Today, at the railway station, my coolie waale bhaiya (porter) recognised me from my YouTube videos. He said "aap bohot accha kaam kar rahi hain, aur khoob tarrakki kariye. Meri bitiya aapke video dekhti hai"
MY VERY HARYANVI COOLIE BHAIYA SPOKE TO ME ABOUT HIS DAUGHTER'S PERIODS
I posted about having a panic attack and terrible anxiety today on my Instagram. Asked the audience how they like to calm down when they’re panicking. The response, ladies, gentlemen, and friends beyond the binary? This:
Some disgusting men get off to vulnerable, scared women. It’s stuff like this that makes it hard for us to occupy space, and have a voice. But all this only strengthens my resolve to keep doing the work I do. Fuck them.
Please get vaccinated against HPV. It protects you from several cancers including cancer of the cervix, anus, and penis. The Indian vaccine by
@SerumInstIndia
costs ₹2000 per dose, and can be taken by 9-25yr olds. The other brand, Gardasil, can be taken by 9-45yr olds!
Excited to be heading for the
#IndiaTodayHealthConclave
to discuss the role of healthcare influencers (such as yours truly 🥳) in impacting digital and public health of the nation 🇮🇳
@indiatoday
I used to donate regularly towards different causes on
@ketto
. Haven’t been able to do so over the past two months, and since then Ketto has been HARASSING me with several phone calls every single day. They call in the middle of work, when I’m sleeping, when I’m driving (1/2)
when I’m eating, when I’m showering. This constant intrusion into my time and my space, after repeated requests to please stop bothering me, has made me commit to never donating via
@ketto
again. Truly, spectacularly awful. Get your act together! There are better ways to help
Come attend
@TheLallantop
Adda today, and meet me!
Find me today, 26th Nov at 5.30pm at the Major Dhyanchand Stadium with Lallantop - ask me your questions, get your book copy signed, and hear some fun conversations!
See you soon! ✨
Had a patient come to OPD today with chronic abdominal pain. Her BAMS doctor has been giving her Monocef injections for pain 🤷🏻♀️ India will lose it’s mind chasing after super specialists, while the primary healthcare infrastructure of our country lies in shambles
i think i want a a sugar didi, like a cool slightly older woman who knows the world, guides me but also gives me money and we just hang out together and have fun
Is nobody worried about the antibiotic resistance apocalypse that’ll be upon us soon in India? Why are mild covid prescriptions full of azithromycin? Also, Ivermectin? Also, certrizine? WHERE IS THE RATIONALE?!
To keep the bad microorganisms away, the vagina maintains an acidic pH. This can bleach or discolour your panties! (It’s not because you were unhygienic or didn’t shower properly). You don’t need to throw out your panties every 6 months :)
Did a poll on my Instagram about how often people with vulvas have an orgasm from penetration and the results obviously show that not many people do. DMs blowing up with people saying “wow I thought I was weird and the only one!” Why don’t we teach pleasure to women?
Hi! If you’re trying to reach out to me for work/academic collaborations, please email me on drcuterus
@gmail
.com. I don’t check my Twitter DMs often enough 🤓
What’s the single best thing you can do for better sexual and reproductive health in 2024?
Say goodbye to cigarettes! They lower sperm quality, quantity, and motility; they lower the number and quality of your eggs; they reduce bloodflow to your genitals and reduce erections
Deleted the previous tweet, as the Indian made vaccine is only for people 9-26 years of age. The other brand, Gardasil, can be taken from 9 to 45yrs of age, by people of all genders, and it costs ₹4k-₹9k per dose.
