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• 1. Beth  |  March 13th, 2007 at 6:53 pm

  And now I must comment, and reveal more information than is ever necessary.

  So I recently embarked upon Adventure Diva Cup, and I have to say…was deeply disappointed. It was great the first couple of days, but then things stopped….working.

  After spending more time than I care to think about on the Menstrual Cup LiveJournal boards, I discovered that the learning curve on menstrual cups is steep, and the MOST steep with the Diva. I am next going to attempt the MoonCup UK, which people seemed the most satisfied with, and which looks like it excels where the Diva failed me. If you’d like, I’ll let you know how it goes, but I’m certainly not going to continue to foist my periodal experiences on you.

  As for the Keeper, it may be brown, but it’s less gross than a clear cup when it’s…um…full.

• 2. Yez  |  March 13th, 2007 at 6:56 pm

  Tampax rules.

  I know I’ll have nightmares tonight about just exactly how messy these collector devices are when the, um, collection is complete. Oh, and the brown? Well, hospital white would soon get stained, so I think the idea was that it’d be a camo cup. Not that it was a GOOD idea, because would we ever really be sure we got it clean?

  (In 8th grade gym, during attendance, girls could answer with their surname followed by “M”, which was code for Aunt Flo’s visit. Hilarity ensured when an unfortunate girl one day answered “Brown M” – I don’t think even the gym teacher kept a straight face.

• 3. Suebob  |  March 13th, 2007 at 7:18 pm

  I am not normally that squeamish, but eew. Just eew. Nobody is talking me into this.

• 4. Schnozz  |  March 13th, 2007 at 7:39 pm

  *shrug*

  I’m just not that uncomfortable with stuff like that. It’s far more comfortable on tender tissues, healthier, lasts MUCH MUCH longer (if you’re heavy, you get to end that whole game of changing your tampon every 45 minutes like some of used to have to do), it actually feels less gross to me (had to use a tampon recently, found it disgusting–damp string? seriously? GROSS–can’t believe I used to use them all the time), and it’s far more convenient in that I never run out and I never get caught unaware. No more sticking tampons into odd pockets when I go out drinking or don’t want to carry a purse.

  But yeah, it’s not for everyone. I think it’s just one of those things that some people are unfazed by, while other people run shrieking into the night at the mere concept. It’s just blood, and while I’m not one of those freaky “I paint art with my own menstrual blood!” hippie people (yes, they’re out there), I don’t find it all that disturbing or upsetting either.

  But, for the record, I don’t use it for environmental reasons. I use it because it’s downright superior. I’m selfish that way … if it didn’t get the job done, and do it better than tampons ever did for me, I’d be filling up those landfills like there was no tomorrow!

• 5. Schnozz  |  March 13th, 2007 at 7:40 pm

  Oh, and brown? Is a good idea. Clear is … well, just buy a big bottle of rubbing alcohol and don’t forget to boil that thing occasionally.

• 6. vague  |  March 13th, 2007 at 7:46 pm

  Suebob, I am with you. I am intensely grossed out by these cup doo-dads, and there is no way in hell I would ever consider them. But, then again, there is no way I would consider switching tampon brands either; I stand firmly against switching.

  I find it kind of terrifying and kind of fascinating, the fervor with which these cup doo-dads are promoted on the internet, and I am imaginging legions of proud Nature Ladies in line at millions of restroom sinks across the country, washing their cup doo-dads by the light of millions of solar-powered compact-fluorescent bulbs and re-folding their ecofriendly reusable toilet paper.

• 7. jonniker  |  March 13th, 2007 at 7:53 pm

  Schnozz, et al: Oddly, would you believe it’s not blood that skeeves me? I actually don’t find the whole thing that skeevy, and while I am strangely horrified, I can’t put my finger on why, but I’m not grossed out by the concept, I’m just…well I don’t know what I am. Well, public restrooms would be skeevy, if you had to, ah, dump it or anything, but other than that, I don’t find it that skeevy. I mean, as you pointed out, having a PERIOD is skeevy in itself.

  It’s that I do not, and I HONESTLY DO NOT, think that I would be remotely capable of doing it right, nor would I trust it, because oh, I am sure that I would be SO PARANOID about leaks and the entire miserable, crazy thing, because I tried one of those disposable cuppy things once and I ALMOST DIED, because there was leakage, and lo, it was…leaky. And awful. And not something I want to remotely replicate, unless I wear a sweater, preferably red, tied around my waist until the end of time.

• 8. Schnozz  |  March 13th, 2007 at 8:14 pm

  Honestly, I think the “fervor” results from two things: environmentalism (I’m not a big part of that movement, like I said) and just general defensiveness. I tend to stick up for it more adamantly because the implication that I’m doing something gross makes me overly defensive. (It is, after all, all about me.)

  Also, it’s just really made a difference in general quality of life around that time of the month for me, so I hate to see it put down by people who haven’t tried it–if only because I think they’ve missed a chance to try a good product that could help them, based on a gut reaction. Jonna, you may just be speaking for yourself and doing it in a self-deprecating way that implies you’re the one with the issue (and acknowledging that really, it’s not THAT big a deal), but plenty of people are far less diplomatic or open-minded. In fact, they’re like “EWWW GROSS WHO WOULD USE THAT?? OMG!! CRAZY HIPPIE PEOPLE!!!” Aaaand that is why fervent, batshit crazy defensive message boards are born. And why I feel the need to defend it too, much as I will myself to just shut up, because it’s a good product that has really helped a lot of people (IT RELIEVES CRAMPS! as your new friend would say) and doesn’t deserve such shaming.

  And I’ve said it before: tampons are just as gross. Just more culturally acceptable. The very fact that people are all, “Ew! I prefer the hygienic and soothing system of blood-soaked cotton swabs in my orifices!” kind of demonstates the level of cultural bias. I have a hard time with cultural bias. I feel the need to point it out when I see it. And leave long comments. About menstrual products. Because that is the sort of awesome person I am.

  I really don’t think I’m helping my “diva cup people aren’t crazy” case. Sigh. I can’t win. I quit now. I promise. Maybe. MY LIFE FOR THE DIVA CUP! LONG LIVE THE DIVA CUP! I mean, uh, “Diva Cups are okay. Whatever.”

  And (just saw your comment), I once tried the disposable cup thingies too. Oh my God. Never again. It was a DISASTER. Regarding public restrooms, it’s surprisingly nonskeevy once you get the hang of it, and a rare occurrence, as the cup lasts so long that such an endeavor is rarely necessary.

• 9. Yez  |  March 13th, 2007 at 8:15 pm

  Yeah, it’s not the blood. It’s the vision of how ineptly I would withdraw the damn thing when it was approaching full, and how messy the whole operation would be. I’d much rather have the blood absorbed in cotton and handily disposable, TYVM :-J

• 10. kara marie  |  March 13th, 2007 at 9:00 pm

  Long comment!

