The most scary thing on the internet right now is menstrual blood.

We all squealed with horror and glee when The Mountain dug his fingers into Oberyn Martell’s eye sockets and then squeezed his head so hard that his brain exploded on Game of Thrones. Let me just repeat that: his brain exploded.

A woman doing something all women of child-bearing age do every single month – that’s worthy of sheer, unadulterated disgust and hatred. What in the hell are people so afraid of?

When Louelle Denor posted a picture of her blood-covered menstrual cup to Instagram, the comments came thick and fast.

Denor posted the picture as a protest against Instagram’s decidedly sexist rules about what is and isn’t appropriate material for the platform.

“It’s come to my attention that women are having their accounts banned for showing menstrual blood (and no nudity). This is very seriously fucked up. If this was a picture of blood from a finger laceration, there’d be no issue,” she commented along with the picture.

On August 30, she posted a screen shot of comments the picture has received since she posted it.

“This is what happens when you post a picture of #blood and say it’s from your #vagina,” she wrote.

“@__emicasz__ says that #feminists these days are so fucking stupid. @martinghalle wants to #kill people like me… @dank.meme.machine suggests that #feminists should be #burnedalive #burned. The two of them decide that, really, #jetfuel should be used. And @the.almighty.count.dankula says I should #killmyself #commitsuicide #suicide. All of that over a picture of blood? #overreacting?”

The comments are appalling.

“Feminazis should be put in a shower dispersing male semen onto their faces,” wrote the charming @imthehitlerofmemes.

On Medium, Denor wrote that she posted the picture to stand in solidarity with women who have been banned from Instagram for showing menstrual blood.

Do you think Louelle Denor has a point?