Dressing up for conferences is always so fun - fab discussions, great interactions, and everyone is looking sharp! My fashion loving doctor brain is always very pleased at conferences 😂
Hi! If you’re an individual/collective working on sharing covid resources, and need volunteers to help verify resource leads (beds, oxygen filling services, NO MEDICINES) please DM me. I have a list of volunteers keen to help! Pls amplify
Why is it so difficult to file a complaint on the cyber crime website? First you get all sorts of ugly words thrown at you when you’re a woman on the internet, and then when you decide to take action, it’s damn well near impossible to file a complaint 🤷🏻♀️
THE DR CUTERUS BOOK IS HERE! So so excited to be sharing this here - my book with
@PenguinIndia
is out this December! You can preorder it here - Dr Cuterus: Everything Nobody Tells You About Your Body (Kindle edition to launch in December!)
Friendly reminder that menstrual cups are really fantastic and make you forget you’re on your period (don’t forget though, and remember to empty it out within 12hrs!)
So, yesterday, some rando sent me a picture of his junk. I reported it, and put up a *censored* screenshot of it on my IG stories.
@instagram
told me a) this unsolicited dick pic doesn’t go against community guidelines b) disabled my account for going against community guidelines
Y U SMOKE AT THE BEACH? I just want to enjoy my fresh ocean air, and eat my delicious food at the beachside shack. Why do you have to send your disgusting carbon monoxide and tar my way? 😡😡😡
How does one find a CA for themselves? Is there like… a portal for CAs? New financial year, new me - I’d love to be more financially literate and find a millennial CA this year 😛
Airport Security in Allahabad did not permit me to carry this beautiful mirror (that holds great sentimental value) in my handbag. Was haughtily told to go through the Restricted Items List, and I curiously couldn’t find ‘mirrors’ on there (1/2)
@MoCA_GoI
@prayagraj_pol
🚨 FINAL announcement! 🚨
The winner of 'Influencer of the year' in the
@BrookCharity
x SH24 Sexual Health Awards is...
The wonderful
@narendra_tanaya
! 😍
🎉 CONGRATULATIONS! 🎉
Thank you to everyone who took part in these awards. We look forward to next years nominations! 👀
Your girl got published in
@readersdigest
, a magazine she’s been reading since she was four. Your girl has also been running around the house screaming “BABE DID YOU SEE IT YET?!”. These two incidents are unrelated.
@DeepikaBhardwaj
@rajshamani
Thank you! Penis lengthening oils, creams, pills, and lotions to not work. They manufacture an insecurity in men, and then sell them bogus products to “cure” it. Absolutely horrifying
WE DON’T NEED EVERY DOCTOR TO BECOME A SUPERSPECIALIST!!! We desperately need more primary care providers at work. The freshest MBBS doctors are wasting away in coaching centres, running the NEETPG rat race 🤦🏻♀️
I’ve gotten to that weird stage in my career where I love
#obgyn
, but also
#urology
and
#sexmed
. Is there some magical combo speciality that combines all three? With an added bonus of the sociocultural history of sex? I just want to study my dream subjects 🥹
#medtwitter
@SarmaWay
@SerumInstIndia
Please do some basic research before you spout nonsense. I’ve been campaigning and creating awareness about this vaccine for the past four years, including running a petition to the government to make this vaccine free
Happy New Year! Let’s hope this year we finally let women wash their hair on their periods without 15 “experts” telling them it will hurt their uterus 🥹
What other sexual/reproductive/menstrual health myth would you like to see die in 2023?
Been struggling with brain fog and lack of productivity for around two weeks. Tried everything from waking up early, sleeping in, nidra yoga, creativity videos… every damn thing… but alas! What finally worked was a cup of coffee. One coffee and I’ve been blazing about!
My Instagram baby, Dr_Cuterus, turns two today! Also, it’s a Friday! Also, it’s
#MenstrualHygieneDay
! Alcohol fuelled, super happy, furious menstrual cup proselytising shall be happening this evening.