  I’ve actually spent ridiculous amounts of time on these sites, debating over whether or not I should get one. I get horrified thinking about how many disgusting tampons and pads are clogging up landfills and the sewer systems (even if they’re biodegradable, they still must take a while to decompose.) Plus, I totally agree with the Diva Cup’s website about, you know, the dryness that tampons cause. It can’t be good for things. The sucking dryness. Right? Tampons can be HORRIBLE. I don’t think cups sound gross at all. They sound much easier (12 hours, people! Twelve hours and no risk of TSS!) and natural. The convenience for travel sounds awesome. I think about all the times I’ve been visiting someone in their home and needed to dispose of my used product and, panic-stricken, realized there was no trash can in sight. And I think about that one time I tried to flush a tampon and it clogged the host’s toilet, and OH MY GOSH. The cup! Brilliant!

  The only reason I haven’t gotten one yet is because of this…a year ago I got a diaphragm, and the doctor’s office gave me the wrong size. And there was searing pain, and then an infection, and it was bad. Even though I know the cup wouldn’t be that way, since they go in a different place, and are not, you know, metal, I get scared and all twitchy thinking about it.

  Maybe I just need to do it.

  I’m with Schnozz on this one.

• 11. Anne L.  |  March 13th, 2007 at 9:47 pm

  Yep, what Yez said. My mind can’t get around that part of it.

• 12. Beth  |  March 13th, 2007 at 10:53 pm

  Okay, not to make your site the new host for how to use the cup or anything, but for those who are concerned about the public restroom, etc., keep in mind that you only need to empty the cup every 12 hours, and most people are not in public restrooms at 7 in the morning and 7 at night.

  And it’s not nearly as gross as I thought it was going to be…the emptying. It’s not anything I’d want to throw a party about, but it’s not like it’s that much different than changing a tampon, and I don’t have to do it nearly as much.

  And I agree with Schnozz that it’s annoying to knock something when you haven’t tried it, especially when it could change your life for the much better and cheaper. (Consider only having to spend less than $40 on your period…ever.) Periods are gross. All of the paraphenalia is gross. The cup is just another option. And I’m also not another “Rah! Cup!” girl, as I’m still not sure if the cup is for me; as I said, I’m just trying it out to see if it might. Because sometimes that’s what it is to have an open mind.

  I’m going to stop coming here now, I promise. I’m sorry to hijack your comments, Jonna, for something I don’t even feel that passionately about.

• 13. clickmom  |  March 14th, 2007 at 4:14 am

  Dang, somehow I have been completely in the dark with this whole cup phenomenom. A cup…. what an idea to ponder. I can’t wait to have lunch with my friends this week and see if anyone has attempted this cup. Seems odd to switch methods when you’re praying for your ovaries to finally spit out that final shriveled most likely defective egg, but I have vowed to stay current with all technology, you know, I want to be a real hip senior one day, so I guess, I’ll check it out.

• 14. clickmom  |  March 14th, 2007 at 4:21 am

  okay, did a little light reading here. This is what I want to know:

  1. Does the part at the entrance bother you users? Does it feel like there is something alien present down there? Like maybe, a silicone stick getting to third base with you?

  2. How does one know which size to order? Is it sized by flow or by actual who-ha size? Cause then, really, who would buy the large?

• 15. Allison  |  March 14th, 2007 at 4:23 am

  Oddly enough, I had an extremely long dream involving a humongous pad last night. I am debating the merits of the Diva cup. I’m not sure. I’ve heard if you don’t break the “seal,” it can cause some massive pain when you take it out.

• 16. Boutros  |  March 14th, 2007 at 4:58 am

  I have a friend who tried the cup once, and she found she couldn’t remove it. She had to enlist the help of her boyfriend.

  That turned me off the cup for good.

• 17. jonniker  |  March 14th, 2007 at 5:07 am

  Not that anyone has really gotten out of control here, but I have to say it’s funny how…mildly polarizing this is. My first minor step into controversy, and it’s about a menstrual cup? Seriously?

  I mean, I think it’s perfectly okay if people are grossed out by it and can’t bring themselves to use it. As Schnozz pointed out, everything about a period is gross, and people are infinitely less grossed out by something they know, no matter how foul it is. I don’t see here or think that anyone is judging anyone who uses them, or thinks Diva/Keeper people are gross, unwashed hippies. It’s just that you have to admit, it’s a completely bizarre, foreign concept for most people, and while I’m glad (thrilled! really!) that people love it so much, wrapping your mind around it is a little…well, it’s a challenge, especially given the inherent squick factor within the topic at hand. I mean, TAMPONS are gross, and although I am fiercely loyal to them, if someone mentioned a new-fangled tampon, my first, completely immature instinct would be “OH MY GOD GROSS!” no matter how revolutionary and/or genuinely helpful it was. I’m not sure how much that has to do with one’s general open-mindedness, as it does the idea that some don’t want to think about their period any more than is entirely necessary, and hey, stick with what you know, I guess.

  Re: the landfill issue, I get that tampons clog them…sort of. Certainly plastic applicators and mixed-material tampons are a problem that’s probably right up there with disposable diapers. And while I realize that biodegradable tampons are still an issue, I can’t reconcile their nuisance factor with things like human waste and toilet paper – I mean, I generate far more of the latter than I do tampons every month.

  The environmental issue is a tough one for me to swallow, because in the grand scheme of things, if I’m honest, there is a long list of things I can and should do first that would make a greater impact on the environment than cut down my tampon usage, and I think that’s probably true for most people. I generate far too much garbage in other areas of my life, that if I really want to make a difference, putting my focus there first would probably be wiser. And again, there’s the toilet paper issue – I know I generate *far* more toilet paper every year than I do tampons, so it’s hard for me to wrap my brain around the actual impact compared with other things. It’s not that it’s not real – it’s that when I put it in perspective, it rings sort of hollow. So if I were to switch, that wouldn’t be the lead reason.

  Incidentally, it was the Instead disposable cup I tried once before that caused such completely and utter agony and leakage. LEAK. AGE. Surely you can understand my trepidation in using anything resembling a cup.

  And finally, the idea that I’d get any sort of ROI on this would be completely negated by the fact that I know – I KNOW – I would lose it after one period. So what was once a $40 for every ten years would suddenly become $40 EVERY MONTH, vs. $5.99. The losing of the Diva Cup is an indisputable fact. I lose EVERYTHING.

• 18. Sadie  |  March 14th, 2007 at 5:59 am

  hmm, yeah, a little frightened of the fervor this topic is generating. Personally, I am still so impressed with a tampon’s superiority over pads, that I am not yet ready to advance my menstrual technology, as it were.

