This week, the week of International Women’s Day, the Women of Wimbledon team have been sending out mini bulletins each morning – each about an inspiring modern feminist we think people should know about, written by a different member of our feminism society. Here are all five collated.
21st August 1997, Otaru
The time is 2:47am and I am at my desk overlooking what is a barren and empty sight before me. A singular shawl is strewn across my bed. It was my mothers from the eighties – rather fashionable in those days, but not so much now. There is a bonsai tree by my windowsill which has not been watered in months, and has wilted, arid leaves. Like most nights, the familiar hum of crickets slips through the crannies in my window – normally this would bother me, but tonight it doesn’t for some reason. My fathers’ old desk lamp is propped up on a stack of comic books – its fitful flickering is faintly lighting up the room. In the corner of my room are two suitcases which hold the contents of most of my life’s belongings.
In Conversation with Elizabeth Day.
Tampons and pads are some of the most used menstrual products – a trip to the pharmacist can quickly confirm this. But these products have only been commercially available for about 100 years: tampons were patented in the 1930s and pads have been sold since the late 19th century. But what were the options before this?
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