I was actually thinking. If a teacher has so much experience that she already knows that kids with ethnic names are always teased can’t she add a small talk/game in one of her classes where she stressed the importance of not making fun of kids because of an unusual name? I’m not saying that would fix everything but I…

Wow. You sound like just the kind of judgy-judgerton we need in the classroom! Who would think that someone from Thailand might give their kid a Thai name!?

Well Jaime and Mercedes aren’t really unusual, new or strange names. Even in the US. Unless you simply have an agenda, of course.

Thai names? Do you mean kids of Thai descent having a Thai name? Or do you mean non-Thai people giving their kids Thai names?

Yeah, I’m glad people love their cups and are going a more sustainable, less period-phobic route, but cups just are not for everyone...let’s just respect each other’s choices.

Not everyone can wear menstrual cups.

Uh because she was condescending as shit? Don’t tell women what to put in their vaginas to soak up their menstrual blood EVER.

I tried to use one one period - and I have to use public restrooms during work and it looked like a crime scene when I tried to take it out and rinse it. My hand to my elbow was drenched with blood. So, sorry, but no thanks.

I like cloth and will sing its praises to anyone who asks, but I don’t care what anyone else does. Cups freak me out because of my crooked and messed up internal anatomy. I know for a fact it will be uncomfortable. And the funny thing is that even though I’ll say I’m a happy cloth user, nine out of ten cup users will…

You mean the wad that slowly and stealthily migrated up your asscrack over the course of an hour?

Mind your own vagina, please.

If it works for you, great! Use the cup! When I still had a uterus, I tried it and it made me miserable, so I had to use super plus OB tampons and a maxi pad. Women need to just use what’s best for them.

No. I bleed like a stuck pig + clots for texture. Trying to maneuver a full menstrual cup in a public restroom is grosser than gross. We all have to deal with life’s hurdles in our own way.

They are certainly expensive, and not the most environmentally friendly choice, but not everyone can use a menstrual cup. I tried, and it was difficult to put in, and painful to take out. It just doesn’t work for some people. Some people can’t justify spending $20 to find out if they like it or not. Some people are…

Hero status.

I’ve done it as an adult...

I somehow obtained the key to the dispenser in my high school and would just hand them out. The thick as hell pads left a lot to be desired though.

Thank you!! As a kid with super poor parents, I was certainly not walking around with extra quarters in my pockets to buy a big pad if I needed one. I did the poor kid half-an-inch-of-toilet-paper-wad in my pants. I’m not the only one, right?