![]() ![]() ![]() Because there’s nothing that gets in the way of those two fundamental things like a dangling tampon string, amiright? ![]() Personally, I opted out of tampons in favor of a Diva Cup before I hit 20 after a coworker gave me the hot tip that not only would the circular, body-conscious shape make my cramps better, it would make everything else easier on my period: Like, um, going to the bathroom. And tampons are literally dangerous: Just recently model Lauren Wasser made headlines with her story about the toxic-shock syndrome, developed from a tampon, which led to the loss of her leg. Pads, if we’re being honest, are glorified diapers. If so many of us are bleeding, why do we pretend that none of us are?Īnd it’s not even like the popular methods we have of concealing the blood are all that great. It doesn't make you dirty to have your period. Nor is it necessarily as wildly unsanitary as it's made out to be. Sure, getting your period sucks-it’s messy, it hurts, it makes you break out or feel bloated or both-but that doesn’t mean visual evidence of it is intrinsically inappropriate. After all, the commodification of menstruation is centered around hiding it: Catching the blood before anyone sees it, dulling the pain so you’re not in fetal position at your desk, or skipping it altogether with birth control. Suddenly, this monthly thing that cis-women and people assigned female at birth actively work to conceal was out in the open, and nothing bad happened… Which makes sense, if you think about it. When Kiran Gandhi ran the London marathon with blood dripping down her legs, it caused a collective aha moment. ![]()
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