  Also, and I know this is minor and reveals my childishness, but where do you put that thing the other three weeks of the month? Does it have a carrying case? Should it go in the medicine cabinet next to my moisturizer and Advil (what would nosy guests think?!)? I’m with Jonna, I think I would actually lose that thing!

• 19. Swistle  |  March 14th, 2007 at 6:12 am

  I’m not grossed out by the CONCEPT of the cup, but I agree it needs an image makeover. First of all, the names, which are stoooopid. “Diva Cup”? I am not using ANY product that requires me to favor the diva concept, as if I am a 12-year-old with a rhinestone t-shirt. And “The Keeper” is both creepy (because of all the horror novels called _The Keep_) and also creepy (because of the implication that the point is to SAVE the contents, perhaps forever).

  Secondly, the color. I agree that brown is gross, and that clear would also be gross, and so would white be gross. I think it needs to be available in a selection of patterns: a swirling paisley, a jungle floral, a pink camo, etc. I want CHOICES, and I want them NON-GROSS.

• 20. Claire  |  March 14th, 2007 at 6:57 am

  i’ve always thought it was an interesting concept, but i think my biggest concern is spillage. you know, upon removal. cause that would be totally gross. but if there are that many people who use one of these things and it works for them, i would love an alternative product for that lovely week out of the month, especially if it only needs attention every 12 hours. i mean, you really can’t beat that.

  thanks for bringing this to everyone’s attention. now i’m goign to go spend a creepy amount of time on the message boards.

• 21. hello insomnia  |  March 14th, 2007 at 7:15 am

  I love what swistle said! “Diva” cup? Really? Why not a “Woman with a Level-headed View of Herself and How Others Should Treat Her Cup”?

  Besides, it looks like a brown plunger. Eww all around.

• 22. Christine  |  March 14th, 2007 at 7:34 am

  I’ve used both the Diva and the Keeper (because they’re only economical if you don’t lose them), and I haven’t really found much of a difference between them, except for the Diva leads me to obsess over cleanliness, which I guess could be both a blessing and a curse. (Also, as someone who has lost and then subsequently found cups, I have only lost them when I’ve been traveling, and usually they’re in some suitcase compartment and then found years later and there have only been two at $30 as they were cheaper over the past 6 years. And they come in a little cotton pouch, that I just stick in a drawer in the bathroom. You know, for ease and storage).

  As for the grossness factor? Well I could see how someone wouldn’t want to do it, and how for others it wouldn’t be a big deal. My boyfriend finds the cup perplexing and gross, but only slightly moreso than tampons. But, he doesn’t have to deal with the situation at all, really.

  I also understand how Schnozz could get defensive, because I don’t exactly advertise my use of a cup either…but at the same time, feh? Dude, we all (for the most part) get or have gotten our periods and it’s just blood, and I’ve had some bad overnight experiences in a pad or tampon. And I don’t have any leakage or spillage more than I have experienced with a tampon, but will say that there are days when I need to clean out more frequently than others.

  Also, I use the cup because it works better for me. It does not relieve my cramps and I don’t imagine I’m helping to save the environment, it just works great. And now I’ve spoken more about the cup than anything ever on this site, and that in itself is hilarious.

• 23. Lacey  |  March 14th, 2007 at 8:11 am

  OK, as a freshman in college I was somehow convinced that since I was a feminist and believed in equality and all that ya-dee-da, I should take a women’s studies class. And this was at the University of Oregon in Eugene, where REALLY feminist women who are also hippies or earth goddess mothers or whatever they call themselves live and regularly walk around topless. Because they are EQUAL there. So I take this class and realize I’m sort of out of my element when the whole thing is taught and attended by smelly, dreadlocked, huge women who maybe hated men in their spare time. (And I am not trying to make a statement about lesbianism or anything because I really don’t care who people love as long as they are kind to eachother, but seriously. These women did not like men. Which made it uncomfortable if you A. liked men yourself or B. where a man. And there were two men in that class. But anyway.) A big topic near the end of the term was about menstruation and what a wonderful, mystical, womanly thing it was. And how men were trying to bring us down by making us use tampons or pads. And how tampons and pads hurt our Mother (Mother Earth, of course) and so on. And so they started to describe all these other things we could use that were made by women. And then there was a show and tell! The instructors of the class brought in THEIR OWN “things” of choice. Someone brought in The Keeper. Used. By her. And passed it around so we could all get a closer look (I waved it right on by me.) Someone else brought a belt-like contraption that you stuffed with absorbent but earth-friendly cloth that you could rinse out and reuse. Or you could stuff it with moss like the Indian women or something. I don’t know. All I know is that good thing that was the end of the term because I would have been hard pressed to ever come back.

• 24. Regina  |  March 14th, 2007 at 8:48 am

  WOW! All i have to say is wow. I am in complete awe of this concept and all the comments. A very eye opening experience.

  And maybe if i decide to have another period (yes i decided not to have them!) I may have to look into this further, maybe.

• 25. Schnozz  |  March 14th, 2007 at 9:34 am

  “1. Does the part at the entrance bother you users? Does it feel like there is something alien present down there? Like maybe, a silicone stick getting to third base with you?”

  Yeah. Cut that part right off. I cut it off a little, then cut it off a little more, then said hell with it and cut it off at the base. It does do annoying things occasionally.

  The rest of the alien presence is psychological, and I got over it, though at first I was all “Aggggh I know it’s there!” Now I don’t know what physical feeling could possibly have made me feel that way, but I was convinced at first.

  “2. How does one know which size to order? Is it sized by flow or by actual who-ha size? Cause then, really, who would buy the large?”

  It’s sized by age and whether you’ve given birth.

  Re: not being able to get it out: A lot of people try it when they’re about to do the dirty. And the problem with that is that certain things happen with arousal that make it hard to remove. Or so I hear. I have never had the slightest bit of trouble getting it out under any circumstances; the whole bearing-down method that works with a runaway tampon works with this too. I HAVE heard ER horror stories, though, so I guess my advice there is, “Inform thyself before trying to yank it out at the wrong time, and hope you aren’t one of the rare few who just can’t get it out.”

  Re: my defensiveness, I meant to make it clear that I knew I was being kind of silly, so I hope that came across. I didn’t think anyone was judging anyone! I just thought they were judging the poor diva cup. The poor, poor diva cup. Well, and the women on the message boards. Whom I also stuck up for. Because apparently I can’t let anyone, including inanimate objects, go undefended.

  But any post that I thought was judgmental or unfair wouldn’t even get a comment. I’ve learned my lesson on that one. I think the “controversy,” if you want to call it that, comes from how thrilled some people are and how horrified others are when they try it. Read the letters on the diva cup site. You would think they were talking about Jesus himself.

• 26. winterwheat  |  March 14th, 2007 at 9:34 am

  This thread is the most entertaining thing I’ve read all month.

