As Wonderful As A Tampon

I’m a little amused by the Tampax Pearl brand slogan(1): “As extraordinary as you are.”

Now, I’m not personally familiar with having a period and the absolute wonder of tampons, but I can’t help but believe that I’d be a little offended to be compared to a piece of artificial bleached fiber designed to be shoved into a bleeding vagina—performing a valuable service to be sure—only to be discarded once I’ve outlived my usefulness.

Maybe that’s a personal opinion though.

Footnotes

  1. Part of living with Allyson—and possibly living with any woman/female engineering student/third-wave feminist for all I know—is the idea that about one week a month you’re going to find random boxes of “feminine hygiene” just out for review.

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