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    Default Woman Runs London Marathon Without a Tampon, Bleeds Freely to Raise Awareness

    BY CHAR ADAMS @CiCiAdams_ 08/07/2015 AT 03:15 PM EDT
    Kiran Gandhi, who has played drums for singer M.I.A. and Thievery Corporation, decided to run the London Marathon without a tampon. Gandhi let her blood flow freely to raise awareness about women who have no access to feminine products and to encourage women to not be embarrassed about their periods.

    "I ran the whole marathon with my period blood running down my legs," the 26-year-old wrote of the April race on her website.

    Gandhi, a Harvard Business School graduate, wrote that she got her period the night before the big race and thought that a tampon would be uncomfortable while she ran. But that isn't the only reason she decided to let it flow.

    "I ran with blood dripping down my legs for sisters who don't have access to tampons and sisters who, despite cramping and pain, hide it away and pretend like it doesn't exist."

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    She added: "I ran to say, it does exist, and we overcome it every day."

    Woman Runs London Marathon Without a Tampon, Bleeds Freely to Raise Awareness| BodyWatch, M.I.A.
    Kiran Gandhi (right)
    COURTESY KIRAN GANDHI
    Clad in all pink for breast cancer awareness, the 26-year-old finished the race in four hours, 49 minutes and 11 seconds. She told Cosmopolitan that she ran through the pain of cramps and the anxiety of the race (which she had spent a year preparing for) and felt empowered as she did so.

    "I felt kind of like, Yeah! F--- you!," she said. "I felt very empowered by that. I did."

    Woman Runs London Marathon Without a Tampon, Bleeds Freely to Raise Awareness| BodyWatch, M.I.A.
    Kiran Gandhi (center) and fellow runners
    COURTESY KIRAN GANDHI
    After the race, she took photos with her family and friends, wearing her period-stained running pants proudly.

    Gandhi tells PEOPLE that she decided to run without a tampon to highlight the sentiment of period-shaming and the language surrounding women's menstrual cycles. She wrote on her site that "on the marathon course, sexism can be beaten."

    Woman Runs London Marathon Without a Tampon, Bleeds Freely to Raise Awareness| BodyWatch, M.I.A.
    Kiran Gandhi
    COURTESY KIRAN GANDHI
    "If there's one way to transcend oppression, it's to run a marathon in whatever way you want," she wrote. "Where the stigma of a woman's period is irrelevant, and we can re-write the rules as we choose."





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    We know it exists. So does diarrhea. You don't have to show the world disgusting things for them to be true.

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    "Period shaming" is a thing? It's nothing to be ashamed about, but yeah, it's gross, fucking do something about it. I'm not going to jack off in the morning then run around with semen stains on the front of my pants, I'm going to clean myself off first.

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    She probably just forgot to bring a tampon with her, and this is her cop out excuse.

    "Bring awareness" for her is just another phrase for I forgot to bring a tampon.
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    In my best British accent "That's bloody disgusting"
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    holy fuck

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    So that explained the picture of the runner having a diarrhea, awareness for personal hygiene against food poisoning.

    If you smell my fart, that's awareness for global warming.
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    What a disgusting, ignorant, and hypocritical pig.

    Oh ya, note that she shaves her pits.
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    Triathletes, Marathoners, Runners, Road cyclists....

    They all do disgusting stuff like this, its not uncommon for you to see these people urinating, or defecating during a competition.

    I'm not too keen on this women's message either, being that Feminine hygiene products have only been around since the late 1800s.

    Ancient Rome found a way, Egypt had an answer for their women too.

    This women is just plain ignorant (and disgusting).




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    Wow, strong opinions on this, and I don't understand why.
    Competitive runners do all sorts of disgusting things, and this is hardly as bad as shitting yourself.

    I don't think she was particularly effective at "raising awareness", but at the same time, I don't think she has done anything offensive.
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    Originally posted by ExtraSlow
    Wow, strong opinions on this, and I don't understand why.
    Competitive runners do all sorts of disgusting things, and this is hardly as bad as shitting yourself.
    Difference is, others runners basically have to do those things, and they don't "advertise" it.

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    Way to get into the history books, for something everyone was taught about in grade 5.
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    Welcome to 2015,

    Where social media has convinced people to do anything, no matter how stupid, for their 5 minutes of fame.

    Once upon a time someone might do an embarrassing dare etc. to impressed a handful of his friends.

    Now for some stupid reason it was decided to broadcast these dunces to the world.

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    Bloody cunt she is.
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    This chick is an attention whore. I just read a bloomberg article that referenced her as well in regards to Harvard MBA students/graduates and I realized I had recently read something (ended up being this thread) mentioning her name. Nothing to see here.

    Also, in this day and age people are so easy to find on the internet. I don't think what she did shows business leadership at all (honestly, how could you take her seriously at that point in an interview?)

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    Originally posted by Sugarphreak
    Good job raising awareness.... I for one had no idea women had periods
    Came here to post this.

    I am very aware that females bleed from their vaginas.

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    Imma gonna run while oggling and commenting on womens awesome booty's to promote awareness of my libido. I shouldn't have to be ashamed of it.
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