  Schnozz sold me. I’m going to give the Diva Cup (*snicker*) a try. If you think about it, tampons are very unsanitary because the string hangs outside your body and acts as a wick for any bacteria that may come into contact with it.

  Jonna, do you remember me posting on MUA about not being able to wear thongs after reading medical research demonstrating that they wick bacteria from the poo to the who? Once I get an idea like that in my head, I can’t get it out. So now all I can think about are bacteria-soaked tampon strings.

  Bring on the cup.

• 27. jonniker  |  March 14th, 2007 at 10:03 am

  Schnozz: It was clear to me, because really, I don’t honestly believe you would ever take menstruation that seriously. My controversy comment was as much tongue in cheek, because really, we’re talking about PERIODS! It’s inherently hysterical!

  Honestly, this is so damn funny to me, I can’t stop thinking about it. I just went out on assignment, and all I could focus on was the merits and drawbacks of reusable menstrual products.

  Also: PAISLEY. YES.

• 28. Gentry  |  March 14th, 2007 at 10:07 am

  Why has nobody yet stood to sing the praises of the Instead Menstrual Cup!

  It’s wooooooonderful!

  It’s cameo transluscent pink. It’s sex freindly (seriously, your boyfriend will never know). It’s slippery soft and you only need two a day.

  I’d rather bleed on my white Alexander McQueen skirt than stuff a hard rod of of dry, dioxin-bleached cotton up my Private Area.

  And there is mess when you pull out a tampon, too! It swings! It can smudge your thighs. Has no one been hit by their own tampons’ mighty pendulum swing?

• 29. jonniker  |  March 14th, 2007 at 10:07 am

  Gentry: THE INSTEAD CUP. OH SWEET LORD IT LEAKED ON ME. EVERYWHERE. NEVER. AGAIN.

  Also: the pendulum swing of the tampon? BAHHHHHH!

• 30. Moose  |  March 14th, 2007 at 10:31 am

  Wait, cloth pads? CLOTH pads? Wouldn’t that be like wearing a diaper? Though I have to say, I am in awe of anyone who allows their concern for the environment to override their personal convenience. (I am not one of those people, I’m sorry to say.) (But then, don’t you use a lot of water to clean the things?) Cloth pads. Wow. My brain is officially boggled.

  By the way, I really like your site design. I’ve been thinking about switching mine up and I keep thinking, “You know, I really like Jonniker’s. So simple. So clean. So deliciously white.”

• 31. jonniker  |  March 14th, 2007 at 10:37 am

  Moose: Yes, CLOTH PADS. Or, you could do as Lacey’s professor suggested right before she passed around her used Keeper, and use some sort of belt contraption filled with earth-friendly moss.

  Also – thanks on the design! I can’t take any credit whatsoever, as Paige over at Flux-rad.com did it for me. She rules.

• 32. kara marie  |  March 14th, 2007 at 11:10 am

  I snickered like an eleven year old while I did a Google search for “tampon pad environment.” The Keeper’s site has a page of stats, and I don’t know if they’re right or not, but they don’t sound unreasonable. (http://www.keeper.com/facts.html )Twelve billion tampons and pads used annually…I also read that tampons take six months to decompose and pad liners can stick around forever. I hate to sound so hippie-ish and preachy and fervent, but, I think these cups sound so practical, healthy, and good. I know it doesn’t sound like your own tampon usage will add up to much, but I think when it comes to doing our part for the environment, that’s just it. Doing a small part. We each could do little things that add up to help over time. Over 170,000 tampon applicators were collected along U.S. coastal areas between 1998 and 1999? Disgusting.

  Sorry to sound so crazy about this, but the more I think about it, the more excited I am about a cup. I think I’ll give it a shot.

• 33. Paula  |  March 14th, 2007 at 11:32 am

  Gee. I never truly appreciated my hysterectomy until now.

• 34. Claire  |  March 14th, 2007 at 11:34 am

  um, does anyone know if the cups decompose? i mean, obviously there are less of them than tampons and pads, but… if you throw it away it’ll probably stick around longer than a pad liner, no?

  i don’t know why i’m playing devils advocate because i’ve already mostly decided to give it a try. from reading some of the testimonials on their sites (which, yes, really do sound like they’re praising the second coming jesus christ, himself) they sound like they’re worth it.

  but how in the hell do they make cramping disappear? anyone? this does not make any sense to me.

• 35. jonniker  |  March 14th, 2007 at 11:45 am

  Claire: I think the Keeper is made of something that is biodegradable, but the Diva Cup is silicone, and therefore, will last until the end of time. Someone explained the difference to me once.

• 36. Lawyerish  |  March 14th, 2007 at 11:45 am

  This whole conversation has me alternately giggling (no, really, the cup sounds great and all, but I’ve just never been a party to such a discussion — it’s refreshing, in a way, though) and light-headed. I guess the light-headedness is because the conversation concerns blood in some indirect way, and blood makes me faint.

  I mean, yeah, I have a cycle and deal with it and all, and I don’t faint about it, but this is different. I think it was the mention of a seal that did it for me. Imagining some kind of “thwop!” vaccuum seal-breaking sound, like when you open a jar of spaghetti sauce, about has me on the floor in a coma. Because one’s coochal area should never sound like a jar of spaghetti sauce being opened.

  I’m just saying.

• 37. jonniker  |  March 14th, 2007 at 12:16 pm

  Here’s something: I read that you’re supposed to order Model 1 if you’re under 30, and Model II if you’re over 30. Um, is that implying that things have…stretched down there even though I’ve never given birth? The whole sizing thing sounds shady to me.

• 38. Schnozz  |  March 14th, 2007 at 12:23 pm

  Supposedly your hips spread with time, whether you give birth or not. But yeah, most people have said the two sizes aren’t even that different anyway.

  Lawyerish cracks me up. If it helps, I have heard no such terrifying sound. I add this because I like to talk about my vagina as many times as possible in one day.

• 39. aly  |  March 14th, 2007 at 2:02 pm

  i dont read your blog for TWO DAYS, and really? this is what i return to?!

  i am peeing my pants over the comment above regarding menstruation and PAINTING (wha?! this exists?! really?!)(let me reiterate, REALLY?).

  thank you for my learned lesson of the day.

  (sweet merciful crap, like i could love your site any more and then you introduce me to a product called DIVA CUP).

  (i pink puffy heart you, jonniker).

• 40. aly  |  March 14th, 2007 at 2:08 pm

  omg. i read about the “poo to the who” and then the tampon string swing and i have officially lost it.

  i think, um, maybe one is meant to recycle the silicone cup once you’re… uh, done with the processes? maybe? is that what is assumed with the use of silicone?

  and YES to the paisley design. how about some polka dots too? that would be fabulous.

  also? my major concern is not for losing it but um, dropping it. in somewhere unpleasant. see- i do that a lot with the tampons and frankly? there is no reason to be concerned there but with the cup… geh. not sure about that aspect.

