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    tampons: bscully:

sneepysnape:

roseverdict:


3-ducks-in-a-trenchcoat:
The look on her face when she realizes 
Transcript: A college-age woman with a microphone is interviewing a man on the street, likely a fellow student. Over the audio of them speaking, some background music is playing of the ā€œsomething funny is about to happen, but for now things are calmā€ variety.
Woman: What do you think about starting an initiative on campus, here at UK, to be more inclusive to women who have penises, and we can put urinals in the womenā€™s restroom for them?
Man: Sounds fantastic.
Woman: Oh, is it?
Man: Yeah.
Woman: Okay, what about-? Letā€™s take it one step closer, y'know, more for inclusivity here on campus, about free tampons and pads in the menā€™s restroom for men who have periods?
Man: Sounds great.
Woman: Okayyy. You donā€™t see anything wrong with those statements?
Man: No.
Woman: What men do you know with periods?
Man, overlapping slightly with Woman: -the general use ones, like at Willy Tā€™s(?), I use ā€˜em pretty often- (transcriber couldnā€™t quite catch everything, sorry!)
At this point the video freezes on a still of the woman, whoā€™s in the middle of realizing she was trying to get transphobic answers out of a trans man the whole time, and is thoroughly gobsmacked. Flabbergasted, even. The background music picks up and could very well be a video game boss theme for a classical-music-themed boss. I donā€™t know the song, sadly. According to the notes, the song is Kiraā€™s theme from JoJoā€™s Bizarre Adventure. End transcript.



Itā€™s not Willy T, I think itā€™s Building D! Either way, thanks for the transcript



Tbh separated stalls, urinals, female hygiene products, baby-changing rooms and also bidets should be standard in all restrooms
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                tampons: bscully:

sneepysnape:

roseverdict:


3-ducks-in-a-trenchcoat:
The look on her face when she realizes 
Transcript: A college-age woman with a microphone is interviewing a man on the street, likely a fellow student. Over the audio of them speaking, some background music is playing of the ā€œsomething funny is about to happen, but for now things are calmā€ variety.
Woman: What do you think about starting an initiative on campus, here at UK, to be more inclusive to women who have penises, and we can put urinals in the womenā€™s restroom for them?
Man: Sounds fantastic.
Woman: Oh, is it?
Man: Yeah.
Woman: Okay, what about-? Letā€™s take it one step closer, y'know, more for inclusivity here on campus, about free tampons and pads in the menā€™s restroom for men who have periods?
Man: Sounds great.
Woman: Okayyy. You donā€™t see anything wrong with those statements?
Man: No.
Woman: What men do you know with periods?
Man, overlapping slightly with Woman: -the general use ones, like at Willy Tā€™s(?), I use ā€˜em pretty often- (transcriber couldnā€™t quite catch everything, sorry!)
At this point the video freezes on a still of the woman, whoā€™s in the middle of realizing she was trying to get transphobic answers out of a trans man the whole time, and is thoroughly gobsmacked. Flabbergasted, even. The background music picks up and could very well be a video game boss theme for a classical-music-themed boss. I donā€™t know the song, sadly. According to the notes, the song is Kiraā€™s theme from JoJoā€™s Bizarre Adventure. End transcript.



Itā€™s not Willy T, I think itā€™s Building D! Either way, thanks for the transcript



Tbh separated stalls, urinals, female hygiene products, baby-changing rooms and also bidets should be standard in all restrooms
                
                

                
            

            
            
bscully:

sneepysnape:

roseverdict:


3-ducks-in-a-trenchcoat:
The look on her face when she realizes 
Transcript: A college-age woman w...

            
            
        

    



        

        
        

            







    tampons: Sophia Benoit
 @1followernodad
 ok here's the deal. Yes it was dumb of NASA to ask Sally
 Ride if she needed 100 tampons for a 7-day mission,
 but I would have said "Actually I need 250" because
 that's free tampons from the government, babbbbyyy.
 10:22 PM Aug 16, 2019 Twitter Web App
appropriately-inappropriate:

you-cannot-shut-me-up:


talvin-muircastle:

signoraviolettavalery:

haunted-meat:

dennator25:

So this seems dumbā€¦and it isā€¦but itā€™s dumb with a purpose. I can almost guarantee you the exact line of reasoning that gets NASA engineers to 100.
Ok, first of all assume the worst and assume she needs the max amount of tampons possible for all days. Now lets count it up.
7 days? Better be safe and make it 10.
3 tampons a day at worst? Better be safe and make it 5.
So that gives us 50 tampons. Ok. Double it.
And thatā€™s how you get 100.
Itā€™s ridiculous, but NASA has a culture ofĀ ā€œoverengineer absolutely everything to do with human safety, and then design around itā€ which is actually pretty cool.

