Campaign Summary
Tampaction
"Tamp" because tampons are a huge part of the Industry oppressing menstrators. "Action" because we are taking action against this Industry. We are dismantling the taboo surrounding menstruation by raising awareness about the havoc the feminine hygiene industry wreaks on menstruators’ health, the environment, and the communities into which tampon and disposable pad factories dump toxic waste. You are now joining many other menstrual activists in taking this campaign to a new level, one in which we will transform some of the very institutions which support the destructive tampon industry—our campuses—into places which foster positive attitudes towards menstruation and promote environmentally responsible alternatives to bleached, one-time-use tampons and pads.
Now, we are expanding our action to not only act against the industry, but to act for ourselves. We are working toward empowering menstrators; to becoming mentally and physically healthy by ridding our bodies of pesticide ridden, pH altering, carcinogenic products. Every year, many menstruators are made to feel like they’re doing something secret, shameful, disgusting, unsexy or wrong by bleeding. And every year, hundreds of thousands of disposed tampons and pads contribute to the oversized landfills that plague the surrounding communities and our environment. This cycle must stop.
This campaign works on many different levels, but all issues connect to the greater struggle.
- Educating ourselves and others about unhealthy feminine hygiene products and introducing alternatives (cloth pads, organic cotton pads/tampons, sea sponges, cups, etc.)
- Promoting and teaching DIY gynecology and herbalism as part of whole body health to get to know yourself so that you don't have to rely solely on the expertise of professionals to tell you how to fix your body.
- Deconstructing taboos - being proud to be you and accepting, even enjoying your body's processes. It's empowering to love your self and be able to take care of yourself.
- Educating ourselves and others about social and environmental justice issues effecting menstrators and non-menstrators alike.
Now, we are expanding our action to not only act against the industry, but to act for ourselves. We are working toward empowering menstrators; to becoming mentally and physically healthy by ridding our bodies of pesticide ridden, pH altering, carcinogenic products. Every year, many menstruators are made to feel like they’re doing something secret, shameful, disgusting, unsexy or wrong by bleeding. And every year, hundreds of thousands of disposed tampons and pads contribute to the oversized landfills that plague the surrounding communities and our environment. This cycle must stop.
This campaign works on many different levels, but all issues connect to the greater struggle.
- Educating ourselves and others about unhealthy feminine hygiene products and introducing alternatives (cloth pads, organic cotton pads/tampons, sea sponges, cups, etc.)
- Promoting and teaching DIY gynecology and herbalism as part of whole body health to get to know yourself so that you don't have to rely solely on the expertise of professionals to tell you how to fix your body.
- Deconstructing taboos - being proud to be you and accepting, even enjoying your body's processes. It's empowering to love your self and be able to take care of yourself.
- Educating ourselves and others about social and environmental justice issues effecting menstrators and non-menstrators alike.
