Tampon Tax update
Do you guys remember when I was a plaintiff in a New York State lawsuit against the tampon tax? My blog was entitled,
Holy shit I look amazing holding tampons
After that I even designed and knitted a hat to go along with the theme:
Period Equity Tampon Hat!
Well my best friend Laura Strausfeld is the genius behind all of this (all of it! She’s a freaking GENIUS!) and now she has an op-ed on the front page of the Washington Post talking about how amazingly successful she’s been doing this good work:
Goodbye, tampon tax. Hello, MDCDs.
It’s a hilarious description (“womansplaining”) of why a ridiculous term, namely “menstrual discharge collection device,” or MDCD, was coined for one purpose: to get men in power to understand that tampons and other menstrual products are things that prevent women from bleeding all over subway cars. They somehow didn’t get that until the name was changed! No kidding!
Great news, largely due to Laura the momentum on the end of tampon taxes nationwide is picking up. Texas just got rid of theirs, and that bodes very well.
Laura is my hero!!