Another superpower of your acidic vagina? It can digest (oxidise) blood; so at the start or end of your period, when you are not bleeding a lot, the small amount of blood is digested by your acidic vagina. This leads to dark brown blood at the start or end of the period 🩸
TIL how Gillette sold razors to women by calling underarm hair “an embarassing personal problem”, and claiming how good underarms were “white and smooth” . This has led to generations of women feeling insecure about a very normal feature in their bodies - hair and pigmentation
So excited to be in New York for the annual Goalkeepers event with the
@gatesfoundation
, where efforts towards
@TheGlobalGoals
are celebrated. Lots of pictures and updates from NYC to follow :) 🍎
Today I coughed so hard that my back spasmed. Two muscle relaxants, painkillers, a hot water bottle, and Tiger balm massages later, I’m still in pain and have restricted movement. Covid recovery is wild.
This is not news to anyone but I’m really shocked the more and more I’m learning how truly unhappy people are in their lives.
I am always alarmed when I see people being complete assholes to other random people, who are just out their living their lives, harming nobody (1/2)
Teaching Young Girls About Periods! 🩸
#throwback
to this gorgeous day with
@c3_india
, where we went to a school for underprivileged girls in Haryana, and had a fun chat with them about everything periods! After launching the Navya - the first menstruator kit designed by C3,
As I am approaching my 30s, I have found that rereading the Princess Diaries series (for the 16{billion}th time) is the best way to remind myself that goodness exists in the world.
@megcabot
The emotional fatigue of the past month is hitting now, & it’s hitting hard. All seemed to be on survival mode, and the collective trauma we experienced is kicking in now. Getting out of bed, having conversations, eating, existing - everything seems like so much effort right now
Had the absolute best time walking around with
@UnOxProject
- I love Oxford dearly, and having worked as a tour guide there, I often came to terms with the problematic history of the university. So glad there are student led projects such as this that highlight the history! 💖
We had the enormous pleasure of hosting
@DrCuterus
on our Uncomfortable History of Medicine Tour. Tanaya engaged with us on issues of inequity in medicine, marginalised communities and women’s body and health.
Students from IISER Tirupati have made a LARC, non hormonal contraceptive that also has a negligible carbon footprint. This new generation is gonna change the world!
@iGEM
@GenScript
@iGEM
We wish to instigate a fresh outlook towards contraceptives. Being an integral part of society, the lack of a sustainable & empowering contraceptive affects the safety of individuals globally & thus this issue demands the center-stage. [1/3]
Effect of Sex Education: education helps improve sexual function and helps *decrease sexual violence* - this is a fascinating and very important finding! Alizadeh et al., BMC Pregnancy And Childbirth ‘21
#WMSM23
@ISSM_INFO
Mijal Luria, Israel
Hellu! If you hate the current state of cinema in India - with all the nonsensical fighting and women hating, and want to check out some intelligent, quirky, independent cinema that raises questions about modern relationships, and gender, check out Fairy Folk in Mumbai TODAY! ✨
Casually,
@instagram
decided to silence the person speaking out against their sexual harassment. What a lovely narrative to push, eh? We will do NOTHING to protect womxn on this platform, and will rather be Creep Cheerleaders
#MakeInstagramSafeForWomen
Hi friendo. Today is Friday, and I hope you have a lovely Friday, with lots of lovely times with your lovely friends. But do you wanna make your Friday lovelier? Thousands of menstruators in India don’t have access to period products. A packet of pads costs just Rs. 20 ($0.26)
I asked for an explanation, as I have carried this mirror through airports everywhere across the world, and funnily, several times while travelling through this very airport. Security simply said “no”. Curious.
@MoCA_GoI
@prayagraj_pol
#MedTwitter
does anyone have any good literature/textbook citations on why genital skin is more pigmented, particularly in POC? Pls help, I’m heartbroken at the number of young people that resort to dangerous DIY genital bleaching, not knowing this is normal! Pls amplify!
Your girl featured in
@Cosmopolitan
Magazine. Too e x c i t e to add anything else to this tweet. I was in frikkin
@CosmoIndia
as one of the most inspirational voices in India! Me! What!
#TDL2021