Episode 29: Blood Money – Tampon Tax and Period Poverty

In the second episode of our menstruation series, we talk about the painful truth of

In the second episode of our menstruation series, we talk about the painful truth of financial discrimination based on biology. Yep, tampon tax, period poverty, the whole bloody shebang.

Get yourself a blanket, a cup of tea and lots of chocolate and listen to us talk about the high costs of menstruating.

Bonus: you’ll learn more about our vaginas than you ever wanted to know. so yay.

Sources:

“America’s Very Real Menstrual Crisis.” Time. Accessed August 30, 2018. http://time.com/3989966/america-menstrual-crisis/.

“End Restroom Inequality, Free The Tampons: FreeTheTampons.Org.” FREE THE TAMPONS. Accessed August 30, 2018. http://www.freethetampons.org/.

Kosin, Julie. “Getting Your Period Is Still Oppressive in the United States.” Harper’s BAZAAR, October 9, 2017. https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a10235656/menstrual-period-united-states/.

“The ‘Tampon Tax,’ Explained.” Washington Post. Accessed August 27, 2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/08/the-tampon-tax-explained/.

Weiss-Wolf, Jennifer. Periods Gone Public: Taking a Stand for Menstrual Equity. Arcade Publishing, 2017.

“Why Is the US ‘tampon Tax’ so Hated?” BBC News, September 14, 2016, sec. US & Canada. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37365286.

“Women Get Their Periods Every Month — and It’s Incredibly Expensive.” USA TODAY. Accessed August 30, 2018. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/04/18/scotland-end-period-poverty-tampon-tax/502020002/.

Zraick, Karen. “It’s Not Just the Tampon Tax: Why Periods Are Political.” The New York Times, July 26, 2018, sec. Health. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/22/health/tampon-tax-periods-menstruation-nyt.html.

Other Links

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/19/british-girls-period-poverty-menstruation-sanitary-products

https://www.change.org/p/theresa-may-mp-free-menstrual-products-for-all-children-on-free-school-meals-freeperiods

https://twitter.com/CMOKerala/status/927907875153879041

https://www.stern.de/neon/wilde-welt/gesellschaft/tampons–binden-und-co—in-schottland-gibt-es-sie-jetzt-umsonst-8232204.html

https://www.stern.de/neon/wilde-welt/gesellschaft/tampons–binden-und-co—in-schottland-gibt-es-sie-jetzt-umsonst-8232204.html

https://rupikaur.com/period/

https://www.bloodygoodperiod.com/

https://connect.goauntflow.com/aunt-flow-advocate

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