• 41. Leah  |  March 14th, 2007 at 2:15 pm

  I want to avoid washing something into which I have menstruated. If that makes me a monster, so be it.

  Also, I don’t like that it’s DivaCup™–one word with the tradmark. Like I’m going to steal that and use it for my line of juice glasses. Ick.

• 42. Leah  |  March 14th, 2007 at 2:30 pm

  Also–winterwheat? You who wrote “wick bacteria from the poo to the who”? That will make me laugh for weeks.

  And Swistle? I think the next logical step from patterned cups is character cups. I’m thinking SpongeBob.

• 43. Swistle  |  March 14th, 2007 at 4:49 pm

  Oooh, Leah, DEFINITELY. I want a Hello Kitty one.

• 44. jonniker  |  March 14th, 2007 at 6:59 pm

  I’m just at a loss here. I’ve never seen anything like this, honestly.

  Thanks for a hilarious day, guys.

  HELLO KITTY. Oh my God, a HELLO KITTY MENSTRUAL CUP. I want one.

• 45. Jamie  |  March 14th, 2007 at 7:03 pm

  THIS is what happens when I don’t check your site until 3:30 pm?!

  I love it.

  Oh, and big menstrual props go out to Gentry for coining the term “mighty pendulum swing” as it relates to periods. Classic. I might add that, in my days, I have never had a tampon that was so incredibly full, or so enormous that I simply *whoops!* lost control of it and it swung around, creating a mess on myself/my bathroom. If I had, I would be wearing a DivaCup right now.

  In other news, this comment thread is highly complimentary to an argument I got into with my best friends recently about the biggest tampon question that exists: to flush, or not to flush? I will immediately send them a link to this post so that we are all reminded that there are obviously bigger menstrual issues out there for discussion.

• 46. jonniker  |  March 14th, 2007 at 7:06 pm

  “Big menstrual props”

  HA! Jamie – I always flush. ALWAYS.

• 47. kara marie  |  March 14th, 2007 at 7:16 pm

  I think the rule is, septic system, don’t flush. Unless you want the owner of said system to have to dig up his yard to find the clog, only to find out it was a tampon. (Not that that ever happened to me.) I also don’t flush if plumbing seems old.

  This has been exciting today.

• 48. jonniker  |  March 14th, 2007 at 7:20 pm

  Kara: I didn’t consider septic tanks, but I should have explained that I always flush *at home*. Other places, I’m too scared to block their systems, YES. BECAUSE OH MY GOD, it’s happened.

• 49. kara marie  |  March 14th, 2007 at 7:25 pm

  Worst. Ever.

  Yet another reason to use a cup. A friend’s father digging up a tampon clog in the yard in HIGH SCHOOL is an excellent reason to switch. Even though that was a long time ago.

  I had forgotten all about that. Gah.

• 50. Heather B.  |  March 14th, 2007 at 10:57 pm

  I just wanted to let you know that i’m in Florida.

  Right now.

  As I’m typing this.

  COME SEE ME!!!!

  That is all.

• 51. Gentry  |  March 15th, 2007 at 4:30 am

  I’m reading all this and all I can think is “There is a Niche in the Market.” Let’s all pool our money together to create Pink Paisley Hello Kitty biodegradable/flushable cups that don’t make spaghetti sauce jar noises.

  We’ll call them JonnikerCups. Or maybe JonnikerCupz, y’know for the teen market.

  And they should be packaged with lemon scented handiwipes for instant cleanup.

  Who’s with me?

• 52. Yez  |  March 15th, 2007 at 6:02 am

  Gentry – Me! Me! Brilliant, and hilarious, all of it. Love both names. Perhaps a 3rd product line, for those of us who are past The Change, over the hill & picking up speed. JonnikerCuppes, so they’d sound kinda quaint, in earring form, hung from the Third Base Stick? Then they’d look like little paisley Hello Kitty bells.

  Except, if you wanted the bells to ring the sweet sound of liberation, they’d have to have a… clapper. Ew.

• 53. winterwheat  |  March 15th, 2007 at 10:10 am

  OMG, this thread — please, Jonna, copy it and save it for posterity. I truly have never laughed out loud like this in response to a blog thread. I mean, I write “ROFL” all the time but it’s really just reflecting this internal feeling of “I would be laughing out loud if I were so inclined, but I’m not”–but in this case I actually DID laugh out loud, several times. You should congratulate yourself on drawing such a hilarious and clever crowd of posters.

  Okay, so, does the DivaCupTRADEMARK come with a carrying case so you can stuff it back in like a manky retainer and wash it at home (like, if you’re stuck in the woods or something and can’t get to soap and water)?

  As for its biodegradability, nobody faults you for buying a new toothbrush, and that’s at least as nondegradable, right? So I’m shucking aside the nondegradable argument (though I totally admire Claire’s devil’s advocate stance, since I frequently play devil’s advocate myself).

  As for the horrors of having someone discover one’s used tampon/pad, be it the plumber or, in my case, the older brother who was taking a dump and turned around to ash his cigarette on the plate sitting on the toilet tank, only to discover that said plate held a used pad, and now credits that moment with galvanizing his homosexuality, I think the DivaCupTRADEMARK is worth it if it helps safeguard against such embarrassment for the rest of one’s reproductive life.

  As I said before, bring on the cup. And according to the site, I need the over-30, had-a-baby, loose-sheets-flappin’-in-the-wind version. Great.

• 54. Leah  |  March 15th, 2007 at 10:44 am

  Jonnikup? Oy. And I’m not even Jewish.

  I have never ever ever heard of someone NOT flushing a tampon. Surely if the plumbing can handle poo it can handle a teeny little wad of cotton, yes?

• 55. jonniker  |  March 15th, 2007 at 10:51 am

  Leah: You’ve never blocked plumbing with a tampon? Or worse – oh my God – had one come back up to, ah, haunt you? Because I have, and lo, it was awful. Truly, truly awful. I should add that I no longer flush applicators – the cardboard kind – because they don’t seem to want to stay down. Especially in Florida toilets, where they are all of the new water-saving variety and GOD, they barely get rid of skid marks.

• 56. winterwheat  |  March 15th, 2007 at 1:01 pm

  Um, one last comment. Not that I have any reason to know this, but sex toys made of rubber need to be washed AND boiled between uses, whereas silicone can just be washed. The reason is that rubber is porous whereas silicone isn’t. So anyone tempted to go for The Keeper (brown rubber) should consider opting for The Moon Cup (white silicone) instead if she doesn’t wish to boil the device between uses. Me, I’d probably just throw it in the dishwasher. Next to the toothbrushes.

