5 HRS AGO - I can see why people are drawn to crocheted menstrual products – the mainstream options are far from perfect. But the trend still makes me scream with dismayThere are certain things I am very happy to reuse in order to help the environment. Shopping bags and coffee cups are on that list. Tampons are definitely not. Despite my personal hesitations, however, it appears that a sustainable vagina revolution is under way. If Etsy is anything to go by, there appears to be a growing interest in homemade menstrual products such as “eco-friendly reusable crocheted tampons.” YouTube, meanwhile, is awash with tutorials showing you how to make your own reusable yarn or cloth tampons.Homemade tampons may be a fringe trend, but they are enough of a phenomenon to have garnered the attention – and sparked the alarm – of a number of health professionals. “Give knitted or crocheted tampons a pass,” the gynaecologist Jen Gunter advises in her book, The Vagina Bible; they are unregulated and there is Collapse

1 DAY AGO - The symbolic significance of his conviction can’t be understated: for women, this is a very good dayHarvey Weinstein found guilty of rape - full reportHarvey Weinstein is guilty. A Manhattan jury on Monday found the Hollywood producer guilty of rape in the third degree and criminal sexual act in the first degree. The producer was acquitted, however, on the most serious charges of predatory sexual assault and rape in the first degree.The conviction is a partial victory for the #MeToo movement, which secured Weinstein’s indictment with tremendous political pressure after the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus Vance, had declined to bring charges against Weinstein for years, despite mounting evidence of the producer’s sexual misconduct and a taped confession secured by the New York police with the help of one of his victims. Continue reading... Collapse