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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

What The Fuck Wednesday: Feminine Products Edition

Welcome back to What The Fuck Wednesday, the prime location to read about products and items that make your head snap around and your mouth utter the phrase "What the fuck is that?"

Earlier this week, I was at Tae Kwon Do with Joey. Sadly, I had forgotten my book and was reduced to reading US Weekly. I got all the way through the magazine and, except for the normal heinous celebrity outfits they highlighted, I hadn't seen anything that remarkable. Then, I saw the last page. It contained a full page spread for U by Kotex...
because, obviously every woman cares what color applicator she shoves up her hoohah. I had to see if this was the worst of it, so I typed the url into the browser and, sadly (or, for the sake of WTF Wednesday, gladly), the fucknuttery went much farther than just colored applicators. There's the Tween Line which says "Period preparation gets colorful patterns and tween attitude in the U by Kotex Tween* combo pack."
The adult pad lines come in FreeStyle, Boho, and Poptimistic designs.

And, not only are the tampon applicators colored but there are colorful wrappers...
The PunkGlam line
The Color Prints line
Somehow, I am deeply disturbed by the need to decorate feminine hygiene products.


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I wonder if it's a misguided attempt to compete in the reusable pad/diva cup space, sort of the same way denim diapers were introduced to make them 'cute' like the customized cloth diapers...
HAHAHA Classic! Love the word fucknuttery!
I wrote about these! Total fucknuttery. WTF indeed.
Insane, but I say AF is such a bitch anyway maybe colorful designs are a nice way to sweep that under the rug. Maybe.
Oh my word, that's so ridiculous LOL
when i first used tampons(in the 80's) tampax was a light pink....i had forgot all about that. Now all that i have seen/used had white applicators til now. Wish i had my period more so i could get the bright colored ones...lol
Oh my god! I love that you say fuck on your blog! And yeah, totally WTF! the worst are the printed pads - totally fucked up!!!!
LOL I admit I love printed pads. For no reason other then it makes me roll my eyes and snigger. Yes I am that immature lol

I'm horrified I've never come across your blog before and I'm definitely going to be following it now!!

ICLW #8 :)
P.S. I'm actually ICLW #5 but I was commenting from my phone and fail at it lol (Lesson Learned)
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battynurse · 701 weeks ago

Maybe they're trying to create a happy period? I'm with you though. Definitely not into colored or decorated feminine products.

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