About

Menstrual Poetry was launched in December 2007 and is a feminist, womanist and humanist-friendly space for freethinkers; for people who are so bold as to think that all people truly are created equal regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, or gender identity. This website works to hold administrations, media, corporations, businesses and people accountable for the decisions, images and laws that they put out into the world thus affecting the lives of people everywhere. It is strongly believed that people should no longer be expected to be complacent with the government and communities that they are given, but to be able to have a voice and a platform to express their opinions, concerns and beliefs about the world they are building their lives in.

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.“

–Margaret Mead

Holly Ord; Feminist, Blogger, Free-Thinker

Holly Ord Holly Ord is a 23 year old feminist activist, atheist, survivor, blogger, [creative] writer and frequent web designer and developer. She is from Scranton, Pennsylvania but relocated to the peaceful, country roads of Vandling where she resides with her partner and their cat without the fear of being harassed or assaulted if she chooses to walk down the street after dusk.

She is a survivor of childhood neglect, abuse and sexual assault and after realizing her signs of teenage rebellion and depression were really the onset of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, she took to the written word to cope with her past as well as to write compelling (if sometimes amateurish) poems, prose, vignettes and novellas about social issues and the battle (and sometimes inability) to overcome them. One of her vignettes, No Trespassing was turned into a short film and while she spends more time blogging than anything else, she still writes, creating a fictional body of work, sometimes with true-to-life fragments mixed within.

Holly enjoys spending way too much time on Facebook, playing video games, musicals, niche films, Lady GaGa, chick lit and can always be found carrying a book (or two or three) in her purse at any given time.

Comment Policy

While Menstrual Poetry does aim to give (respectful) people a platform to speak freely and passionately on issues they care about, the internet at large is also home to many, many hateful, sexist and misogynist people who rely on the fact that anonymity is achievable online and exploit that fact as much as possible. Menstrual Poetry does encounter many trolls and it is for that reason that the comments section of this website is frequently moderated. I try to moderate comments as much as needed, but if you see an offensive and/or hateful comment that has not been taken down, please click on the ‘Flag’ link on the bottom right-hand side of the comment and it will alert me to moderate that thread.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts, concerns and stories on Menstrual Poetry.

Do Something

Activism comes in various shapes and sizes. One of the biggest forms of activism in the last few years has been raising awareness through the internet, as it is a surefire way to get your ideas and voice across to a great deal of people at one time. If you are interested in getting involved in women and human rights, feminism, politics, sexual violence awareness and so on, there a great deal of excellent blogs, websites and resources linked on the bottom of this website to get you started. Knowledge is power and without it, we’re all doomed.