Current mood:

weird

A thought.
I'll preface this by saying, if this has been covered by someone else and I don't remember, or if this is inappropriate for the community, I apologise and welcome its deletion.
So. I was thinking.
The BSC are always on edge when Logan sits in on meetings because they can't talk about BRAS in front of him... but what about, even more taboo than BRAS, PERIODS? For a series about thirteen-year-old girls, I can't remember one single, solitary time they dealt with the topic of periods. Can anyone set me right on that? I realise that's more Judy Blume's literary territory, but come on, surely it would be part of their lives. Given our detailed knowledge of the girls' personality traits, I guess it's easy to predict their reactions to Getting It.
Kristy: Abject horror that stuff is coming out of her and she can't CONTROL it, followed by evil glee at grossing out her brothers with off-handed comments about it. 'Hey Charlie, could you give me a lift to the store? I need to buy TAMPONS because my PERIOD just started. I can put a towel on the seat if you're worried!'
Mary Anne: Cries. Of course. But then is happy because it's Becoming a Woman. Cries some more because her mother can't share this Special Time. Has to improvise with a washcloth folded into her knickers while searching for maxi pads, which Sharon has stashed in the salad crisper drawer.
Dawn: Abject horror at the bloody colour and meaty smell. Her periods should smell like VEGETABLES. Goes on a campaign against environmentally unfriendly disposable pads and tampons, and insists on telling people who would really rather not hear why she uses washable, reusable sea-sponge tampons and fabric pads. 'Tampons choke baby dolphins! Also, I'm very individual.'
Claudia: Basically okay with it, but when Janine tries awkwardly but kindly to explain to her how and why periods happen, using big words like endometrium, snaps at her like a little bitch. Considers making moon paintings before deciding that is just too icky, and eating some more chocolate.
Stacey: Oh, Stacey got her period in New York. She was very sophisticated about it and totally not grossed out by the blood because she has to stick her finger every day to test her blood sugar - eeeeeeeeeeeew. At least she never got her period while sharing a double bed with Laine at a sleepover.
Mallory: Mallory has the worst luck in the world, so I'm guessing endometriosis and the kind of cramps that necessitate a day off from school to lie in bed curled around a hot water bottle trying not to weep.
Jessi: Doesn't menstruate for years as she is keeping thin for ballet.