Every Girl Will Get A Period, But The Ones Who Live Here Go Through It In A Very Bizarre Way

It almost sounds like a map of those wacky state rules you’ve heard about: “In Alabama, it is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church,” etc. But this map shows a part of life that no girl can avoid, and it proves just how real the taboo of menstruation is around…

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Morgan Shoaff

Jul 15, 2014

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