It’s like SANTA for your VAG!

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Right now Im imagining 29% of you wondering what the heck Im talking about, 70% of you laughing & immediately knowing to what I refer, and 1% of you NOT opening the post after spying VAG in its title.

For the twenty-nine percent of you who have a life/spend time OFFLINE here’s to what Im VAG-refering.

Please to take take 107 seconds and watch. I promise—GUARANTEE if you possess said VAG—you will not be disappointed.

Now that we’re caught up—let’s break it down.

The majority of women I chatted with this weekend adored Camp Gyno. 

Words were bandied about like FINALLY, GROUNDBREAKING and, yes, the oft repeated RED BADGE OF COURAGE PHRASING ROCKS! 

I agree with these sentiments.  I also agree it was high time for a new approach to tampon advertising.

What surprised me is how few women were bothered by concepts I struggled with in both the ad and the HELLO FLO product.

And, because apparently I cannot struggle and keep it to myself, I offer you my thoughts and demand seek yours.

What do I like about Camp Gyno & the Hello Flo monthly subscription box?

  • I love period boxes!  I know the subscription box model is currently overdone–yet for me this brings back happy childhood memories.  I recall getting my Your First Period! box and immediately ripping into it.  I messed with maxi-pads.  I tampered with tampons.  I explored the hell out of that package long before my first period.  Nostalgic-me adores the notion of getting the same sort of box for my daughter.  Which leads me to…

 

  • It’s precisely where I am right now.  Girls are getting their periods earlier.  Even girls who dont consume much in the way of hormones or crap (<— technical term) in food.  As a result, period-specifics are high on my to-talk list this year with my daughter.  Many criticized the ad for using too young girls—I disagree.  If periods are starting at 9 we *need* to launch the discussion when they’re eight.

 

  • Camp Gyno is a conversation starter…with girls and husbands.  It transforms something potentially scary to girls (I remember the first time my daughter spied blood in the toilet. She panicked I had a “bad bad boo-boo!”)  into funny/familiar with its iCarly’esque approach.  Id venture to say it does same with husbands.   Periods, tampons etc arent topics most men know much about. That, coupled with a daughter’s nascent sexuality, makes menstruation an avoided topic.  Camp Gyno breaks those barriers beautifully.

 

What do I dislike about Camp Gyno & the Hello Flo monthly subscription box?

 

  • Camp Gyno had a distinct lack of color.  Dora (aided by ketchup) gets her period as does one other brownISH girl.  The lack of diversity in the ad leaped out at me.  Im aware it was filmed at a Jewish camp (go TRIBE!), but still…  For me this big ‘miss’ caused the ad to lose some of its luster.

 

  • Hello Flo touts DISCREET as selling point.  I loved the unapologetically yourself! nature of Camp Gyno. I adored the thought of my daughter’s generation owning their VAGs (vages?) and cycles loud & proud.  I wanted this sentiment to extend to Hello Flo —-or at least not *discreet packaging* as selling point.  It felt, to me, like a step backward (&, in my opinion, contributes to sites like Mashable referring to the ad as CUTE.  ick.)

 

  • O.M.G. THE CANDY.  (I fully anticipate Kenyon will seize my English Lit. degree after that sentence.) Really?!  Of all the tired stereotypes of menstruating women the candy-eating (binging?), in my opinion, is one of the worst. Tuck in a trashy mag.  Send a monthly hot compress.  Ship a scented candle/meditation music–but tasty treats as a pick-me-up? Please.

Still, overall the ad worked for me.  

I watched Camp Gyno with my daughter and, while much of it went over her head, the concepts which stuck sparked fantastic conversation.

That said, Id never buy Hello Flo box for her.

In our feminist, egalitarian, healthy living, mindful eating domicile I simply dont see a place for a monthly period box offering tampons and ‘tasty treats as a pick -me-up.’

(climbs down off the overturned maxi-pad box from which she’d been shouting)

And you?

  • What was your response to Camp Gyno? The Hello Flo box?
  • Would you purchase the box for yourself/a young woman in your life?
  • Did you wish Hello Flo included other options like Diva Cups?

