2007 at 2:53 pm
There’s still this wierd idea that period blood is somehow dirty…I really don’t see this as revolting. Odd, maybe, in that blood is not a good medium for painting, but its not as bad as Mitch XD
brad said,
January 31, 2007 at 11:56 pm
this is just another attempt by the elitist world of artsy fucks to further distance themselves from standard societal functions, to once again prove to themselves that they are unique and creative.
Kenneth Collins said,
February 1, 2007 at 11:40 pm
I am proud to say that the girl who painted all the Star Wars characters and Matthew McConaughey is my little sister…and she is fucking hilarious! She is by far the funniest person I know.
http://www.shannoncollins.com
Here’s a story, when she was working on the Star Wars cooch series her boyfriend found a cup in the refrigerator and was like, “What this”? And she told him, “Nope. Don’t touch that, it’s my blood.”
By the way, for years she has called her female parts her “wookie”…as in, “I’ll be right back, I’ve got to go drain my wookie.” And this is where the Star Wars idea came from. Yoda says, “Good relations with the wookies, I have.”
Here is a sneak peek into the woman behind the blood. For Xmas 05 at our parents’ house, her boyfriend dressed like Jesus and she was an elf.
We built a Christmas Wonderland in my parents’ back yard and I played Santa.
Now what’s so strange about that?
Shannon Collins said,
February 2, 2007 at 8:40 am
You bitches don’t know what you’re missing out on. Menstrual painting is the shit. I was basically mocking all of the paintings in that community that girls would do of goddesses and mystical fairies and making fun of them by painting shit like Matthew McCona(however the shit you spell that)hay. My friend and I at the time thought he looked like he was tanned with menstrual blood in that horrible movie, “Sahara” so she challenged me to paint mister Matthew with my menstrual blood. Trust me, collecting enough blood to do a semi-realistic rendering of him was not an easy task. It involved dancing and thrusting about to “Thriller” by Michael Jackson with a dixie cup between my legs. I never touched my blood or rubbed it all over my body to get in touch with my inner cunt or any of that insanity. I just bled into a cup, used a paint brush (that would forever be labelled the rag brush!) and did my thannng. Plus we had them laminated to avoid the whole gross expired period smell. The funny thing is, I did that painting for a friend and she had it hanging on her dorm room door and we ended up being not so friendly before graduation so I stole it back because bitch wasn’t going to take my menstrual painting! She already has the yoda and chewie one….
I’ll take requests for any other ridiculous paintings people might have….you only have to wait about 28 days!
Anyway, thanks again for brightening my Groundhog’s Day a little bit more.
Foob said,
February 16, 2007 at 3:40 pm
This is no worse than any other artist opting for using bodily waste as paint - there was a bloke that used his own feces, just to use an example.
It’s silly of course, but possibly art?
Oh well…
william said,
February 17, 2007 at 2:44 pm
This is awesome!
Fuck yeah!
Anonymous said,
February 22, 2007 at 5:47 pm
i know the band KISS poured their blood into their comics, but this is going too far
originally disgusted said,
March 4, 2007 at 12:52 am
I must say it seems disgusting but i guess being a guy im not in touch with my ‘wookie’. And at first it seem weird because of all tthe previous comments but after i read the comment of one of the artisit it seems she not a weirdo and thus i feel if u wnat to do it why not really we can’t force them not to.
chunck said,
March 6, 2007 at 10:58 am
If you guys like this you can check out http://www.menstrualporn.com
Jennifer said,
April 11, 2007 at 3:16 pm
My wonderful experience with a mooncup
http://www.ciao.co.uk/Mooncup__Review_5545088
David said,
May 4, 2007 at 4:42 am
All of you people who posted negative comments above about how nasty the art, or for that matter your own bodies, are stupid, idiotic ignorami. Obviously as a guy I don’t have a period, but it is not some disgusting thing, simply a cycle of renewal in your body.
The whole unclean shit is from way back in prehistory when there was nothing to catch the bloodflow and flesh (Yes you women loose some flesh, that is wat the “clots” really are!) So obviously the priests and shop-owners didn’t want the women of the village to come in and accidentally bleed all over, because that would be unhygenic. Yes they knew about hygiene, read Leviticus in the Bible and think about why those laws were a good idea for nomadic tribes in a desert (not a whole lot of water to wash in,) that doesn’t always cook their meat thoroughly.
Then idiots like yourselves saw this event, and assumed that it was because the process was some disgusting, unholy curse sent upon the female species. Granted the cramps and all that shit might be considered a curse of sorts, but the rest of it is a failure to get pregnant, and painitng with it is a damn sight better than painting with shit, vomit and all the other crap that is used and displayed in exhibits at times!