Listen, I know this gets made fun of so much, but likeI am a woman who has periods and I have absolutely no idea how many tampons a woman requires in a week. I use primarily pads. But these men, at the least, ASKED her instead of making unfounded assumptions. 

Which would you rather be:
A. The NASA Director Who Sent Too Many?
B. The NASA Director Who Didnā€™t Send Enough?

Fair point. Itā€™ not like she couldā€™ve popped over to the corner drugstore to buy more!



Not to mention ā€” space is a hostile environment with multiple dangers, so having multiple redundancies is a bonus. 
Tampons, being ultra-absorbent, reasonably clean, and conveniently sized, can be used to staunch nosebleeds, or could be used to block a leak in a pipe. 
You never know what youā€™ll need until you need it, and weirder shit has saved lives at NASA. 

    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                tampons: Sophia Benoit
 @1followernodad
 ok here's the deal. Yes it was dumb of NASA to ask Sally
 Ride if she needed 100 tampons for a 7-day mission,
 but I would have said "Actually I need 250" because
 that's free tampons from the government, babbbbyyy.
 10:22 PM Aug 16, 2019 Twitter Web App
appropriately-inappropriate:

you-cannot-shut-me-up:


talvin-muircastle:

signoraviolettavalery:

haunted-meat:

dennator25:

So this seems dumbā€¦and it isā€¦but itā€™s dumb with a purpose. I can almost guarantee you the exact line of reasoning that gets NASA engineers to 100.
Ok, first of all assume the worst and assume she needs the max amount of tampons possible for all days. Now lets count it up.
7 days? Better be safe and make it 10.
3 tampons a day at worst? Better be safe and make it 5.
So that gives us 50 tampons. Ok. Double it.
And thatā€™s how you get 100.
Itā€™s ridiculous, but NASA has a culture ofĀ ā€œoverengineer absolutely everything to do with human safety, and then design around itā€ which is actually pretty cool.

Listen, I know this gets made fun of so much, but likeI am a woman who has periods and I have absolutely no idea how many tampons a woman requires in a week. I use primarily pads. But these men, at the least, ASKED her instead of making unfounded assumptions. 

Which would you rather be:
A. The NASA Director Who Sent Too Many?
B. The NASA Director Who Didnā€™t Send Enough?

Fair point. Itā€™ not like she couldā€™ve popped over to the corner drugstore to buy more!



Not to mention ā€” space is a hostile environment with multiple dangers, so having multiple redundancies is a bonus. 
Tampons, being ultra-absorbent, reasonably clean, and conveniently sized, can be used to staunch nosebleeds, or could be used to block a leak in a pipe. 
You never know what youā€™ll need until you need it, and weirder shit has saved lives at NASA. 

                
            

            
            
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you-cannot-shut-me-up:


talvin-muircastle:

signoraviolettavalery:

haunted-meat:

dennator25:

So this se...

            
            
        

    



        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            







    tampons: LUXURY
 TAX
 ALK
 PARK
 PLACE
 PAY $75.00
phan-is-sempiternal:

mousathe14:

gehayi:

profeminist:

Tampons are aĀ ā€œluxury itemā€

Once I worked as an intern in the state capital. One of the representatives I worked for was this middle-aged guy. And he hated the tampon and napkin machines in the womenā€™s bathrooms. Hated them. He insisted that they werenā€™t necessary.
I found out why after Iā€™d been working there, oh, about a month. My period started suddenly, as it sometimes does, and I asked to excuse myself to go to the ladiesā€™ room. He wanted to know why. I told him.
He started ranting about how lazy women were. How we wasted time. How we were so careless and unhygenic, and that there was no call for that. He finished by telling me that I certainly was NOT going to the ladiesā€™ room and that I was just going to sit there and work. He finished this off with a decisive nod, as if Iā€™d just been told and there could be no possible argument.
ā€œIf I donā€™t go,ā€ I said in an overly patient tone,Ā ā€œthe blood is going to soak through my pants, stain my new skirt that I just bought, and possibly get on this chair Iā€™m sitting in. I need something to soak up the blood. Thatā€™s why I need to go to the bathroom.ā€
His face turned oatmeal-gray; an expression of pure horror spread across his face. He leaned forward and whispered,Ā ā€œWait, you mean that if you donā€™t go, youā€™ll just keep on bleeding? I thought that women could turn it off any time that they wanted!ā€
I thought, Ā You have got to be kidding.
Several horrified whispers later, I learned that he wasnā€™t. He actually thought a) that women could shut down the menstrual cycle at will, b) that we essentially picked a week per month to spend more time in the bathroom, i.e. to goof off, and c) that napkins and tampons were sex toys paid for by Health and Human Services. I didnā€™t know the term then, but he believed that tampons were dildos. Which was why he and a good number of his friends considered them luxuries.
And thatā€™s how, at twenty, I had to give a talk on menstruation to a middle-aged married state representative who was one of my bosses. American politics, ladies and gentlemen.

