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Nov 17 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
HELLO FROM THIS SIDE! I am finally here, at postmenopause. 

I have arrived. feministgiant.com/p/postmenopaus…
Humans and killer whales (and the short finned pilot whale) are the only species who go through menopause. 

And we really don’t know why. Yes, really. feministgiant.com/p/postmenopaus…
Scientists might not know why we live so long after we cease to reproduce but I do: to be Mona.

Not mother, not grandmother. Just Mona. This is my time.

I am here to be known. #Postmenopause
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I don't know how much longer this will be here, but before it goes (if it goes), next week is my anniversary of this.

And Twitter saved my life.

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I know not everyone has Mastodon.

I'll be here until it/if it falls apart.

Find me on Instagram and FEMINIST GIANT!
Fuck you Elon Musk.

Fuck the people who sold Twitter to you.
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Nov 18
I never thought I would ever move to the U.S.

I had vowed never to get married.

Too many never evers and yet in 2000 I did the latter, quickly followed by the former.

When I left him, I knew there was only one city in the US that could possibly contain my restlessness: NYC
I left him on Nov. 1, 2002 to start a road trip across the U.S.--from Seattle to NYC.

18 days solo road trip. Just me and the U.S.

I had learned to drive just 18 months before.

At this time in 2002, I was one night away from NYC.

I arrived Nov. 18
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I could not imagine, divorce papers freshly signed, that I could get on a plane and five hours later start a new life in New York City.

I had to take my time with the U.S. and just as importantly, with myself.
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Nov 17
Today I was up to 85lbs deadlifts with Jeana Fanelli, my trainer. I want to be strong as I make my way through postmenopause. It’s been about three weeks since I started with her and I’m loving lifting heavy!
Imagine if we congratulated each other on becoming postmenopausal. Finally, finally.

I’m walking taller. The way I move through the world has expanded.

Or am I walking taller because I finally followed the advice of Dr. Stacy Sims–”LIFT HEAVY!”
And I started powerlifting and when I leave the gym after my sessions with Jeana I feel my body understands the assignment and walks with power. feministgiant.com/p/postmenopaus…
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Nov 17
My writing about the #menopause transition does not cover Menopause Hormone Therapy or not? That's between you and your health care provider. I focus on the existential and experiential. feministgiant.com/p/postmenopaus…
e.g. Perimenopause--the years leading up to menopause kicked my fucking ass

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Menopause is actually just one day--it marks 12 months since the last menstrual cycle.

And now I'm finally postmenopause--what follows menopause--fucking finally!

Is there a postmenopause placebo effect? Because I feel as if I'm walking taller!

feministgiant.com/p/postmenopaus…
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Nov 17
I want a world where we congratulate each other on becoming postmenopausal. feministgiant.com/p/postmenopaus…
You know that film Turning Red? I love it so much. I wish 11.5 year old Mona had it when she first got her period. Now, 55 and a quarter year old Mona wants a sequel about the mother's menopause transition

And you know that shit they say about cis women becoming "invisible" postmenopause?

Fuck that shit. First of all, "invisible" to who? I feel like running up to older women and yelling “I KNOW! I FUCKING KNOW!”

They are all I see! feministgiant.com/p/postmenopaus…
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Nov 17
Humans and killer whales (and the short finned pilot whale) are the only species who go through menopause.

And we really don’t know why. Yes, really. feministgiant.com/p/postmenopaus…
Scientists might not know why we live so long after we cease to reproduce but I do: to be Mona. Not mother, not grandmother. Just Mona. This is my time. I am here to be known.

I am finally, fucking finally, postmenopause.

feministgiant.com/p/postmenopaus…
Why else are we alive but to be known as the ultimate act of revolt against silence? Is that not freedom: to spit out our silences and in the doing to slay shame and fear?

feministgiant.com/p/write-danger…
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