Yogi Bleeding Through Her White Pants Becomes Internet's Controversial New Hero

It’s 2018 and a lot of people still think periods are something to be ashamed of instead of a punk rock reminder that your body can literally CREATE LIFE.

But times they are a changin’! Thanks in part to heroes like Stephanie Góngora, a yoga instructor with a popular Instagram account, who posted a stunning video where she does various difficult poses while bleeding through her white pants. “I am a woman, therefore I bleed,” she wrote under the video, which has been viewed over half-a-million times.

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Góngora explains in the caption that she’s not intentionally “free bleeding,” but the blood stain is from a “leak” (which has happened to every woman at some point). And she chose to post the video to make an important statement about menstruation. She wrote:

 

A lot of people were grossed out by the video and said so in the comments (thanks, good to know!). But many others found it inspiring: 

I wish I’s seen this video in 8th grade when I bled through my khakis (it was the ‘90s) in math class and felt shame about it for the rest of the year, and for years after. Actually, until today when I watched this video. So, there you have it. One woman’s period stain is another woman’s liberation! Let’s burn our tampons and let the menstrual revolution begin!!!!!!

 

Sorry, I got carried away. Let’s not burn our tampons. Those things are expensive.

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