Page 11 | Tampax getting ratioed

majesticallyawkward · 24/10/2020 11:32

@Fluffycloudland77

I use a menstrual cup off eBay, £3 about 2 or 3 years ago. I never thought I’d get used to it but there’s helpful YouTube videos shockingly made by women 😲 who show you what to do.

Not bought any tampons etc since. If I didn’t have the cup I’d rather buy reusable sanitary towels off the Internet than give these woke brands any more money.

We don’t use any brands tested on animals which includes all of proctor and gamble et al anyway.

I'm the same, never been so happy to have gone reusable!

'People who bleed' or biological women. women are being erased at alarming speed under the guise of 'woke' or just downright make power- tampax is just another in a long line joining in while anyone speaking against it is labelled as ignorant or bigoted. Just look at the women in Poland being tear gassed for protesting about the massive breach of their rights!

Whatwouldscullydo · 24/10/2020 11:31

I wish they could see how dangerous this bull shit is.

Reproductive health is important to remember about.

If men are bleeding they need medical attention. If girls over 16 aren't having periods they also need to see a dr. Not just assume they are amongst the people who don't bleed.

Its not inclusive its dangerous.

tattooedmummy1 · 24/10/2020 11:30

@Deliriumoftheendless

I bought a cheap mooncup and it terrified me so much I didn’t menstruate for 3 months.

This comment, in conjunction with Tampax losing its grip on reality, is the final push I required to just buy another Mooncup

Deliriumoftheendless · 24/10/2020 11:27

@StylishCountDuckula

Those comments are amazing though!

You can only hope P&G are reading them and realising they've seriously misjudged their target audience. This is the push I needed to finally try a moon cup. I've been avoiding Always for a while now anyway since their horrible scented pads gave me a horrendous rash

I once went for an interview for P&G and knew it wasn't for me when they asked me "if you were a fruit, what kind of fruit would you be?"

I hope you answered “a potato.”

Deliriumoftheendless · 24/10/2020 11:26

I bought a cheap mooncup and it terrified me so much I didn’t menstruate for 3 months.

Fluffycloudland77 · 24/10/2020 11:26

@TheChampagneGalop

I'm guessing though, with the popularity of cups and other reusable products on the rise, they have to compete but can't virtue signal about the environment. So they have to keep up with the times in another way.

They obviously don’t mind coming across as completely bonkers.

ValancyRedfern · 24/10/2020 11:23

I highly recommend Lillets. They are much less leak-prone than Tampax, and their tagine is 'designed by women for women'. Body form also did that brilliant advert centering female experience.

TheChampagneGalop · 24/10/2020 11:23

I'm guessing though, with the popularity of cups and other reusable products on the rise, they have to compete but can't virtue signal about the environment. So they have to keep up with the times in another way.

TheChampagneGalop · 24/10/2020 11:19

Why would a company that makes money off menstruating women be so dumb? People who bleed? They should know that menstruation isn't the same as just just bleeding. Which all humans can do.

Fluffycloudland77 · 24/10/2020 11:13

I use a menstrual cup off eBay, £3 about 2 or 3 years ago. I never thought I’d get used to it but there’s helpful YouTube videos shockingly made by women 😲 who show you what to do.

Not bought any tampons etc since. If I didn’t have the cup I’d rather buy reusable sanitary towels off the Internet than give these woke brands any more money.

We don’t use any brands tested on animals which includes all of proctor and gamble et al anyway.

movingonup20 · 24/10/2020 11:05

@SquirrelFan

I buy Aldi own brand, saves a fortune

vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 24/10/2020 10:39

Suzanne Moore's tweeted it. Trending, I see.

twitter.com/suzanne_moore/status/1319924268365381632

Are they going for the "all publicity is good publicity" marketing model?

ThinEndOfTheWedge · 24/10/2020 10:38

Fact: Not all women have periods

And we know they don’t mean pregnant women...breastfeeding women...post menopausal women... etc and women like me who should menstruate, but can’t for medical reasons and who always understood only women have periods and doesn’t take away my womanhood or transmen.

They mean men.

Any pretence that this is being kind to TM is at best - utterly naive. If they were - men’s products /literature would be changed - but it never is...

A bit like that perhaps they can actually really tell the difference between men and women.

It’s all about the menz...

FairFridaythe13th · 24/10/2020 10:37

I’m sure the majority just get on with life and buy the bloody tampons when needed.

Smellbellina · 24/10/2020 10:35

I feel sorry for the invisible trans men in all of this, funny how it’s always about trans women and trans men (who I think this applies to far more than trans women) are largely ignored. Oh I wonder why that could possibly be..?

FairFridaythe13th · 24/10/2020 10:32

Chips? In my memory it was a tampon... I’m sure some people have nostrils large enough for a tampon.

ErrolTheDragon · 24/10/2020 10:31

@FairFridaythe13th

Maybe it was just spotted.

Yes, but now there's a flood of replies.

ErrolTheDragon · 24/10/2020 10:30

@SusannaSpider

Looks like the Twitter thread has gone.

No, it's still there. (I don't know why, twitter threads hardly ever seem to load for me first time, I nearly always have to hit the reload symbol.)

SquirrelFan · 24/10/2020 10:29

Anyone got recommendations for Head & Shoulders and Viakal subs?

ErrolTheDragon · 24/10/2020 10:28

It reminds me of a fish called Wanda when the character had a tampon stuck up his nose when it was bleeding.

I only remember the chips. Does anyone really have a big enough nostril for a tampon?

Clareflairmare · 24/10/2020 10:26

@EdgeOfACoin

Love this comment on the Friends of the Earth thread:

This bullshit is why you are now going to spend the next 72 hours arguing about the existence of women and not about saving the planet. By the end of it you’ll have blocked thousands of feminists and still think you are the good guy.

Love that

PopperUppleton · 24/10/2020 10:18

@PotholeParadies

The tampax thread on twitter has got people discussing (and plugging) competitors' products.

That's a horrible pun

FairFridaythe13th · 24/10/2020 10:15

They aren’t celebrating women at all. Just jumping on the bandwagon in the hope that any ad won’t get piled on by those whose voices seem to be the only ones that matter.

RufustheSniggeringReindeer · 24/10/2020 10:13

Fact: Not all women have periods. Also a fact: Not all people with periods are women. Let's celebrate the diversity of all people who bleed

So we aren’t celebrating the diversity of women who have medical issues or who are menopausal...very inclusive

FairFridaythe13th · 24/10/2020 10:09

Maybe it was just spotted.