Today on Defenestration: J.H. Palmer answers the question on everyone's mind: where's your IUD? At least, she answers the question as it relates to her. If you lost your own IUD this will absolutely not help you find it.
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“Where’s Your IUD?” by J.H. Palmer
“Where’s your IUD?” Dr. El-Taj asked.
“Somewhere in Florida,” I answered.
I think I left it behind a Burger King dumpster off U.S. 1, somewhere between Miami and Marathon Key.
CONTENT WARNING: menstruation, women’s health, Florida. Thanks to @jasmined.bsky.social @missspoken.bsky.social for letting me read this, & @kimmoldofsky.bsky.social for letting me read this at Hot Flashes & Fierce Tales and declaring it “uninterruptible.”
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