Anonymous said,
June 10, 2007 at 10:27 pm
Painting with any kind of bodily expulsion, be it shit, vomit, or menstrual blood, is fucking disgusting, period. That’s my opinion, and that of a lot of others, and we have a right to that opinion just as you have a right to your opinion that it’s some kind of beautiful (gag) process. Painting with your cooter blood doesn’t do anything but add shock value to your painting. It certainly isn’t about the color or texture, as there are plenty of paints, both water and oil based, which can easily imitate it. It’s just the product of boredom, plain and simple (well, when it isn’t the product of demented pagan/wiccan rituals). These women could really find something better to do with their time if they want to be creative.
Jon said,
June 20, 2007 at 7:20 pm
Ok…damn…thats is just wrong. But some of that “artwork” is pretty good (especialy the megaman). They just need to get real art supplies.
ZDrache said,
June 25, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Blood’ss different to ordinary pain the way playdough’s different to clay. By all means, use it to make pictures. Funny in a sad way how people are so disgusted by it. Scared of a little blood?
ZDrache said,
June 25, 2007 at 12:41 pm
Blood’s different to ordinary paint the way playdough’s different to clay. By all means, use it to make pictures. Funny in a sad way how people are so disgusted by it. Scared of a little blood?
Don said,
July 3, 2007 at 5:55 pm
It is both funny and sad…
i think that it’s cool to be artsy
but there is something wrong with these chicks
VenusianBanshee said,
August 5, 2007 at 8:56 pm
I think this is gross but also kinda cool and I think I might give it a try next time I have the chance!!
Sian said,
August 6, 2007 at 6:44 am
Well..if it makes one person happy..it cant be that bad..can it?
micky said,
August 13, 2007 at 9:58 am
this is just great lol
missses said,
August 23, 2007 at 4:41 pm
i once knew a guy who loved to rub his nose in period blood. and he used to play with the big chunkies
but wow, to paint with it?
DarkFire said,
August 25, 2007 at 9:00 am
Good artwork, bad media to draw in…they should draw with something that is made to draw…like a pencil, or charcoal..not their lifejuice.
Fuck! said,
September 18, 2007 at 10:35 am
I actually just threw up, what the fuck is wrong with some people!
jaynie said,
September 18, 2007 at 3:38 pm
jeez - you people are scary. periods are a natural thing, not “dirty” or “nasty”. it’s blood and tissue for chrissakes. odd choice of medium but if you weren’t told it was blood, you’d never know.
Clover said,
September 19, 2007 at 3:37 am
Not something I’d be doing with MY menses, mind you…but I’m jealous of their talents. That is beyond awesome…slightly unsanitary, but awesome. XD
Brett Naumann said,
October 12, 2007 at 9:22 am
Any of the chicks who did the paintings FAT and UGLY cause if you are - I would love you….. msg me.
Aniki said,
November 4, 2007 at 3:40 pm
No….not Mega Man. No.
Foxhill said,
November 12, 2007 at 1:58 pm
Yawn.. bindun
RetardWithAGun said,
November 20, 2007 at 5:54 am
As someone else said, and as an artist myself, I applaud these people for putting something of themselves into their art.
At one time, critics thought Warhol & Pollock were “Teh Suck”. Now they’re famous.
Art isnt meant to be understood by everyone, nor is it a bowl of fruit painted on a cheap canvas. Art requires thinking outside the box, Seeing something in a piece that speaks to you.
Who knows? Maybe someday these pieces will sell for big $$$ and be shown in exhibits everywhere.
Monkeypox said,
December 22, 2007 at 4:14 pm
My wife turned into a dyke after buying that stuff
Anonymous said,
December 27, 2007 at 1:20 pm
I can’t believe how closed minded some people are, I mean seriously, all the tubgirl and lemonparty and whatever on the internet and some of you still say that periods/period blood is sick and disgusting and one of the worst things in the world? For shaaaaaaaaaaaaame.
I think it’s pretty epic.
And also, just so you lot know, whether or not most guys know it, almost all of them are instantly turned on by the scent of period blood. But then, they’re also turned on by bukkake and that’s not a pretty thought either.
Chillax… Personally, I think Yoda looks good in red.
Gmav said,
January 6, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Just look at the background color… I wanna fucking throw up -_-
Caine said,
January 24, 2008 at 8:59 am
SCIENCE!!!
fangface said,
February 28, 2008 at 10:10 am
haha it fucking rocks!
I love that she didn’t do the traditional ‘love your vulva’ bullshit painting!
