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Maggie Delano discusses the crushing assumption of heterosexual fertility planning written into the very code of period tracking apps. A participant in the Quantified Self movement (described here by the wonderful Whitney Erin Boesel), Delano articulates for us the often-hidden, unique needs of women who are infertile or partnered with women, trans men and those not sexually active. I felt keenly her frustration at the way period trackers can never be 'neutral' or customisable outside of certain prescribed limitations, which have nothing to do with usability and everything to do with cultural expectations. quote:Yeah I had this issue recently. I wanted some software for tracking a medical condition which caused lack of periods - and every single app on the Android store was pink, flowery, and very focused on a presumed audience of women wanting to become pregnant. quote:Seriously look at all of the icons that come back from this search. INFURIATING. edit: http://www.metafilter.com/147509/How-period-trackers-presume-impose-heterosexuality-fertility-feminity Dang It Bhabhi! fucked around with this message at 18:14 on Mar 3, 2015 |
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# ? Mar 19, 2024 10:35 |
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Christ lady, buy a loving stopwatch if you want a tracker that doesnt actually have the features of a tracker?
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 05:34 |
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I track my period with my day planner. Sure, I have to wait for the blood to dry when I smear it on each appropriate page, but I don't think everything needs to be digital.
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 05:39 |
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It gets bad when your wife, children, girlfriend and neighbor all cycle the same
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 05:42 |
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write one yourself then dingus.
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 05:47 |
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"Maggie"
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 05:48 |
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BKPR posted:write one yourself then dingus. girls only program games
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 05:48 |
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fill the gap in the market with your turgid throbbing business acumen.
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 05:50 |
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i too am angry when i do not identify with a product
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 07:10 |
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Cyclebeads is bland as poo poo and one of the first ones that pops up in the android store wtf lady.
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 07:21 |
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I use an app called a calendar
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 08:06 |
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ha you read this on metafilter. metafilter is for fags
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 08:06 |
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my logs pro - an app i use to take pictures of my poo poo and categorize them
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 08:10 |
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tracking my period of jizzing and full-on-dilzing is too difficult. that's why i use myjizznesspal.com
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 08:11 |
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Market does not provide product tailored to my exact specifications . Market is biased against me.
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 08:11 |
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YoungSexualNorton posted:my logs pro - an app i use to take pictures of my poo poo and categorize them Bristol stool chart I presume
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 08:21 |
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wait, so women need hi-tech software just to deal with their gross and constantly oozing bodies? weird.
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 12:12 |
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hmm why not use social injustice as a disguise for my personal entitlement issues and hurt feelings
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 12:21 |
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Jesus.
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 12:32 |
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I once had almost the opposite thing, a young woman approached me to design an app for her, got me to sign an NDA before revealing her idea. It was a blood alcohol tracker targeted at breastfeeding mothers. I downloaded a bunch of existing blood alcohol trackers and came up with something that was more functional and simpler to use than any of them, but no, she wanted something exactly the same as the app she already had, but pink, and with the option to choose a gender removed. Caring about the appearance of a tool more than the functionality really just reinforces a whole bunch of old stereotypes about women being stupid.
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 12:52 |
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MtF trans people don't have periods I'm p sure
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 12:56 |
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Is that person also outraged at how flowery and feminine the branding for most female hygiene products are? Someone invent a camo / skull print tampon right away!
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 13:23 |
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Goth pads. Black cotton on slightly darker black backing, the box has a bunch of skulls and lace/spikes, and there's a prominent picture of a hunky pale vampire licking blood from his bottom lip
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 14:14 |
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OP can you link to the article you're talking about? I want to make sure I'm reading this right.
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 17:16 |
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my pro logs
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 17:39 |
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We demand a period tracker with the raw practicality of an IBM iSeries AS/400
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 17:55 |
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If I was a woman id just kill myslef
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Sentient Data posted:Goth pads. Black cotton on slightly darker black backing, the box has a bunch of skulls and lace/spikes, and there's a prominent picture of a hunky pale vampire licking blood from his bottom lip Imagine all the black dye that would rub off and stain all those labias.
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 18:20 |
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AWarmBody posted:Imagine all the black dye that would rub off and stain all those labias. ok 1 sec. ok done
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 18:24 |
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I, too, was annoyed that all of the apps were pink and flowery. Then I saw the next app down on the list and it wasn't and was also highly customizable so maybe she could have kept scrolling an inch?
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 18:28 |
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Period tracking should be done on the fridge. Maybe a shared Google Calendar so I know when I can requalify for my red wings and when I should put in for some overtime at work/ find other reasons to avoid going home to a sitcom harpy.
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 18:31 |
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why hasnt modern medicine fixed this bleeding vaginas thing
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 18:34 |
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Darkman Fanpage posted:why hasnt modern medicine fixed this bleeding vaginas thing they have it's called not being cis scum
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 18:35 |
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so this is like a real screamtracker huh?
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 18:35 |
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fyodor posted:they have it's called not being cis scum or running pill packets together
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 18:41 |
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I kind of wish normies had to be constantly reminded of the fact that some people (like me, I'm super special and unique) can't just come to grips with the fact that they aren't normies and learn to love themselves for who they are. I know! Let's take over Tumblr, whatever the hell that is.
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 18:49 |
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EXTREME INSERTION posted:I use an app called a calendar
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 18:54 |
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I'm programming a period tracker for trans women right now. It's just a blank screen, but it's pink
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 19:12 |
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there it's ->. it is there^
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# ? Mar 3, 2015 19:14 |
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why in the hell would you use a period tracker unless you were either trying to get pregnant or trying not to get pregnant edit: forgot that not all women are smart and hygienic enough to use panty liners every day
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