Tampon

We are not talking about pads, tampons, and feminine washes (which are taxed by the government because they are seen as unnecessary). We are talking about razors, shaving cream, shampoos, conditioners, face wash, clothes, etc. “Women’s products, on average, cost 7% more than the men’s…

Nervous Conditions a novel about the ongoing journey about Tambu, a girl, fighting for the right to go to school and receive an education. Throughout the novel, there are many conflicts that make achieving her goal a difficult process. For being a woman, her family being poor and being an African. The novel is not just about Tambu’s struggles, but about other people in her family such as her aunts and cousin. The novel Nervous Conditions carries out the theme of discrimination between class,…

Heavy work or exercise should be avoided for two weeks. Be sure they avoid sexual activity, douching, and tampons until post-partum visit. Inform the mother to call her obstetricians office for a follow up visit two to three days after discharge to schedule their six week post-partum visit. Inform the patient on certain circumstances that require contacting their…

still being published today and I compared a recent copy of Shout from May 2012 to a copy of Jackie from June 1981. Both magazines feature a celebrity on the front cover, with Shout having Cheryl Cole and Jackie having Adam Ant, and both also have tampon adverts on the back covers. A similar layout to that which Jackie used, and which McRobbie discusses in Jackie: An Ideology of Adolescent Femininity, is used in Shout. Problem pages, fashion pages, celebrity gossip, hair and beauty advice,…

Harry that she “need[s] to talk to [her] mom” (196, Holmes). When Ashley tells the school nurse that she just got her first period, nurse gives her “a big biology lecture” that she finds “all very confusing” (196, Holmes). Ashley ends up putting the tampon in “the farthest-back hole” (197, Holmes) and can’t get it out. Harry is able to help coach her through getting it unstuck over the phone. This sudden biological change thrusts her closer to adulthood, but leaves her feeling like she needs…

In today’s cluttered retail world, consumers are overwhelmed and bombarded with choices. Most grocery and retail stores carry thousands of products in their shops. The average person spends approximately one hour in the grocery store and buys around fifty items in that short time interval (Leighton and Bird). Shoppers are therefore processing and deciding on products in a blink of an eye. Therefore, it is vital that consumers have a way to distinguish one item from another. A single mom with…

Annotated Bibliography "Always #LikeAGirl - Confidence Summit Announcing Partnership with TED." YouTube. YouTube, 7 July 2015. Web. 28 Feb. 2016. I want to use this video because it gives the reasoning behind why Always chose to start the “Like a Girl” Campaign. They said they want to “inspire, empower, and educate girls”. They want to change the saying “like a girl” to a positive meaning. They also talk about how 19% of women perceived “like a girl” as a positive meaning, whereas 6 months after…

Why do voters behave they way they do? Voting behaviour is a form of political behaviour and has been examined and analysed by all parties in order to try and win elections. In order to examine voting behaviour close enough to answer the question in hand I am going to split it down into two questions. Why affects voting choice? And why do people not vote at all i.e. why is voting turn out down? For both questions I will consider arguments for several different factors. Ultimately I believe…

It’s Not A Phase Mom Black hair, black clothes, piercings, tattoos and studded accessories. While this image may make you feel like you just accidentally walked into a Hot Topic store at the mall, those characteristics produce the same generic image of someone who probably listens to heavy or extreme music. Hardcore music is an extremely broad genre but can be broken down into four main subgenres: punk, emo, screamo and heavy metal. Often these hardcore people get judged for being out of…

In E.T.A. Hoffmann’s “Sandman,” Nathanael falls in love with the object of his desires, the devastatingly gorgeous Olympia. Nathanael worships Olympia for her beauty, her muteness, and her lack of opinion. Eventually though, Nathanael realizes that Olympia is an automaton and has no substances because she is constructed merely to be the most perfect looking woman. Similarly, In Jeffrey Eugenides The Virgin Suicides, The Lisbon sisters are worshipped solely for their bodies prohibiting them from…