[lee martell]

Women have somehow dealt with all those things for centuries.
Not everyone is going to have the same Life Experience.
You do what you’ve got to do to proceed.

[John Locke]

The very term "period poverty" is an insult. While growing up in Africa, I saw many poor people, and I mean really poor. And one day discovered that really poor women do not get periods: their chronic malnutrition has that effect.

So these "poor" people are privileged first world snowflakes demanding more freebies from the rest of us. But for a small fee, I can teach them how to tie palm fronds.

[jazminerose]

When I was a girl of their age, we said as little as possible about “period products”.

Being observed by a male classmate purchasing “period products”—mortifying.

You had girlfriends to talk to when you felt the need to discuss “period products”.

But, something isn’t adding up here. These kids are so impoverished that they cannot, collectively, or individually, buy a box of Tampax.

Pity.

How is it they always have the fundage for concerts, ravers, Coachella, Burning Man, and spring break baccanals. There’s always a way to be able to scrape together enough cash to keep a reasonable supply of drugs handy. What are those taxpayer-subsidized student loans for, if not keeping one’s personal pharmacy stocked?

How did we make it through so many years of civilization without .demanding that other people finance our “period products”?

I might entertain an exception for Midol. We need to keep lots of that stuff in circulation

[mewzilla]

Paging future employers....

You can add Christopher Newport University to your growing list.