Irrelevant title (Sort of…).
Muahaha my turn
You’ve deduced by now that Biology is the sole remaining lady who has yet to claim a post on this blog.
Good. Hello.
Three words:The Diva Cup.
To all those reading who experience the lovely gift of womanly biological functions every month, this one’s for you. I first read about the Diva Cup about five years ago while making my way through a book in which the narrator described how she made one green change per day in her life for one year. At this point in my life I wore pads. I hated tampons. I could not get it up there. The first time I tried it HURT LIKE A MOTHER and from then on I swore that I would never ever EVER wear a tampon. So I lived a pad life.
Now two years ago during a menstrual cycle I suddenly stopped dead and thought “GODDAMNIT I AM A UNIVERSITY STUDENT I AM SMART AND INDEPENDENT AND I AM PUTTING A GODDAMN TAMPON UP MY GODDAMN VAGINA”.
And that was that.
I just put it up. No problems. Except for the fact that I seethed for a few hours after the fact, pissed beyond belief at my past incompetence at using tampons.
So now I’m a convert. I use tampons exclusively during the day (And pads at night because TSS). Now I want to take it one step further.
For those who don’t know the Diva Cup is a reusable rubber or silicone plastic cup that you insert into your vagina and clean out 2-3 times per day depending on your flow. Some of you may be cringing at the thought of seeing your own uterine lining and menstrual fluid, but years of CSI has pretty much desensitized me (Plus it’s my own body gotta get used to the nitty gritty stuff sooner or later).
The top factors that have had me contemplating the Diva Cup are as follows:
1.) The environmental factor. Both tampons and pads are bleached material and fill up landfills (And, as I’m sure anyone in school will know, toilets. Ugh). The Diva Cup is reusable. No garbage. No worries along the lines of “Crap how long has this been inside me…”.
2.) The price tag: Dudes. Dudettes. Fellow humans. Tampons are expensive. I would really really REALLY love if there was something I could use that would prevent me having to spend money on tampons. Something like the Diva Cup.
3.) Other factors: I have heard some testimonies from women saying their cramps resided when they switched to the cup. Sign me up, friend, my cramps are as bad as an all day marathon of “Teen Mom” (Disclaimer: I do NOT watch Teen Mom, I just needed an analogy).
I would like to avoid going on a form of birth control for as long as possible. I’m not sexually active so there’s no need for extra hormones in my body. My cramps have recently started to make me feel slightly ill on the day my period starts and I would like to try a more “natural” method, per se, before seeing what my other options are.
And so, my comrades, I invite you to come along on my quest to purchase and live out my menstrual cycles using a Diva Cup. Here’s to whoever decided they’d had enough absorbent material up their vagina.
Like a wizard,
Biology
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