A Post About Someone Else’s Uterus
Posted on February 28th, 2008 in Not Easy Bein' Green
So, some of you may check out my cousin Deanna’s blog. Dee kind of rocks my socks when it comes to her own personal crusade to save our environment. She’s been getting a ton of press about it and her blog readership is off the hook. Well. Especially when compared to mine. (HI FOUR PEOPLE WHO READ THIS! I LOVE YOU!)
Anyway, Deanna wrote a post on her blog about Tampax providing African girls with free menstrual products for their periods. She wondered aloud (errr…on the internet…) if this would end up doing more harm than good. What about the waste to the environment, particularly in poverty-stricken areas where the common way of disposing of garbage is to burn it? Also, is Tampax making like McDonald’s and marketing their products to young people who will grow to depend on them in the future?
Dee writes it about it more eloquently than me. Suffice it to say, one small blog post turned into Goods 4 Girls, a website devoted to gathering hand-sewn pads to send to girls in need. I’m so impressed with the response to this website and the rapid pace at which it has taken off. I’m also kind of feeling like a lazy person since Deanna is out saving the world and I am sitting on my couch, moaning about a stomach virus. I suck.
I do have to wonder what it would be like to be a young girl without access to every day resources for something as basic as dealing with my period. I use a Diva Cup and can sit in the bathtub and eat chocolate. These girls are using banana leaves and missing school.
I think they win the sympathy case here.
Either way, y’all (ALL FOUR OF YOU! HEY-YO!) should check out the website, donate if you can and spread the word on YOUR fabulous blogs so we can help some young girls who desperately need it!
Well, since I’m one of the four people that reads your blog, I should comment and say, “Thanks for the post!”
Not like I didn’t pressure you into it or anything. Ahem.
I found you through crunchy chickens blog and I love you both, but for different reasons! I’m one of the four!!!!!YEAH!!!!!
Dlllug -
Not to hijack the vagina talk, but, I wanted to say, “Hello!” Be in touch: b r e n d a n . b i t t n e r @ m a c . c o m
- Brendan