tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post6292647466623271087..comments2024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Bloody IneffectiveDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-21081921024711673352020-10-19T15:16:53.138-04:002020-10-19T15:16:53.138-04:00Just a fun side note - there is an Indian movie on...Just a fun side note - there is an Indian movie on the topic of making better menstrual products available to women. It is called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pad_Man_(film)" rel="nofollow">Pad Man</a>, based on a true story, and was a gigantic hit. It's been on my list forever - got a great cast and so forth. You might like it as much as the Indians did! :-)Julie Davishttp://happycatholic.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-57630460631635534672020-10-18T09:09:54.467-04:002020-10-18T09:09:54.467-04:00I may be even more cynical, but one can't even...I may be even more cynical, but one can't even be sure all this stuff about virtuously helping women in the third world is true. Even if they do donate some money, at the receiving end these things very often look differently. <br />Also, there is a difference in the aspect that organic pads may be less effective (in which case people might decide about their preferences) and the fact that helping third world women isn't connected to special types of sanitary pads (any big company might just as well contribute to the cause).Agneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00047890626000373572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-65230884419134818212020-10-17T20:44:22.884-04:002020-10-17T20:44:22.884-04:00I can't use the pads that "work" wel...I can't use the pads that "work" well for more than brief periods because the plastic "dri-weeve" and all the other wicking, absorbancy-tech stuff leaves me irritated in places that shouldn't be irritated. This leaves me limited to either the very cheap store brand stuff or the very expensive "all natural" stuff---and I haven't found a non-plasticky pad yet that can hold up, though the cheap ones do at least use a good adhesive! <br /><br /> Fortunately, there's always the belt-and-suspenders solution of tampons and full-coverage panty liners.<br /><br />I've been playing with the idea of a reusable cup for years, but there are so many brands now that I hit decision fatigue very quickly when I look into it. Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03787892622804373968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-11428300277569806792020-10-17T19:34:11.434-04:002020-10-17T19:34:11.434-04:00I don't have a problem with pads! I have a pro...I don't have a problem with pads! I have a problem with pads that don't work being marketed as somehow being better for women. MrsDarwinhttp://darwincatholic.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-84048426175551484502020-10-17T13:00:15.205-04:002020-10-17T13:00:15.205-04:00I have tried out menstrual cups this spring and su...I have tried out menstrual cups this spring and summer. While they aren't perfect, I haven't found them to be more problematic to use than pads, just a different set of problems. Less waste, not no waste, but an improvement. Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16048581569670327256noreply@blogger.com