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Comments

  1. I honestly didn’t know what to make of the video. I found it to be funny and nothing more. I was one of the first girls in my class to get their period and I was too afraid to even mention it let alone be loud and proud. In my smaller school you kept it to yourself.

    • I think it depends on the environment, especially in the family. I went to a very small school at the time I got my period, and I was really excited and proud to be the first one in my class to get it!

  2. Haha that’s a funny commercial. I see what they are trying to accomplish, and the product sounds nice in theory but I wouldn’t see myself ever buying it for myself, or my daughters.

  3. I agree with all of your pros & cons on the video.

    Absolutely made my morning to watch it! I don’t think I’d buy it for my daughter, seems a bit unnecessary to get it every month. I’d just have her read ‘Are you there God it’s me, Margret’ like I did 🙂

  4. Thanks for the laughs this morning! BTW – I wonder how many people are going to land on your blog today because of the title?? 🙂

    I don’t think I’d get the box for my daughter. Kind of over the top but it’s a cute idea to get all the goods when she first gets her period to explore. When I got my first period, I was left on my own with help from friends. My mom just gave me the basics. We just didn’t talk about that stuff!

  5. Bwahaha if only there was this video when I was 12 and got my first period..in white jean shorts…in class…and had to call my mom to pick me up. Lol, I don’t have a daughter just yet but I can imagine the talk we’d have WAY beforehand 😉

  6. Well, I have some FRIENDS I could send it to … And if it was “perfectly” timed the arrival could serve as a warning to everyone else in the household.

  7. First time seeing that – I’m laughing pretty hard (probably b/c I got my first period while “glamping” (camping in a cabin) with my extended family so I wish I had a Camp Gyno. But I’m not a mom yet, so I’m coming from a different mindset.

    I do like your list of pros/cons. The candy thing annoyed me too. But overall, a neat idea for a subscription service if you’re into those things.

  8. I really liked the ad overall, though I also was dismayed that it went from a tone of “lets acknowledge that women have vaginas and menstrual cycles WITHOUT SHAME OR EUPHEMISM” to “let’s be discreet.”

    I love the idea of a menstrual care package (um, can I have one too?!?), however I’d rather make a healthier, personalized one to give to someone. I’m a Diva Cup user (LOVE.IT.), but you don’t need that every month, so maybe a nice cleaning solution or something for it! And it would be nice to have the option to choose organic maxi pads and tampons rather than only having the choice of having something in/near your vagina that has been bleached.

    Also, I want candy in my package. lol However, I certainly wouldn’t object to a balance of candy and other self-care options!

  9. wow, i am blushing just watching the video. haha. i don’t think i would approach it this way, but i am old fashioned.

  10. I posted a blog about the same points. The other thing I didn’t like was the price. For around $10, I can buy a box of tampons and a package of maxi pads that will last me a couple of months… yet, they want $16 a month to send me what they think is “the right amount” of supplies.

    I also didn’t like the discreet factor. Why should girls be ashamed of having to buy that stuff? Convenient? Sure… but why discretion? My 13 year old doesn’t really feel comfortable walking around the store with a box of pads in her hand, but I don’t have a problem with it…and no one knows who they’re for.

    • AMEN to the convenience being a selling point–and mail. I LOVE getting mail as does my daughter.
      It is pricey–perhaps it’s all the candy? 🙂

  11. Yes, I thought it was funny. I just went through/am currently going through this change with my daughter. I was worried she would be an earlier kid, I was 11. We started talking about it when she was 10. Then they talked about it at school. I bought a great book, which she devoured and then asked more questions. Then a few months after her 12th birthday it happened. She was a champ. She was soooo much better at dealing with it than I was. Yes, of course, she doesn’t “love” it, but she’s pretty open with me about it. What I thought about the video was, “what 12 year old wears a tampon?” My daughter is 13, and won’t touch them. She has a couple of friends on a swim team who don’t have a choice sometimes, but otherwise it’s pads and liners.

    • I wore pads for one day, and went straight to tampons the first time I had my period. I was 12 begged to try them, as I couldn’t stand pads.