• 57. Pattie  |  March 15th, 2007 at 1:03 pm

  This is my first visit to your blog (here by suggestion from Andrea, Little Bald Doctors)
  I must say, I learned something new…never heard of the “Diva Cup”….and this thread? Hilarious!

• 58. Suebob  |  March 15th, 2007 at 1:09 pm

  My mind is boggled that Pattie found all this on her very first visit here…LUCKY!!

• 59. mar  |  March 15th, 2007 at 1:53 pm

  well, i’ve been faithful to ob tampons since i started my cycle way back, but i must admit i’m intrigued. my women’s studies former college roomie bought the instead cup when we were in school, but i don’t think she stuck with it. i always remember her complaining how she didn’t think she’d be able to have sex with a guy because she could barely put a tampon in. (that’s another story entirely.)
  and i’m shocked that no one commented on this testimonial: “First off, I am not a gusher; it’s just not an aspect of my personality, BUT…Oh My God! I L-O-V-E my new Diva cup!! More women need to know about this product. It’s phenomenal.”
  okay, gusher? how, um, ironical.

• 60. Jen from boston  |  March 15th, 2007 at 2:30 pm

  am late for class b/c I cannot stop reading these comments. I still ahven’t gotten to all of them. Shit I am so late. Shit!!

  “Hello Kitty DivaCup ™” oh my god I am dying

• 61. jonniker  |  March 15th, 2007 at 5:17 pm

  Winterwheat: YOU told me about the silicone toys! I do not know how or why we got into that conversation, but we did, oh we did, and I distinctly recall that portion of it. Gads.

  Also, the dishwasher, really? I mean, it’s uber-tempting, and I’m not kidding, which means that I really have lost my mind. Truly.

  Mar: Did you see Clare from Alaska who wrote a POEM. A COMPLETE POEM about the wonders that comprise the Diva Cup? A smattering…no, what the hell. THE WHOLE POEM:

  Because of this Diva I don,
  I am no longer a slave to the ‘pon
  It fills me with glee,
  To know that I’m free,
  And saving this world we live on.

  I go through my day with ease,
  There is no string there to tease,
  It catches it all,
  Before it does fall,
  I now live without boundaries.

  So now when I go to the John,
  There’s nothing for me to check on!
  And it is so great,
  To know that my fate,
  Is not in a Kotex nap’kon.

  Diva must have come from the gods,
  I think they have the best odds,
  To have made something great,
  That seems so innate,
  And all who know share applause!

  Clare from Alaska

• 62. metalia  |  March 15th, 2007 at 7:04 pm

  So, here’s a glimpse into my brain: Everyone else is posting these cogent, incisive comments (both pro and con), and although I don’t think I’d ever use this, all I can think is, ” You mean to tell me that by mere virtue of my having had a kid, my apparently wide-ass hips would now warrant an entirely different category of DivaCup? Cup THIS!”

• 63. Leah  |  March 15th, 2007 at 7:06 pm

  I keep coming back for a new update only to find that the cup is still just spinning and spinning and spinning in whitespace at the top of the page. (Can you put a coin by it for scale? Because I’m starting to think it’s much smaller than I’ve been imagining.)

• 64. Jennifer  |  March 15th, 2007 at 7:17 pm

  Hey you guys act like “painting in blood” has never been done — didn’t you see The Red Violin?

  OK OK that wasn’t menstrual blood, but still.

  I’m with Gentry on the pendulum swing. Have never had it hit me, but it has swung back to hit the underside of the toilet seat. Which means, if you forget to wipe it off, the next time a guy lifts the seat, he’ll be greeted by a red/brown dried-on stain. Ick!

  I’m totally going to give it a try. I can think of several convenience as well as political reasons that I agree with, so why not! (I’ll even try it in spite of Alaska Girl’s poem, which made me a little ill.) Thanks for the pointers!

• 65. Heath  |  March 15th, 2007 at 8:21 pm

  OK, the whole string of comments was hilarious, but it was the poem that actually slew me.

• 66. Swistle  |  March 16th, 2007 at 10:21 am

  I am in love with EVERYONE WHO COMMENTED. This has been so much fun, I keep coming back to see if anyone else has said anything.

• 67. ali  |  March 16th, 2007 at 1:16 pm

  This is completely off topic, but, winterwheat? I am intrigued by the image of the plate (?) on the back of your toilet on which people alternately deposited used feminine hygiene products and ashed their cigarettes while relieving themselves. What kind of plate was it – a regular dinner plate? And was it there expressly for such a purpose? I must know more!

• 68. Humuhumu  |  March 16th, 2007 at 6:07 pm

  Holy crap. Just a few hours ago, I’d never heard of such a thing. Now I’m ready to grab my car keys to go get one. I’m nowhere near my next period, and I’m so excited to try sticking this weird thing in my hoohaw that I may cram it in just to take it for a dry run.

  Forget the environmental angle — it just makes a hell of a lot more sense. I agree that the cringe-inducing name is the real weak point, though. I think I’m going to rename mine the CooterMatic 3000.

• 69. Danell  |  March 17th, 2007 at 1:05 pm

  Oh, the pendulum swing! I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE. I feel so…so…UNALONE now!

• 70. winterwheat  |  March 18th, 2007 at 7:23 am

  LOL, Ali — gross, isn’t it?

  Okay, so I grew up in a family of smokers: both parents and both brothers smoked. I was the only one who didn’t. So every object that could be thrown in the dishwasher was an ashtray, and “ashtrays” were all over the place. We had these smoked glass plates that my brothers would carry around and use as ashtrays. One was sitting on the back of the toilet when I changed my pad, and I put the pad on it while washing up and completely forgot to wrap it up and throw it away. Then my brother went in to use the toilet, smoking of course, and when he turned around to ash on the plate, he saw the pad sitting there. Thus began his slow but permanent departure from heterosexuality (or so he says).

• 71. Kristi  |  March 18th, 2007 at 10:43 am

  Ok – this is the first time I’ve read this site (came over from All&Sundry) and I have to say you chicks rock!!! You all are my kind of peeps.

• 72. lou  |  March 19th, 2007 at 1:04 pm

  This is my first time here as well (linked from a comment on Catherine Newman’s blog) and I have to say this is the funniest thing I have read in years.
  Am I the only one that feels like they have a fantom tampon in after reading about all kinds of things being in there for the last hour? (kind of like when someone loses a limb but it still itches?)
  And I have to admit, I just went down and bought a DivaCup to try next month.
  Thanks for making me laugh!

• 73. Liz  |  March 19th, 2007 at 1:41 pm

  I know this isn’t the official DivaCup site, but I don’t quite understand the emptying procedure. I feel strange that I may be the only one this happens to, but when I am wearing a tampon and have to pee, something about the process makes the tampon descend a bit too, and it has to be removed and replaced. So is the DivaCup more securely locked in, that you don’t have to remove it for 12 hours? Because nobody is holding their pee that long.

