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.
“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://twitter.com/CMOKerala/status/927907875153879041
https://www.bloodygoodperiod.com/
https://connect.goauntflow.com/aunt-flow-advocate
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