  12. i laughed out loud at the camp gyno thing. not sure how i’ll feel when i have kids, but i do think we need to be able to discuss it more openly than before! and i totally missed that it was filmed at a jewish summer camp.. totally obvious once you mentioned it! (yay tribe!)

  14. I thought the video was hilarious! The contents of the box, however…tampons for a 9 year old? While I haven’t given this situation a whole lot of thought, my first instinct is that I will not be encouraging my pre-teen to put anything in her vag. First we will deal with the fact that we BLEED FOR A WEEK AND DON’T DIE.
    On a related note, my husband, who works in the medical field, is completely unphased by period talk and has, on several occasions, purchased tampons for me while grocery shopping.

    • Ive heard the same about other dads who be docs–and actually now that I ponder it my dad with THREE GIRLS was pretty unphased too.
      Ive been pondering the tampon thing and girls a lot lately/talking with friends.
      Even the dive cups.
      When do we start those? do we begin with PADS? why do those feel so antiquated to me?!

  15. I blogged about this, too, but only to sing its praises. I work in advertising, and know the obstacles to getting something this fresh and controversial produced. It takes a huge risk, which few advertising messages do. We might not all like it, but we’re all talking about it. And I think people forget that the real audience for this product is mothers, not daughters. The candy thing doesn’t bother me, but I hear you on the diversity thing. Overall, I loved it and I would totally subscribe to the service. I dread getting my period, so anything that makes it something to look forward is actually pretty genius. Id actually like to see them create one for the Moms, only mine would need to come with a double cheeseburger and chocolate shake 😉

  16. I loved the idea of sending the girls candy!!!
    What else do you need with your period? LOL

  17. Wait a minute. This was an ad for an actual product? Guess I should have read the video description when I watched it. I thought it was funny and *cute* but honestly? I thought it was just some kind of SNL type skit. Oops. I wouldn’t buy it but I’m pretty brand specific when it comes to my pads and tampons 🙂

    • honestly I thought the same at first—less the SNL and more the OK WAIT NOW THAT IVE SEEN AND GIGGLED I DONT RECALL WHAT THE HECK THE AD WAS FOR….just the phase RED BADGE OF COURAGE.
      It could be too “good” and too over the top to promote the HELLO FLO?

  18. I’ve already registered the domain “CampCondom” and will be providing a monthly box with three Trojans, a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, and a random Sears power tool.

  19. I found the video funny, but was just more astonished that girls are getting their periods so young. Maybe because I’m not a mom and I work with high school students who are deep into puberty at the time, but it just blew my mind!
    I also must add that until I read your blog this morning, I didn’t realize this is an actual product…I thought it was a clever way for parents to start a conversation about menstruation.

    • I KNOW. the age is shocking to me still too…and since they ARE so young and still creating habits in all arenas is why I think the candytreats bothered me.
      A box geared toward women? I might have laughed?

  20. The discreet packaging doesnt bother me. I think it’s great to talk openly to girls about their periods, but we can’t expect them to not be embarrassed about it. That’s just part of being an awkward teen or tween, and some are more private than others. I’m 34 and I wouldn’t want the UPS guy handing me a blatantly labeled period box. 🙂

    • at first I thought YOURE RIGHT. IM 44 AND WOULD I LOATHE THAT TOO? and then I realized my who life is so embarrassing and cringeworthy these days—Id not mind that one…

  21. First – I love that you ended up posting this!!! I wasn’t aware of the ad before this, but I sort of think it’s hilarious. I was 10 when I got mine (at school wearing white pants mind you), had really no idea what it was or what to do, the old school nurse asked me if I knew how to “wear a belt” which I still don’t know what that is and finally gave up on me and called my mom. all the neighbor ladies came over to congratulate me (I lived in ny and this is what neighbors did back then, news traveled quickly). SO the idea that there’s a little girl leader standing up and owning the period and spreading the news makes me laugh (could have used it back then!) on a serious note, quite sure my mom didn’t tell me back then because she didn’t expect it to happen so young, and the fact that girls are getting them so young IS DEFINITELY a conversation that needs to be had and is being ignored. That being said, found the ad pretty funny. (though your points make great sense and I get them).