  I can’t believe I just wrote all that on a website. I wouldn’t even have this conversation with my mother. (Oh, and I linked here from Catherine Newman’s blog, too.)

• 74. jonniker  |  March 19th, 2007 at 1:48 pm

  Liz: I’ve alerted Schnozz to the latest development, as I consider her to be the de-facto expert, and most experienced. Stay tuned.

  From my own experience, however, I will say that I’ve had limited success with re-tucking the tampon, rather than removing the whole thing. I wonder if it’s much the same with the DivaCup? Like, a quick little push with the finger could realign it and bring back the status quo.

• 75. Schnozz  |  March 19th, 2007 at 4:03 pm

  Schnozz the Diva Cup expert has landed. Finally, I’m known for something. It’s not quite what I always dreamed of, but I’ll take it.

  Liz: It’ll descend a little, but can be readjusted really easily. You wear it low to begin with (low is good, leakwise, and it’s supposed to ride like that), so it’s not unusual for that sort of … descent … to happen. But that thing ain’t coming out. I’ve never, ever, no matter WHAT I was doing on that toilet (ahem) had it come out on me. And it can just be popped back into place.

  The biggest key to Diva success for me was MAKE SURE IT’S OPEN. I say that for you too, Jonniker. If it feels at all dented in on one side, or like it’s still folded a little, you will have hell to pay. It needs to be round and needs to spin easily. Knowing this is simple. Getting your own tactic for getting it open is another thing entirely. I’ve found it’s best to let it pop open really early, before I’ve actually slid it home. Other people do knee bends or something, I don’t know. Bottom line: make sure it’s open. I’m pretty sure most people fail on that point, if they fail at all. (Of course, I’m sure it just doesn’t work for some people, just like tampons.)

  Any other questions?

• 76. Humuhumu  |  March 19th, 2007 at 5:35 pm

  I got mine yesterday, and took it for a test spin. What I learned, after some frustrating trial and error (emphasis on the error), and some googling, is that the “C” fold they tell you to use is crap.

  This LJ group for menstrual cups was a great resource (never in my life would I have guessed “LiveJournal” and “great resource” could be said together). Specifically, here’s a list of folds to try. The origami fold worked for me.

• 77. Liz  |  March 19th, 2007 at 6:11 pm

  This is the funniest, and yet most informative thread to a post I have ever read. It feels like I’m back in my college dorm, finding out all the honest and USEFUL information I really needed.

  Thanks so much.

• 78. page  |  March 19th, 2007 at 6:41 pm

  Um, Schnozz? It’s not leaking, but I can’t get it to spin, either. No spinny. Any idea why? Seems to be working just fine… I’ll just run over to the LJ thread and see if I can find an answer.

• 79. bethany  |  March 19th, 2007 at 7:12 pm

  my eyes are still wet from crying … i haven’t ever laughed this hard in blogland. ever. thanks for a great intro to your site (props to catherine newman), i’ll be back for more. being the over-30 two kid variety, who hasn’t HAD a period in 19 months and counting, i almost want it back just to give the diva a spin … thanks for the howls of laughter!

• 80. Schnozz  |  March 19th, 2007 at 7:42 pm

  Page: Unless things are … dry … down there or whatever, it should spin when you give it a turn. Not super easily, necessarily, but in the “fully open and not dented in on one side” sort of way. The instructions say to give it one full spin, and I think that’s usually more about making sure it’s popped open than anything else (I mean, why the hell else would you need to SPIN it? I don’t buy that this actually creates any sort of seal.)

  That said, if it’s working for you, then hey, whatever. I know that mine will leak if I don’t make sure it’s all the way open. And I agree that trying different folds is a good idea–the C fold won’t pop open easily for me.

  For those who just can’t get it open, the Keeper, though it doesn’t last as long before it degrades, supposedly is firmer and thus pops open a little easier. It might be something to try before giving up. Once it’s open, it’s hard for me to imagine it not working for most people … I mean, when it’s open, it’s pretty, er, dominating. Not much is getting past that sucker.

  I’m loving how the comments have progressed from “Uhhh …” to “MINE CAME IN THE MAIL!” I’m telling you, it gives me great cheer to know that now some OTHER people get to sleep through the night without waking up to a scene from The Shining.

• 81. Schnozz  |  March 19th, 2007 at 7:48 pm

  Oh, and another tip, for the travelers: just wear it through security, no matter what’s happening down there. Or you may find yourself explaining what it is to a man who wants to make sure it isn’t some sort of explosive device. He was probably new on the job, but that didn’t make me feel any better when he was standing there holding it. I mean, it didn’t make MY FRIEND feel any better, because that totally didn’t happen to me.

  I’ve worn it through ever since. Ever since my friend had that one experience.

• 82. jonniker  |  March 19th, 2007 at 8:06 pm

  Uh, there’s an origami fold?

• 83. winterwheat  |  March 20th, 2007 at 8:52 am

  Mine came in the mail! Yesterday! And yes, there IS a LAPEL PIN in there! That’s wrong on so many levels, I don’t even know where to begin. I only wish I were still swapping on MUA so I could include it as an “extra.” It would circulate around like an unwanted fruitcake at Xmas.

• 84. Sara  |  March 20th, 2007 at 9:07 am

  Blech. the thought of taking that thing out and cleaning it makes me want to vomit. And you’re right, BROWN of all colors???

• 85. Sara  |  March 20th, 2007 at 9:15 am

  and P.S., after reading this all, it is by far one of the funniest things I’ve ever read.

• 86. page  |  March 20th, 2007 at 11:13 am

  I’ve been thinking it would be hilarious to give to someone in some sort of gift swap. But, then, I’ve been thinking of giving those cards I saw on JurgenNation (you are a douche) as a gag gift too.

  Still can’t twirl the thing, but it works great. Maybe it has something to do with having an extremely tipped uterus- cos things seem to not be…dry… down there. Anyone else with this prob? Or maybe I bought mine too big? Am over 30, no kids, and can’t really imagine I couldn’t have used the smaller one… but who knows.

  Maybe I’ll wear the pin today.. HA!

• 87. Meg  |  March 20th, 2007 at 12:46 pm

  I’m recently back in the land of the bleeding after a hormonal disorder left me periodless for years (I didn’t miss it) and let me say this: hate it. Just hate it. Don’t like the period AT ALL.

  But would I hate it less if I used one of the cup thingys? I never even considered it. Totally illuminating, these comments.

• 88. page  |  March 20th, 2007 at 8:14 pm

  I just re-read my post from yesterday and feel the need to clarify that I was talking about giving the PIN away in a gift swap. God help me should I ever get to the point where I would think it was OK to give a Diva Cup.

