A woman who posted images of her menstrual blood on her personal social media account has claimed she received death threats as a result.
Louelle Denor
Louelle Denor from Philadelphia has taken a very weird decision in the pursuit of a feminist cause. She posted images of her menstrual blood on her personal social media accounts on Instagram and Facebook two weeks ago.
Denor first posted a picture of herself holding a Softcup with blood dripping down her fingers to prove a point about Instagram's policy against indecent pictures including that of menstrual blood, which she considers to be "outlandish."
Additionally, the photo was an effort to stand in solidarity with women who have had their pictures removed, as she explained in a post on Medium following the backlash. The picture includes no nudity. The object she's holding isn't immediately recognizable as a menstrual cup.
Louelle posing with her menstrual blood
You wouldn't even know the blood on her hands is menstrual blood unless she hadn't said so in the caption and since Instagram has no problems with other kinds of blood, it's likely no one would have taken issue with the photo if she hadn't.
Since then, her Instagram post has received a significant amount of publicity.
The same action has attracted death threats from other social media users who found her post very offensive.
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