  22. I am at a loss.. I have not heard of this & as old as I am, I started with belts & NO family or mom talk so it was NOT GOOD! I DO appreciate that we need to address open dialogue with young girls – they are getting this sooner! My granddaughter at 11 but I know many are getting younger. I was 13! I understand they want it all pretty & stuff BUT personally it is NOT. It takes me tot eh peri to menopause stuff where they do not really tell you the whole truth. It is TOUGH! I was one that had super bad cramps & my whole life 7+ days of this every month & the moods! No amount of candy was going to help me feel better about this. 😉 I am not sure a box would make any of it better in my mind… BUT we DO need to address it & find ways to talk openly early on… age appropriate but as you said they are getting it earlier… I think to idealize it or make it less than what it is.. not a good idea – it ain’t pretty & to me – sure, the sentiments are good but it is about making money….

  24. Oh Miz Carla, my sleep deprived, bleary eyed self meandered over to your blog this morning coffee firmly in hand… and we’re talking Vag’s and periods… what what.
    Ahahaha. I will need to ingest more coffee and return.

  25. I’m not sure how I haven’t seen/heard of this. Thanks for posting it today! The video is definitely something I like to see. When I was that age, I just did not have the type of relationship with my mom where I could even think of talking about (GASP) my period with her. I’ll be the first to admit, I wandered through the early part of my womanhood misinformed. Or, rather, just not informed at all. I think it’s hard to get a generalized box for all of the different age groups here, but I like where they’re headed.

  26. the candy…

    ah….

    I’m guilty of that, I suppose. I was NOT happy with my mother’s description of the big change (the first one, not menopause) to me. It involved a lot of talking about “God’s Curse on Women” and “Suffering” and “the horrific pain of childhood which it hinted at” (and which she, Praise G-D, had been spared… did I mention she was my ADOPTIVE mother?)

    For me, I wanted it to be a CELEBRATION for my younger kids (after making it a simple scientific fact to the oldest, who handled it well) I grew to believe that if some cultures have rituals recognizing adulthood in males, it should be the same for females.

    Hence, THE CHOCOLATE PARTY. Like a birthday party, it was a celebration of our bodies telling us we are WOMEN. The kids KNEW that the chocolate craving was a stereotype, and making fun of it by having hot cocoa, chocolate cake , and chocolate was our way of laughing at the stereotypes and misunderstandings of menstruation.

    as for “discreet”… I understand that. Not that there’s shame in having your period, of course, but in our culture we’re still at a point where you don’t walk down the hall in the school swinging your (wrapped) tampon on the way to the ladies room. It still feels a lot like walking up so someone and starting the conversation with “Hello, I’m on the rag.” Of course, maybe that’s just MY hangup… and it’s going to take another generation to be more comfortable with that.

    christieo: in my day, we didn’t have self adhesive pads and no tampons. What we had were thick pads made of a cotton -like substance covered with a paper/plastic-y cover, not too unlike some of the generic pads of today, but MUCH thicker. On each end was a long “tab” of the covering fabric. Women had elastic belts with clips hanging down in the front and back, and you pulled the tabs of fabric through the clips, holding the pad in place against your body. So you’d wear the belt all day, and change out the pad alone when needed.

    it was about a decade later when tampons came on the scene. My ever helpful mother told me that “only whores used tampons” and my first husband, a PhD candidate who should have had the intelligence to know better voiced the opinion that women who used tampons instead of pads did so for the sexual kick of having something inside their vaginas at all times.

    Believe me, things are better these days…

  31. Okay…I totally thought the add was a joke. Then, I realized it wasn’t! “Send a monthly hot compress” <— uhhh yes.

    If I were younger, I wouldn't be interested in it. The contents of the boxes I buy it do me just fine.

  32. I can honestly say that I have never heard of this before! LOL! Now I need to check it out before I can form any opinions of my own.

