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The female cycle has long since found its entrance to pop music. Lucy Peach celebrates the power of the cycle phases in “Your Blood Is Amazing”, Ani Difranco uses her blood as a feminist statement in the conference room. Again others like Dolly Parton or Tic Tac toe shed light on completely different sides. We take a look at ten pop songs on the subject of period.
Period in pop: Lucy Peach, Ani Franco and more
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Lucy Peach – Your Blood is Amazing
The singer Lucy Peach celebrates the superpowers of the menstrual cycle created by the four hormonal phases in her single your Blood is Amazing. People should like their period and work with her instead of hating or ignoring her. Löbilic approach, but I am miles away from seeing something nice in my period. Cramps as a superpower? I can do without that.
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Ani Difranco – Blood in the Boardroom
In her title Blood in the Boardroom, Ani Difranco describes how she experiences her days during a conference between sheer male suit wearers. No problem for her, Difranco sees her menstruation a strength that distinguishes it from the men. She feels empo -value through her blood and leaves the unpleasant round a brown blood stain on a white chair: “Right Now it’s the only power that I possess, thesis businessmen got the money, they got the instruments of death, but i can make life, i can make breath.”
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Dolly Parton – PMS Blues
Dolly Parton in turn brings a religious approach into play. In the first lines of her song PMS Blues, she scolds the evil Eva, who simply couldn’t leave it to pick the apple from the tree. Parton sees himself affected by Eva’s shameful act, PMS makes her nasty and cold.
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Tic tac toe – I feel
Tic Tac Toe also represent the period as a negative thing. In their song, I feel like I feel the transformation of the bleeding woman into a self -hate bundle of nerves. This is of course a cliché, but women who are in bed with a hot water bottle, have severe menstrual pain and hear this title feel understood. Incidentally, the AU stands for the hygiene article Always Ultra.
Pop period: also from men
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KC Rebell – Strawberry Week
Most songs are written or performed by women. In 2007, however, KC Rebell took on the topic in his song strawberry week. Unfortunately. The rapper dares to send away the “unhightless” woman because she has her days and raps to rap like: “If it doesn’t work in front, then it goes back”, but enough courage to use the word “menstruation” in his song, he doesn’t have it. Instead, he uses one of the many shameful synonyms that are available in our vocabulary. KC Rebell does not manage to name the matter by name. No problem, men can also be afraid.
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Rachel Lark – warm, Bloody and Tender
However, the musician Rachel Lark is not afraid to pronounce things. She combines the taboo topics of female sexuality and menstruation in her song warm, Bloody and Tender. You like period sex. Your sexual partner sees it the same way, because:
“Just like Steak Pussy Tastes Better When it’s warm, Bloody and Tender”.
Period sex and more
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Cast by Crazy Ex-Girlfriend-Period Sex
Also in the song period sex from the American television series Crazy ex-girlfriend, period sex is described as something very great. Here it says:
“Period sex! It’s not Weird, it’s just another Kind of Lip Gloss!”
The only thing that is worried here are the bloody sheets.
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Marcia Belsky – 100 tampons
When the astronaut Sally Ride flew into space in the 1980s, she was asked before her trip started whether 100 tampons would be enough for a week-you wanted to be on the safe side. I don’t know what the many tampons should protect against. Before aliens?
In her title, Marcia Belsky makes 100 tampons funny about the ignorance relating to the female body.
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Brutalism 3000 – I have my days in Berghain
As you can see, you can even fly into space as a menstruating being. And much more-for example, you can go bleeding raven and come by with pain in the uterus past the strict mountain grove. To hear at Brutalism 3000: I have my days in Berghain.
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Peach – Period Song
“Anything a man can do / i can do it bleeding,” sings Peach in her period song. As simple and blunt, the topic of menstruation should be handled in terms of society as a whole.
Nina Kummer is part of the Chemnitz band Blond. The bloody splatter clip to their periodic hit It could not be more beautiful is your contribution to the topic. Would certainly be good tutoring for KC strawberry week Rebell.