Shailja Blog: "feminine products"


	Be a part of Migritude's journey. No contribution is too small - or too large. $2 buys coffee for a volunteer. $15 rents a rehearsal studio for an hour. $100 covers 2 hours of lighting / tech / set design. $500 helps fly Shailja to international festivals!! You can also make a tax-deductible donation by check. Please email shailja@shailja.com for details.		my blog Monday, September 18, 2006 "feminine products" sets my teeth on edge. As does every mincing euphemism for the truth of women's bodies. As does all language that treats periods as something to be cleaned up - feminine hygiene, sanitary pads. The worst example I ever saw was in a supermarket, I forget where. The sign over the tampons and pads aisle read Ladies Needs. I was seriously tempted to run up and down the aisles yelling: MENSTRUAL PADS! TAMPONS! BLOOD ABSORBERS! MENSTRUAL PADS!! TAMPONS!! BLOOD ABSORBERS!! posted by shailja at 5:44 PM 0 Comments: Post a Comment Links to this post: <$BlogBacklinkTitle$> <$BlogBacklinkSnippet$> posted by <$BlogBacklinkAuthor$> @ <$BlogBacklinkDateTime$> Create a Link << Home Previous Posts Listen to me tonight "I don't understand the Islamic world" art and fear reading lives and thrives half of a yellow sun obliques and glutes keep death upon your shoulder Subversive energy shot Been groped recently? Meanwhile, the Real News

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