  33. I had seen this being posted around the past week but didn’t actually sit down to watch it until now. I thought it was cute and funny and I love the idea of opening the conversation on this for girls. I mean, I was CLUELESS when I got my period. Actually, it was kind of like camp gyno. I was on a school trip to Italy for 2 weeks over the summer and I got all my advice from my friends. HA. The candy bit kind of threw me too though and the lack of color.

  34. OMG what rock have I been under that I was not aware of this box? I am here at this point with Thing 1 now. And at age 12 she’s the last of her friends. Sigh. Thankfully we had ‘the talk’ and I was well prepared ahead of time.
    The video is hilarious. My how things have changed. 🙂

  35. I thought the video was pretty funny. The candy thing was odd and actually kind of lame.

    I have two daughters and they seem to follow in my footsteps of late starters – much to their joy. I’ve always been matter-of-fact about it. No hoopla, just science. Mostly we just joke and bond about the hassle of it. But when I started mine, my mom bought me one of those kotex “kits”. So I admit, at the time, that was sort of cool. 🙂

  36. OH. and how I love that as tagline for a DIFFERENT PRODUCT.

    no hoopla…just science.

  37. Do you think that they still have those “my first period” boxes. I too loved mine. Would love to get one for my stepdaughter.

  38. I got my period at 11 and my “girlfriend” promptly told everyone in the school… so you know, there’s that. I think it would have been nice at my age to have it not be this whole nasty/unclean/shameful thing. I mean, seriously Eff that. This is going to happen once a month for 40 years, can we please stop acting like it’s some awful thing?

    I used tampons pretty much within the first few months. I still don’t like pads, altho I do wear liners on heavy days.

    Someone up in the comments said they could get several months worth of supplies for $10 and I want to know where the heck they’re shopping… I go through $15 worth of supplies every month!

    I do love the monthly subscription thing, tho. If there’s one thing I really hate, it’s having to go out to the store with a washcloth stuffed in my drawers because I forgot that it was up-and-coming.

  39. Never heard of this, and it’s a bit late for my girls. Either way, we’ve treated this like it’s a normal topic, just as any other.

  40. Yeah, $16 a month for the cheapest plan… And who wants a limited supply? These products are right up there with toilet paper and coffee in the “things no one should ever run out of” list.

  41. The video. Hilarious. I often tell my own kid to “suck it up and deal with it”. Pretty much those exact words. Bad mother am I?? I can see Camp Gyno benefitting dads who are raising daughters on their own. But not quite sure how the message/marketing would be effectively communicated to them.

  42. As someone who tried wearing a pad (before I actually got my period) and thought it felt like a diaper, I went online to Tampax and other brands and requested a “free sample” and got a handful of tampons shipped to me house. As someone who played sports all through childhood and young adulthood I LOVED them over the bulky diaper esque pads.

    I think the commercial raises awareness, opens up the conversation, and is really funny. Plus I think the word choice is very feminist. In the age of the Internet, there is a lot of good information out there for kids and a lot of misinformation. So I for one am glad the conversation is starting.

    Also, re: candy, I am not a big chocolate person, but around my period all I want is chocolate and red meat. I don’t think it is buying into stereotypes, but either way I’m for it. Plus my first two periods arrived after massive headaches and nausea. Candy may have been a nice touch back then!

  43. I got my first period the day of the Beatles 2nd appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show (out of 3). My mother didn’t believe in tampons, so I didn’t get the choice until I was old enough to get to the store and buy my own. (at 11? Not happening!)

    I was so embarrassed when I got my period at camp that I tried to hide it. I was NOT PROUD.

    I didn’t hate the commercial, but I didn’t love it either. I didn’t like her attitude as “camp gyno”. Telling girls with cramps to “suck it up!” Yelling at girls.

    The subscription box idea seems strange. I could see it maybe for a girl living in a household without a mother or older sister. Cause no girl I can imagine would ask her dad to go buy her “female” products. But most girls? Nope.

    And CANDY? Really. It has to be chocolate not candy!

  44. I have no idea what to think about this. I honestly don’t. I think their intentions were good..if not slightly stereo typical but I think they were trying to achieve generality more than stereotyping but it was still just…odd.