Thatā€™s.., thatā€™s insane.

what the fuck did i just read

    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                tampons: LUXURY
 TAX
 ALK
 PARK
 PLACE
 PAY $75.00
phan-is-sempiternal:

mousathe14:

gehayi:

profeminist:

Tampons are aĀ ā€œluxury itemā€

Once I worked as an intern in the state capital. One of the representatives I worked for was this middle-aged guy. And he hated the tampon and napkin machines in the womenā€™s bathrooms. Hated them. He insisted that they werenā€™t necessary.
I found out why after Iā€™d been working there, oh, about a month. My period started suddenly, as it sometimes does, and I asked to excuse myself to go to the ladiesā€™ room. He wanted to know why. I told him.
He started ranting about how lazy women were. How we wasted time. How we were so careless and unhygenic, and that there was no call for that. He finished by telling me that I certainly was NOT going to the ladiesā€™ room and that I was just going to sit there and work. He finished this off with a decisive nod, as if Iā€™d just been told and there could be no possible argument.
ā€œIf I donā€™t go,ā€ I said in an overly patient tone,Ā ā€œthe blood is going to soak through my pants, stain my new skirt that I just bought, and possibly get on this chair Iā€™m sitting in. I need something to soak up the blood. Thatā€™s why I need to go to the bathroom.ā€
His face turned oatmeal-gray; an expression of pure horror spread across his face. He leaned forward and whispered,Ā ā€œWait, you mean that if you donā€™t go, youā€™ll just keep on bleeding? I thought that women could turn it off any time that they wanted!ā€
I thought, Ā You have got to be kidding.
Several horrified whispers later, I learned that he wasnā€™t. He actually thought a) that women could shut down the menstrual cycle at will, b) that we essentially picked a week per month to spend more time in the bathroom, i.e. to goof off, and c) that napkins and tampons were sex toys paid for by Health and Human Services. I didnā€™t know the term then, but he believed that tampons were dildos. Which was why he and a good number of his friends considered them luxuries.
And thatā€™s how, at twenty, I had to give a talk on menstruation to a middle-aged married state representative who was one of my bosses. American politics, ladies and gentlemen.

Thatā€™s.., thatā€™s insane.

what the fuck did i just read

                
            

            
            
phan-is-sempiternal:

mousathe14:

gehayi:

profeminist:

Tampons are aĀ ā€œluxury itemā€

Once I worked as an intern in the state capital. O...

            
            
        

    



        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            







    tampons: HIS
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femestella:Washington Teen Petitions for Free Tampons at School ā€” And Wins!
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
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Washington Teen Petitions for Free Tampons at School ā€” And Wins!
                
            

            
            
