To which I personally would have answered:
Fuck yeah.
I’m actually not as fond of nail polish as I am of red lipstick and black eyeliner. What I prefer having on my nails is a clean, natural French manicure. But I love wearing nail polish precisely because the world knows I’m menstruating. I love menstruating. It’s painful and messy and I love it. LOL PENIS ENVY. HAHAHAHAHA. Cis men and their patriarchy. You WISH you could give birth.
Color last month:
I tried to capture the bottle at an angle in which all composing colors can be observed. The primary color is a summer ocean teal, based on weak yellow and scaly green. On the edges of the bottle you can see the teal becomes deeper and turns into a gorgeous mesmerizing purple.
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| On nails in crappy morning lighting. This does not do the color justice. |
I may or may not do this every month.
the fatal feminist 
LOL I love the tag. "I am so mature." Hahahaha
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"You WISH you could give birth."They really do: http://manboobz.com/2011/06/15/children-of-dudes/
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1) Nailpolish to announce you're menstruating? People do this? It's the first I've ever heard of it.2) I am currently wearing black polish with a top coat of blue sparkles. I enjoy this combination because in the sun it give the blue-black impression like Veronica Lodge's hair in the Archie Comics.3) I am vastly jealous of your manicure. My nails usually look terrible because for one, I suck at painting my nails – shaky hands and no patience, and end up touching stuff – and for two I have a bad habit of playing my guitar with no pick and strumming with my fingers which tends to scrape the polish off my index and middle fingers on my right hand.
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Muslims aren't supposed to wear nail polish because during ablution the water doesn't cleanse the surface of your nails (nailpolish acts as a barrier) and the ablution is incomplete. But during our periods we're not required to pray, so a lot of us wear nailpolish then.That sounds gorgeous. I love the darker bases with sparkles. I'm on the search for a blackened velvety red.My right hand never looks as clean as my left hand. =P Also, if I get a French manicure, I gotta pay for it, 'cause there's no way I can do it myself.
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Re: Ablution – Ahh, well yeah, that makes sense. So it's not so much an announcement as people generally being able to put two and two together?
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Yeah =) and everyone acts like it's supposed to be really secretive when you're on your period and that type of nonsense. *rolls eyes*
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When you write "Muslims aren't supposed to wear nail polish because during ablution the water doesn't cleanse the surface of your nails (nailpolish acts as a barrier) and the ablution is incomplete" you make it sound like this is fact rather than interpretation/opinion. I would love to see an "I believe" or "I was taught" in statements like that.
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I apologize Zuhura. It's what I meant of course but I should be more careful with my wording.
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On that note (about being careful with wording) what I'd actually meant was "commonly accepted in the Muslim community" because I don't even know if I personally see this as an obligation: there is so much to be said about the significance of the motions and the symbolized depth of ablution in purifying not only your body but your heart that I feel it's debatable whether or not nailpolish makes a difference on the shallow surface.
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My period is LATE, I hope your period talk gets my ovaries turning…. !!
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Thanks for the clarification, and for accepting my criticism graciously! I agree with you about ablution as symbolic.
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@Sarah I have a weird habit of being menstrually in sync with my friends so it might just work!@Zuhura you're always welcome
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agreed with aziza :p"I am so mature" FTW
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Lol <3 It makes me happy when people notice my tags. xD
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BTW, if you're right-handed, your left hand probably looks cleaner because it IS cleaner. Most people's non-dominant hands have more bacteria and crap on them because they use their dominant hand to clean it better when washing. Truefax.
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I meant the nail polish looked cleaner on the left hand because I use the right hand to apply it and it's not as shaky–but GROSS. X_X
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And I'm late :)So i'll have to wait for the nail paint!
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French manicure tip: Use clear tape on your nail to get a straight, even line :-)
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omG I've totally tried that, but when I pulled the tape off, it lifted some of the polish off with it where the tape met the polish. =(
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