  45. Cute idea. Love the change in tone from the past. Agree with your pros and cons for the most part.
    I would never purchase it. First, I think it is silly. Once it might be a fun introduction to products but monthly? Nah. Second, what girl that age has a cycle regular enough to time it with the mail?

  47. Oh I think I am glad I don’t have a daughter right now! Yikes, the responsibility and pressure. Good vibes to you and yours! 🙂

  48. I think the ad is cute, and I like the idea of the box. My daughter is 9, and we have had several talks over the past several months about how it is nothing to fear or be embarassed about. While I agree that the price is more than I would spend monthly on “needs,” I think the idea of the box makes it not seem like such a miserable thing.

  49. I laughed at the video and cringed a couple of times. I think mostly because I’m 43 and when I was young the most we talked about our periods was passing around the copy of “Are you there god it’s me margaret” I don’t have a daughter, but if I did I doubt that I would order period care packages for her. It’s almost like the thing where every kid gets a trophy even if they didn’t win anything in competition – a goodie box for a period seems like a reward for something that is just part of life for women

  50. I…well…I’m a dude. This…uh…what. Guess this is what you mean that it is good for the husband to see too. Just imagine a shocked face that is speechless, that’s me. Wow.

  51. I had seen this before. I don’t have kids, so I didn’t really think of it from that perspective. The thing I do like is the age of the girls. When I got my period for the first time, all of the women in these ads were sooooo ooooold. They were grown ups, and I was not, so I like that this speaks to girls that are just getting their period for the first time. That said, I use a diva cup, and do not feel that I need a box of stuff sent to me every month.

  52. I have to say this is high on the list of why I’m happy I have boys!!
    I thought the ad was funny but I don’t know that I would ever buy the product. Maybe it will at least help take away the idea (from my boys thought on the whole process) that it is “disgusting”.

  53. Anything and everything screams out to be marketed these days for $.

    I am all for just keeping it a conversation between mother and daughter/father

    There are better things to bond about than periods. Really-
    it’s 2013.

  57. Is this for real? Are these the new commercials out there?

    What ever…..it totally made me laugh and I am sure my daughters will too when I have them watch it. (Even though they both already have their “Flo” hahaha!

  58. I think the fact that it opens up dialogue is great – hopefully in the home where it should be and not having parents rely solely on outside sources because they are too embarrassed to talk about it with their kids.

  59. While I enjoyed your write up I’m actually digging the dialogue of comments on the post. I remember watching “the video” and receiving “the package” (I thought I was the only one that dug in and played with all the stuff way before I started.) I also remember being one of the first to get my period in my class. My mom took me out and I got a special outfit to “celebrate” the moment.

    While the first month or so I was hush hush about it after that I became outspoken (read: like the camp gyno minus the forceful nature). I wasn’t flamboyant about it but I also wasn’t secretive. The first month of dating my now husband, (which was in high school), he was made aware of it. Once again, not over the top, but I’m just one of those “open” people.

    While I don’t know about the ongoing subscription I think it’d be a cool welcome to womanhood type of package. Great topic!

  60. I don’t know what to think about this video. I think we need to have open conversations and girls should be comfortable talking about their bodies. I saw pluses and minuses but I love girl power so I was intrigued. I think girls should explore natural options such as organic cotton products, reusable pads and menstral cups.

  61. I thought the ad was cute and shared it on my FB page but I don’t think we have those kinds of ‘care’ packages here in Oz. I’m like, “Why didn’t their mothers just pack pads and tampons – in case?!” But I gather the subscription box isn’t just a ‘camping’ (or lack of access to essentials) thing!

  63. I would much rather my girls use products that are kinder to the environment like a menstrual cup. I think we’re forgetting about the environmental cost of all of these products being delivered straight to our dorrs.

  65. Oh my goodness the video made laugh and brought back memories of when I got my first period. It was all kept hush hush back then and not something that was discussed other than here are your pads your sanitary belt and this will happen every month. What???