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    tampons: FRIDAY, AUG 31, 2018, 6:00 PM
 In a Historic Move, Los Angeles
 Educators Vote To Strike
 BY JANE MCALEVEY
 R Share | y Tweet Reddit Ju StumbleUpon @ Email Print
 Thousands came to the #Allin4Respect rally in downtown Los Angeles in May, part of the lead-up to the strike. (Photo from
 UTLA Facebook)
berniesrevolution:
IN THESE TIMES
Today teachers and education workers in Los Angeles, the second largest school district in the country (after New York), voted 98 percent to 2 percent to authorize their first strike in nearly 30 years.
Last springā€™s strikes and school walkouts by educators from West Virginia to Oklahoma, Arizona and more, took place in so-called red states. This school year, the strikes have moved to blue states, with teachers in Washington state school districts already on strike and Seattle teachers approving a strike vote earlier this week. The LA educators will likely go on strike, if they canā€™t negotiate a settlement through mediation, in mid-to-late October.
They have been working under an expired contract for over a year, since June 30, 2017. At the top of the educatorsā€™ list of demands are reducing class size; less testing and more teaching time; basics such as new textbooks, and restoring essential support structures that students need, including school nurses and guidance counselors.
California, despite being one of the wealthiest states in the nation, ranks 43 out of 50 in funding per pupil, according to the union. Julia Lathin, an art history teacher at Hamilton High, says, ā€œOur school has over 2,000 students and one nurse, but she was only hired to be here part time. Because of this, I let my students know that I have a cabinet in my classroom thatā€™s always stocked with pads and tampons. I need these kids focused on their education and not worrying about if theyā€™re going to bleed through their pants at school because there isnā€™t always a nurse on campus.ā€
Out of dozens of teachers interviewed for this article, not one placed wages at the top of their priorities list. When asked, ā€œIf management offered to meet your salary demands and nothing else, would you still plan to strike?ā€, all said yes. Among the top concern voiced by teachers is the need to eliminate Section 1.5 of their contract, which allows teacher-to-student ratios of 1 teacherā€”alone in their class without assistanceā€”to up to 46 students. Thatā€™s right: one teacher responsible for up to 46 students.
Brandon Abraham, an English teacher with 18 years of teaching experience, says, ā€œWhen I started teaching in 1999, the teacher to student ratio was 1:20. I had twenty students in my class. These days, because of all the cuts, we donā€™t even have school librarians anymore, we are teaching basic literacy. They keep cutting and cutting and cutting essential services that students need to learn. To do a good jobā€”which we doā€”is hard enough when conditions are perfect, but when the conditions get this challenging, itā€™s hard to motivate and inspire students. The problem is, really good teachers are leaving the profession because the conditions have become so difficult.ā€
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                tampons: FRIDAY, AUG 31, 2018, 6:00 PM
 In a Historic Move, Los Angeles
 Educators Vote To Strike
 BY JANE MCALEVEY
 R Share | y Tweet Reddit Ju StumbleUpon @ Email Print
 Thousands came to the #Allin4Respect rally in downtown Los Angeles in May, part of the lead-up to the strike. (Photo from
 UTLA Facebook)
berniesrevolution:
IN THESE TIMES
Today teachers and education workers in Los Angeles, the second largest school district in the country (after New York), voted 98 percent to 2 percent to authorize their first strike in nearly 30 years.
Last springā€™s strikes and school walkouts by educators from West Virginia to Oklahoma, Arizona and more, took place in so-called red states. This school year, the strikes have moved to blue states, with teachers in Washington state school districts already on strike and Seattle teachers approving a strike vote earlier this week. The LA educators will likely go on strike, if they canā€™t negotiate a settlement through mediation, in mid-to-late October.
They have been working under an expired contract for over a year, since June 30, 2017. At the top of the educatorsā€™ list of demands are reducing class size; less testing and more teaching time; basics such as new textbooks, and restoring essential support structures that students need, including school nurses and guidance counselors.
California, despite being one of the wealthiest states in the nation, ranks 43 out of 50 in funding per pupil, according to the union. Julia Lathin, an art history teacher at Hamilton High, says, ā€œOur school has over 2,000 students and one nurse, but she was only hired to be here part time. Because of this, I let my students know that I have a cabinet in my classroom thatā€™s always stocked with pads and tampons. I need these kids focused on their education and not worrying about if theyā€™re going to bleed through their pants at school because there isnā€™t always a nurse on campus.ā€
Out of dozens of teachers interviewed for this article, not one placed wages at the top of their priorities list. When asked, ā€œIf management offered to meet your salary demands and nothing else, would you still plan to strike?ā€, all said yes. Among the top concern voiced by teachers is the need to eliminate Section 1.5 of their contract, which allows teacher-to-student ratios of 1 teacherā€”alone in their class without assistanceā€”to up to 46 students. Thatā€™s right: one teacher responsible for up to 46 students.
Brandon Abraham, an English teacher with 18 years of teaching experience, says, ā€œWhen I started teaching in 1999, the teacher to student ratio was 1:20. I had twenty students in my class. These days, because of all the cuts, we donā€™t even have school librarians anymore, we are teaching basic literacy. They keep cutting and cutting and cutting essential services that students need to learn. To do a good jobā€”which we doā€”is hard enough when conditions are perfect, but when the conditions get this challenging, itā€™s hard to motivate and inspire students. The problem is, really good teachers are leaving the profession because the conditions have become so difficult.ā€
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berniesrevolution:
IN THESE TIMES
Today teachers and education workers in Los Angeles, the second largest school district in the country...