but really guys
tampons/pads marketed to young kids who just started getting their periods
should be a thing
wrappers with dinosaurs and planets and glitter and cats and sea creaturesĀ
make kids feel comfortable about something natural that happens to their bodies.Ā
and for goodness sake
donāt sexualize it
No. Actually. Why do you need this? You donāt. Getting your period means you are starting to mature, which means you need to drive them AWAY from needless things like that. Also, you all bitch enough as it is about paying for these things, imagine how much more money companies will charge for those things? Or, maybe EDUCATE them, so they will already feel comfortable about it. Jesus fucking christ.Ā
Tell that to ten-year-old me, who still hadnāt had the period talk yet in school. I was crying and freaking out because I thought I was dying. Then my mother comes up to me and says with a smileĀ āYouāre becoming a woman!ā I didnāt want to grow up yet. I was ten. Fucking tenĀ and was told to start to grow up. My mom wanted me to get away from silly little kids things because Iām fucking bleeding out my goddamn vagina.
Also some people are children at heart and like to be silly and having a dinosaur-patterned maxi-pad would be pretty fuckinā hilarious and Iām sure thereād be a huge market for that.
Not all people with vaginas are stoic and serious and want the same frilly, swirly boring-ass pads and tampons.
Plus if youāve been having a miserable day and say you bought the character variety pack of pads. Sitting in the bathroom stall wanting to stab everyone and you open up some baby dinosaur pads. Youāve got dinosaurs in your underwear. No ones gonna ruin your day now.
U by Kotex has these, Tween pads. Sparkly box, cute designs on the pad and wrapper. There are evenĀ āperiod facts and mythsā in each box, and the inner wrapper has instructions for how to use a pad properly. Whatās more is they are smaller than standard pads. (I use these pads because Iām a petite person). Best part? Everywhere I buy them, one box of pads is less than $5.Ā
^^^^^^^ THESE ARE THE BEST BTW. VERY SOFT AND FUN AND COLORFUL. DID YOU KNOW THAT EVEN SEEING PRETTY COLORS CAN LIFT YOUR MOOD? I DIDNāT. NOW I DO.
BUT REALLY THESE ARE THE BEST OK
BECAUSE WHEN MY TEN-YEAR-OLD SISTER GOT HER PERIOD SHE WAS SUPER SCARED BUT I GAVE HER MY PACK AND SHEāS LIKE THIS LOOKS KINDA COOL AND NOW SHE THINKS SHEāS SO AWESOME AND COOL BECAUSE SHE WEARS COLORFUL PADS WITH SHOOTING STARS AND HEARTS ON THEM AND SHEāS SO CONFIDENT ITāS SO AWESOME
SO YOU TRY TELLING ME THAT SEEING A TEN YEAR OLD GIRL DEPRESSED AND ASHAMED OF A NATURAL BODY FUNCTION IS PREFERABLE TO SEEING HER SHOWING OFF HER UFO AND SHOOTING STAR-PATTERNED PADS TO HER BFFS
YOU WOULDNāT GIVE A FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY A BORING BEIGE BAND-AID NO YOUāD GO OUT AND BUY THE HECK OUTTA THOSE SPONGEBOB AND TOY STORY SHITS BECAUSE IT MAKES THEM HAPPY DONāT MAKE YOUR GIRLS GROW OUT OF THINGS THAT MAKE THEM HAPPY BEFORE THEYāVE EVEN LEFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Ok but U by Kotex has got all of our backs. This brand dose great and empowering things for all women and even girls :)
Why are people with vaginas expected to be grown ass adults at 10 but people with dicks arenāt expected to act like adults until their 20ās??
Also Party in My Pants makes dinosaur pads! You donāt have to be a kid to enjoy them. :) They also frequently have designs with spaceships and cartoon cats/animals and other cute stuff!
If companies can make brightly colored and glow-in-the-dark condoms for grown-ass people with penises, then companies can sure as hell make colorful and fun-themed menstruation products for young people (and all people, young or not) with periods.