    I wouldn’t have purchased this for my daughter if it had been available when she was a pre teen. I didn’t need anything like this as we had open and frank discussions about our bodies and what was going to happen as she matured.

    I agree that the candy isn’t necessary.

  67. Wow…never heard of the my first period boxes. I think the ad is cute, and its good to have open discussions. If I had a daughter, not sure if I’d order the box for her. And now, I’m a little glad I don’t have kids! 🙂

  68. I, as a college student, do in fact forget when I run out of tampons and pads and have to run my ass to the store every time, so this is perfect for me. I also love eating candy, especially on my period. It is my number one craving. I don’t see anything wrong with them providing candy too.

  69. Ok, this is the most hilarious and cutest thing I’ve ever seen. I love it! I know the candy thing wouldn’t be a good thing to send to your children every month. They would grow up thinking, “It’s that TOM, gotta have my candy!” Not a good habit to establish at all. I think they should have boxes with just the pads/tampons/ etc and no candy. Would be a much better box. I do still love the openness of this ad though. So great for young girls, I think. 🙂

  70. I didn’t know about that ad at all! Thanks for sharing. I was around 9 or 10 when I got my period the first time. My girl friends didn’t get their for another 2-3 years. I was embarrassed to talk about it with anyone and at home it wasn’t something to talk about either. I think I even got mine before we had health class on the topic! I think this is a good idea for some people, but I wouldn’t do it for my kid. First I don’t like that it is only Always products and second I think it teaches them there is nothing weird or wrong with the human body if they buy things on their own or see their parents buying the products in the store.

  71. In the fifth grade we had a once monthly chat–girls only–with the most yummiest lunches–all so that we could talk about our periods and body changes. It was the best thing that ever happened. I didn’t appreciate it when I had it, but now I realize it was a gift.

  72. My mom is actually (or excuse me, she retired) an OBGYN so I never really needed EDU about it because she was RIGHT THERE……… And there were, WAY TOO MANY BOOKS AND MAGAZINES about it around the house! Ah ha ha!

  73. Haha I think it’s a hilarious video, very clever ad. Would I use it? Probably not, but I can see why it’d come in handy for youngsters at camps or boarding schools, or those without storage space, for example.

  74. I think that’s the funniest video I’ve seen in a long time! I started my period at 10, so I talked about them to my daughter from a very early age so there would be no surprises. She made it almost to 11. She takes after me in being a tampon hater, they scare her to death and are not at all comfortable. Has anyone actually tried the diva cup? I have a kid that wants to join the swim team and is terrified of having to wear tampons regularly during the swim season. Wonder if the cup is any more comfortable/easier to insert and remove than tampons are.

    • Love love love the Diva cup! So sad it took me so amny years of toxic, expensive, disposable garbage before I started using it.

      That said…

      You can’t feel it at all if it’s in right. (But you can’t feel a tampon if it’s in right, either.)

      There is a definite learning curve, so if she’s only going to give it one chance, it’s not going to work out. They come with pretty explicit instructions which I found to be very helpful. But it’ll be awkward for a little while.

      But!

      You can’t (well, you shouldn’t) wear a tampon on a really light day. (Besides TSS, the dry tampon can actually get stuck, so when you force it out, it leaves remnants which can cause all sorts of problems.) You can wear a Diva Cup from your first spot to your last spot.

      The thing that I love even more than all of the above, however, is that you can leave it in for 12 hours at a time. Put it in in the morning, forget about it all day, empty/reinsert in the evening, repeat the next day. No mad dashes to the bathroom between classes. Or worries about having access to a bathroom on a day-long trip.

      It’s seriously vag freedom 😉

      I don’t work for Diva or have affiliate or anything. I’ just started using it less than six months ago and am still overjoyed. I also teach about all of the garbage that’s in conventional products and how it’s hurting our general health, so I don’t recommend conventional products, even if you don’t use a Diva Cup.

  76. This is the first I’ve seen this, very interesting! As much as I like the in-your-face and open attitude of the commercial, I can appreciate the discrete packaging. I think many you girls don’t want to walk around flaunting it, remember the boys their age are very immature. 🙂

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