Anonymous said,
May 5, 2008 at 11:24 pm
gotta admit, even being a guy, this is art and has merit.
It IS somewhat disgusting but if you can look past that, someone’s putting their talent to work.
Kudos!
Anon said,
May 7, 2008 at 3:40 am
???
I’m a guy and let me tell ya, this is some fucked up shit… or dired up menstrual blood, whatever you like to call it.
If I could use my semen to paint pictures, I would not use it for that purpose! Why someone wants to paint with their period, the gods only knows!
Next we’ll see people making sculptures with their shit, I suppose!!
wawaweewa said,
June 2, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Who gives a shit about women painting with menstrual blood? People have used feces, semen, milk, bile/ vomit… all before.
They’re all just women having fun and celebrating something that’s painful to go through. I commend them for the silver-lining they’ve created.
But, seriously, keep those pictures away from me.
briitard said,
June 22, 2008 at 2:22 am
bwahaa! Matthew McConaughey should feel honored!
Every instance in which I find myself in the bathroom bleeding from somewhere (provided I’m not in a hurry or in a public rest area), the blood seems to gravitate toward my face, the mirror, and numerous other washable surfaces. I smear on some blood lipstick and pretend I’m Snow White,… I take a clot and heave it at my torso, fancying myself the bath scene victim from Slither,… In fact, now that my hair is dyed blonde, I’ve even menstrual-streaked some highlights.
It’s just like having a marker and doodling on your desk at work,… except a little stickier.
anon said,
June 23, 2008 at 2:56 pm
TALKAUDIO OWNS YOU.
bri said,
July 10, 2008 at 10:17 pm
haah..wow
Kristyn said,
August 20, 2008 at 11:26 pm
I think it’s pretty awesome…
I wouldn’t paint anything with my menstral blood… I’m fine with paints & pencils… But, it’s art nonetheless…
I like it… and atleast they are GOOD pictures, and not stick figures or something… I don’t know.. TALENT! heh…
Lima-Rose said,
October 6, 2008 at 10:14 am
Your all way to hung up on this. Your period is natural, not ‘gross’ or ‘vile’, or ‘the worst thing ever to happen in the world’!
So what if people want to paint a picture with it, let them get on with it!!!
Dont get involved if you hate it!
Chad Gap said,
October 8, 2008 at 3:17 am
dude, thats so hot. my crooked boner is throbbing in my pants
KT said,
November 23, 2008 at 1:42 am
“adding a bit of one’s menstrual blood to your man’s food” … that is rank :(
Lindsay said,
December 16, 2008 at 12:47 am
I think the idea of menstrual art is incredible, intriguing, and amazing in every way. Why not embrace or femininity and use our blood as paint? Star Wars characters though? Booooo!!!! Why not paint something with meaning and something beautiful that you have pulled out of your own mind? I don’t see our periods as vile and disgusting. Us women, are stuck with it, so why not put it to good use? I see nothing wrong with it, and will continue to be a fan of menstrual art!
... said,
January 18, 2009 at 1:33 pm
As far as I’m concerned, menstrual blood is right alongside piss, shit, and snot–yes, it’s natural, and it’s a part of life, but that doesn’t make it pretty or pleasant and anyone who’s getting up on a soapbox to say that it is has some different things going on.
That said…some of these pictures aren’t half bad.
Vagina said,
March 12, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Blood is good MMMM blood.
But its too close to the arse for my liking
Anonymous said,
May 12, 2009 at 5:51 pm
I mean I love candy-caning but I think this crosses something… Art’s damn good for being from blood but still… I dunno… Screwing with it is one thing, but this could become… unhygenic at some point… o_o
Larence said,
May 19, 2009 at 1:08 am
I’ve seen some fucked up shit, but this is honestly the closest ive come to vomming
Andrew said,
June 5, 2009 at 1:48 pm
I’m all for pushing the boundaries of creative expression. I’m also a firm believer that art can be found in the intention\action behind the finished product, as well as the product itself. I especially love the humorous slant that Shannon has taken in her work, poking fun at the traditional subjects of feminism in favor of ridiculous pop culture icons! Ladies (and gentlemen?) keep doin’ what yer doin’! As long as your getting a reaction, ANY reaction, your doing something right!!! PEACE!!
jerkely said,
June 5, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Okay, it’s not clean, it’s downright dirty but if someone wants to make their own art and it ain’t hurting anybody then why not? It’s a natural process, so to use the means available to you to express your feelings with your own bodily fluids isn’t really a problem. Snot, seminal fluid, menstrual blood, earwax, sweat, spit or shit (nice one Mitch!) Keep it up, I say!