Status Updates From Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis ...

“[Tampax] exploited all kinds of messages to profit from women’s bodies but perhaps the most insidious of all was this idea that tampons transformed women into instruments of labor…defective bodies could regulated to maximize efficiency”…interesting claim…will this be built on or further substantiated in the following chapter?

“But a huge part of the appeal of Tampax was that women could purchase and use tampons without a doctor’s say-so. It enabled women to take control…After being told for so long that periods impeded women’s capacity to think, work, and enjoy their bodies, Tampax promised a kind of freedom”…feels like a bit of a leap?