Two guys walk into a bar… Do you think their menstrual cycles ever synced up?

The unexplored potential of queer period humour

Abstract

This op-ed focuses on the potential of queering period humour and including a broader audience. Through analyzing currently popular internet memes featuring jokes around menstruation, Alexa argues that adding a queer lens to period jokes allows for distance in the essentialist relationship between womanhood and menstruating, while also being more inclusive to other marginalized communities. In this piece, Alexa challenges the reader to complicate their own views surrounding menstruation as well as its popular narratives and depictions in media.