Kristen Bell Saying She 'Self-Regulates' on Her Period Sparks Spirited Reactions
Kristen Bell is taking heat on social media for some recent comments about her period and [...]
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Kristin Bell coming in clutch once again with WAY #tmi no one really needed or expected #loveher 😂😂😂 https://t.co/uwStfI80f3
— Anna Henke (@writingresident) August 10, 2021
— Quizzart ✝️🇺🇸💔👨👩👧👦🎮 (@GameMasterPOW) August 10, 2021
First and foremost, many commenters felt that they were getting too much information from Bell too often in her recent spate of podcast quotes.
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Are you kidding, there would be so many concessions for it.
Extra mensies days off, better pain meds, offices that require heating pads or some similar shit.The whole world would be different, but yes, they would whine even more. 🤦♀️
— Lisa (@gelilil) July 1, 2020
I'm 51, so those days are over, but when I would PMS or be on my period, I was a bitch 100%. Guys just don't have a clue what it feels like to have cramps or bleed and not die. It's truly supernatural. 😁😈😇
— Samantha Lee Henderson-Thompson (@Samanth62576193) August 10, 2021
Many supporters took Bell's comments to mean that men didn't understand all that menstruation entails. They imagined how much more men would accommodate the process if they could experience it firsthand.
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Kristen Bell can regulate herself on her period but not enough to wash her kids.???
— Georgia "Cool Mom" Roman (@GAfromCLE) August 10, 2021
Some people related Bell's new comment back to her other recent controversy about how often she bathes her children.
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Usually when ppl talk about the importance of self-regulation it's to do with behaviour (mostly children learning to control themselves), so basically she has mood-swings when it's her time of the month.
— Pedantic_Person (@PedanticPerson) August 10, 2021
Some users were confused to see Bell's comments framed as controversial on social media. In many cases, these people had listened to the full podcast, so they heard the quotes in context first.
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Kristen, I have been reading quotes where you say that you & your friends “self-regulate” your pms. Besides sounding like a 1950’s housewife 🙄 these statements are dangerous. I cannot self regulate diabetes. I need medication & regular health checks. I could not self …. Pg 1
— Fiona Vegan Peace 💙 (@Fiona99) August 11, 2021
Some critics feared that this kind of language was a slippery slope for ableism in the case of other medical conditions. Commenters feared that Bell's comments could be applied to diabetes or other conditions that can have an emotional aspect to them.
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This is a poorly constructed hot take. Everybody experiences a spectrum of emotions, some of which are unhealthy. Those need to be regulated to have good relationships with ourselves and others. Pretending this isn't true for the sake of 'wokeness' is destructive.
— TheGrinningCarrot (@CarrotGrinning) August 11, 2021
Some thought that criticism of Bell's comments had gone way overboard and become hyperbolic. Whether they appreciated her description or not, they did not like the way that it was portrayed in the media after the fact.
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Nobody:
— April (@AprilMarie_25) August 10, 2021
No one at all:
Kristen Bell and Dax Shepherd “It takes everything in me not to kill my S/O hehe we are such a good match”
Finally, some commenters were beginning to question whether Bell and Shepard are really a good match together given their "honest" comments about how hard it is to maintain a healthy marriage recently. They felt that the Amrchair Expert podcast was veering towards over-sharing in many cases.
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