Green | July 03, 2008 | 31 comments

Menstruation innovation no contamination!

source: http://www.grist.org/advice/ask/2003/03/12/umbra-period/index.html

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Obviously, the Keeper is not for every woman, but only one woman in my extended circle of Keeper experimenters ever chose to discard hers and return to tampons. If you think the Keeper may be for you, I encourage you to investigate this low-cost, low-impact option. It's not any "grosser" than what we've all been doing since the tender age of 12, to be printably vague. It is a sanitary, environmentally friendly method compatible with white pants, volleyball games, and soft music wafting in the background while you run in slow motion on the beach
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31 comments // Menstruation innovation no contamination!

  • Elligirl
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      Elligirl  

    • I've tried one and stuck with it for several months, but just couldn't beat the convenience and cleanliness of a tampon. I won't go into sordid details here, but suffice it to say that you must periodically (hahahha) remove the Keeper and empty it out, clean it, then re-insert it. Doing this in a public restroom where there is no washing sink near a toilet is not really practical.

      BUT for days when you're staying home or whatever, it works just great!

    • 3 years ago
  • Amber_LaStrega
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      Amber_LaStrega  

    • Way more safe than a tampon. No joke: a friend of mine in highschool (circa 1982) died of TSS due to prolonged tampon use (for the record, 6-hours).

      I'm all about it. Not dying of TSS and helping to save the environment that is.

    • 3 years ago
  • Pwdrskir
  • SamuraiDave
  • journalist_pal
  • maasanova
  • Julie_Soller
  • stopnoise
  • Julie_Soller
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      Julie_Soller  

    • I just ordered one! I probably spend about the same amount of money on ordinary periodic supplies every two months. I love the idea of this, if it's as freeing and comfortable as they say and not too messy.
      It appeals to me because I'm a "trisexual" -- I'll try anything once. (no, did not coin that term but it's from the Samantha Jones character on the Sex and the City movie.)
      Ha ha.
      Thanks Jade for this link.

    • 3 years ago
  • TheCocoon
  • jubal
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      jubal  

    • It looks like a toilet plunger.

      I remember my old girlfriend back in Cali, she used to wear a diaphragm, but it was for birth control. I remember it kinda made me feel strange when she asked me to try and put it in for her. I had to close my eyes and hide.

    • 3 years ago
  • onechance
  • Marilynn_Murray
  • huntre
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      huntre  

    • Interesting product.
      It's lack of being well known is probably due to it not being attractive (or, "womanly pretty enough for tv" as PR Guys might say..."Can we paint...I dunno...butterflies on it and make it bright pink?") and fall-apart disposable, mandatory for repeated purchases.

    • 3 years ago
  • shroomfairy
  • Mafioso
  • jade_azul16
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      jade_azul16  
    • Mafioso:

      i suspect it was voted down by current staff (removed from the home page, and now i can't find it, and i didn't receive a u are a homepage hero e-mail either) because it linked to a product's page, (advertisement), and now it leads to an article that mentions the product

    • 3 years ago
  • Mafioso
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      Mafioso  
    • Mafioso:

      Haha. So it was thought to be product placement, rather than a meaningful article... Hahaha. This is much more interesting than a fucking celebrity and they have posts about those douchebags in the top 10 all the time. Current can't handle geniuses like us. Bwahahaha.

    • 3 years ago
  • jade_azul16
  • jade_azul16
  • tatuaje
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      tatuaje  
    • Mafioso:

      Damn, Jade....really startin' to get fed up with what constitutes discourse around these here parts. Had high hopes for this site... the keeper has literally changed the lives of women i know, so keep spreadin' the word....

    • 3 years ago
  • jade_azul16
  • jade_azul16
  • jade_azul16
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      jade_azul16  
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    • Simple to use, both The Moon Cup and The Keeper are innovative feminine hygiene products that are worn internally, freeing women from dependency on cumbersome, uncomfortable, expensive, paper-based products. Economical, efficient, comfortable, and environment-friendly, reusable menstrual cups are attractive alternatives to other feminine hygiene products. Made by a woman for women, The Keeper (natural gum rubber) and The Moon Cup (medical grade silicone) are both FDA-approved and the only menstrual cups made in America.

      Why isn't this more popular?
      I just heard (actually read) about it today...

    • 3 years ago
  • jade_azul16
  • Mafioso
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      Mafioso  

    • HAhaha... I'm such a kid, why do I think this is so funny. Well, I am high as shit. I was already imagining the commercial for the product in my head. I seriously can't stop laughing. I'm obviously immature.

      But yeah, women do enough damage when they are on their "rag", they might as well help mother nature while the wreak their havoc. HAHAHAHA.

      P.S.
      I love the name, "The Keeper", I thought this post was gonna be about like a video game or like some cult or something.

    • 3 years ago
  • jubal
  • CarlosIsDown
  • ObiaMan
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      ObiaMan  
    • Mafioso:

      Mafioso, you're not immature. You're sick. Yes, just a sick ba***rd. :) Gettin' high and making funny about serious things. You really oughta be ashamed of yourself.....
      I don't know anything about this, but I am definitely all for a better and cheaper way of doing something than the way we were brainwashed into believing we needed to do it.
      My wife always wore pads, never tampons. And I had a vasectomy years ago, after my wife had our 3 kids naturally at home. Saved thousands, and oh how nice and relaxing and enjoyable, the home births and the no-condom get-togethers.
      There's always a better, and cheaper way. We just have to be brave enough to search them out.
      Congratulations ladies.

    • 3 years ago
  • tatuaje
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      tatuaje  

    • My ex has been using one for years and loves it. All of the anarcho-punk women i know use 'em... No corporation is gonna push a one-time sale over hooking you for life...Taking back our bodies, women AND men, is one of the first steps to regaining freedom....

    • 3 years ago
  • jade_azul16
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      jade_azul16  
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    • here is where I got it from,

      the link is to a post where some ladies have already shared their opinions on the product and their experiences...

    • 3 years ago
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