Nothing I didn't know already. Could have been better as a series of articles. ( )

I learned a lot about menstrual products: I am from an earlier generation:--- remember riding on Route One in New Jersey and seeing a sign that said "Modess . . . because" with a picture of a woman in an evening gown. The idea that pads and tampons should be as free as toilet paper in public restrooms was new to me, but I was quickly convinced. I had never paid attention to the tax on these products, but am now outraged. The ecological impact of disposable pads and tampons was not a consideration in my time. I admit I never thought about menstruants (a more inclusive term to include trans people) who suffered from period poverty, which made going to work or school difficult or impossible. There is a brief discussion of how best to help people: it's better to show women how to produce period products locally than to have volunteers in the United States make them and ship them overseas. In other words, there's a lot of useful information and concepts and issues to be active about. Not a lot about what woman used to do in the past or Taharat Mishpacha. ( )