For fuck's sake, I am having my period!

[giandujakiss]

And I share this with you so you will understand my utter frustration that my business clothes have no pockets to allow me to carry my damn tampons into the bathroom discreetly.

I never, ever remember to make sure that pants have pockets when I go shopping.

I hate women's clothing designers with the passion of a thousand burning suns.

Comments

[ratcreature]

Maybe they expect you to learn magic tricks, like hot to discreetly palm and hide small objects and such.

[cofax7]

Oh, god, I know that feeling. "If I tuck the tampon up my sleeve will it stay there when I open the door?" "If I stick it inside my waist will the bump show?"

I HATE feminity in this culture. At least I no longer care if I embarrass the male checkout clerks when I put my extra-large box of tampons on the counter. *g*

[rachelmanija]

I remember once I ran into a totally empty supermarket at midnight to buy tampons and a toilet plunger. The friend I was with and I contemplated adding a large carrot or some other random object to the purchase to utterly blow the clerk's mind.

[crossedwires]

Heh. That reminds me of shopping for horse stuff: tampons (they're a good size for stuffing stud/cork holes in horse shoes), diapers (for hoof packing), rubber gloves, witch hazel, hydrogen peroxide, white vinegar, and lots of carrots.

[gchick]

How thoughtless of you to have an actual functional female body, rather than just a decorative concept of one.

[thingswithwings]

oh god, the number of time I have CURSED the pocketless pants and skirts, I cannot even count them.

(although, I use a divacup, and find that it solves this particular no-pockets problem admirably. It's basically my favourite thing that I own, 150 times better than the old cups and keepers, better for your health and the environment than tampons or pads, miles cheaper than any other menstrual product, better for heavy bleeders than anything else on the market, comfortable, beautiful, reliable, and wonderful.)

[rydra_wong]

Okay, do we have some sort of menstrual cups comm on DW yet? Because I need to do something about my socially-inappropriate urge to wander into strangers' posts and comment with OMG YES BESTEST INVENTION EVAR.

[lotesse]

for the record, I would join that comm in a hot minute. Just saying.

[thingswithwings]

obv. we should start one! I've had mine for years now, and still every single month I find myself consumed with the urge to tell EVERYONE I KNOW about how great these things are. Having an outlet would probably help.

[ide_cyan]

There's a ton of great information on the LJ comm menstrual_cups, comparing the size and capacity of various brands of cups for instance, that you might want to ask permission to repost, or link to.

[rydra_wong]

*returns belatedly to say*

It appears that menstruation may be an appropriate DW home for cup squee, as well as being a comm in need of more posts ...

[monanotlisa]

Eh, I always use a file folder that I carry and look Very Busy, Yes, Very Busy. A slim one should do it, but of course it varies. ;)

[elliemurasaki]

I think this is the purpose for which those little bitty purses without handles were invented.

[stultiloquentia]

I...have been known to sashay down the hall twirling one like a cat toy.

But generally speaking, I agree: women's pocketless pants ARGH. Where am I supposed to hook my thumbs?

[vito_excalibur]

Sister, you know that I feel your pain. D: