http://menstruationresearch.org/2010/02/03/vinnies-tampon-case/ Blog of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research Tue, 22 May 2012 12:19:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://menstruationresearch.org/2010/02/03/vinnies-tampon-case/comment-page-1/#comment-970 Chaylene Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:38:05 +0000 http://menstruationresearch.org/?p=2182#comment-970 I think where my discomfort lays most is that women's biological functions are still being exploited for capitalist ventures. Not to mention how environmentally wasteful tampons, tampon packaging and tampon paraphernalia is when sustainable, re-usable alternatives exist. I'd be curious to know more about Vinnie's understandings of consumerism, capitalism and oppression. I think where my discomfort lays most is that women’s biological functions are still being exploited for capitalist ventures. Not to mention how environmentally wasteful tampons, tampon packaging and tampon paraphernalia is when sustainable, re-usable alternatives exist. I’d be curious to know more about Vinnie’s understandings of consumerism, capitalism and oppression.

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