• 89. MamaBee  |  March 21st, 2007 at 4:19 pm

  These comments have me laughing so hard! I found the link at Catherine Newman’s blog, and being a MoonCup devotee myself, wanted to come see what everyone had to say.

  I’m not a “Nature Girl,” and though I do place a lot of value on the environment, it’s not why I switched. Tampons, the old standby, just weren’t working for me anymore, and someone told me about the Diva Cup. Wish I’d done my research, because the Diva was uncomfortable for me and I found it hard to use. I bought a MoonCup on the suggestion of a good friend, who (ironically!) had heard about the Diva from me I love it. It’s a lot more comfortable, less restricting (I don’t have to carry anything with me) and doesn’t require hourly maintenance.

  A friend of mine recently posted on her LiveJournal about how the Keeper was the grossest idea she’d ever heard. Every single one of the many comments she got back was a good friend extolling the virtues of their favorite cup. Her response was, “Well, why didn’t anyone tell ME?”

  There are a few cons: there’s a bit of a learning curve, though it’s not nearly so steep if you happen to get the right cup first thing. We’re all shaped differently on the inside just like the outside, and each of the cups is slightly different — so you have to be willing to invest the $30 or so to try another if the first one doesn’t work out well. From what I’ve read, it’s smartest to start with the MoonCup. (If the price sounds steep, have you SEEN the cost of feminine products lately???)

  The pros far outweigh the cons. You don’t have to purchase expensive supplies every month. If you’re wearing it, you never need to take anything with you. It reduces your risk of contracting TSS. For me, it’s far more comfortable and convenient. After the first day of my cycle I only have to think about it twice a day. Plus all that stuff about the chlorine in tampons, and the environmental impact of tampon/pad disposal – even though it wasn’t my first reason, it’s a nice bonus. If you’re at all intrigued, I highly recommend giving the cup a chance!

• 90. Miju  |  March 21st, 2007 at 6:46 pm

  CooterMatic 3000. I can’t breathe. I CANNOT BREATHE. I have never in all my earthly days read anything that caused laughter to the point of breathlessness. So funny. My four-year-old saw me putting a tampon in my purse just this morning and asked what it was. I told him. The questions, they commenced. What does it do? What is it for? Why do mommies use them? Where do you get them? What color is it? And my favorite: “I need to see just a tiny little bit of it. Just open the barely corner.” Then, I link to here from CN’s blog on the SAME DAY. And now I CANNOT BREATHE. Thank you all so much for the hilarious, intelligent comments, and you especially, Schnozz, for being so open about your..um… CooterMatic 3000.

• 91. Melanie  |  March 29th, 2007 at 8:59 pm

  I’m holding out for them to make the CooterMatic 3000, that’s the coolest name I’ve ever heard. Forget the hippy-dippy names, let’s call it something bionic – they would if it was a guy thing! This is officially now one of my favorite blogs (thanks, JurgenNation… no, wait is that how I got here? Honestly, I forgot how I got here, but I’m glad of it.)

• 92. Carrie  |  March 30th, 2007 at 11:54 am

  Here’s a shout out to Catherine Newman who has read my mind and expressed my soul (by writing about HER life, ironically), and–inadvertently–led me to a blog thread about the FREAKIN’ DIVA CUP. I’m at work reading this–in tears. My co-workers think I’ve lost my mind. OMG–I can’t even type, I’m laughing so freakin’ hard! Hello Kitty! The pendulum swing! CooterMatic 3000! Help me! I can’t breathe!

• 93. Jonniker. » Ticket &hellip  |  April 1st, 2007 at 7:11 pm

  [...] I got my period four days early, and while this is a thousand shades of annoying for a multitude of frustrating reasons, it does mean an early review of the Moon Cup. Oh yes, the Moon Cup again, for the love of all that is holy. For the record, I ended up purchasing a Moon Cup at the local health food store and keeping the erroneously sent Keeper for back up. Because I’m wuss who can’t assert herself to a bunch of menstrual cup zealots and politely explain that I got the wrong item. Nope. [...]

• 94. Sangria Lover » &hellip  |  April 10th, 2007 at 9:46 am

  [...] Jonniker: I just recently started reading Jonna’s blog, and it is very entertaining. She’s funny, her readers’ comments are funny, and she hates Oprah. What’s not to love? Most recently she’s made me think about alternative products for … *ahem* … certain days of the month — and she made the discussion humorous to boot. Anyone who knows me well knows of my aversion to discussing anything “potty related,” so the fact that Jonna was able to have me laughing over such a topic is definitely worth noting. [...]

• 95. Janey  |  April 15th, 2007 at 6:56 pm

  Oh, Jonniker.

  You thought we were done with this, didn’t you?

  Well, I’ve just been surfing the MoonCup UK site. First of all, let me just say that the UK MoonCup looks SOOO much better than the US version. It seems to have the color of a DivaCup (clear) but the NAME of a MoonCup and the security of KNOWING that it is a MoonCup and therefore the very cup everyone recommends.

  Anyway, the reason I’m commenting is one of their testimonials which I just had to share with everyone here,
  .
  .
  ,
  “We just got ourselves a mooncup each and are skipping with joy that is mooncupness. the little bags are really cute and the liitle blue ribbons are very pretty. but the actual moncup itself looks kind of scary and medical and we think they should come in different colours and maybe with sparkles. just because something is useful doesn’t mean it can’t be pretty too. Other than this we think mooncups are fabulous and are currently attempting to convert all our friends to the wonder of mooncups.

  kitty and bernadette

  p.s. would it be possible to get some more stickers. I made the foolish mistake of getting my new mooncup out to show my sister while in a bar with
  some friends and some of the boys decided they wanted to wear the stickers.”
  .
  .
  .
  So! Some other people want sparkles! Some people wear the stickers! APPLAUSE FOR US!!!

• 96. Jonniker. » In This&hellip  |  July 19th, 2007 at 8:17 pm

  [...] Speaking of Moon Cup, one of the strangest things about writing here, and the infamous Moon Cup incident, is that strangers often e-mail me their difficulties using the cup. I don’t get much unsolicited mail, honest, but about this one issue, I am often inundated. This is problematic for one reason only: I’ve never had a single problem using the Moon Cup, and it worked for me right away, so I don’t know how to help them! And I want to! But I had no spelunking, no leaking (well, that one time, but that was totally not its fault), no messes. The whole “learning curve” thing that everyone insisted I would have? I never had it. Umbrella-like snap and go, and off I went into the land of menstruation without fear of leakage. Yes, yes, there was that time I almost yanked out my cervix because I forgot to break the seal, but that was easy to fix. (Break the seal, yo. Not worth it otherwise.) [...]

• 97. Jonniker. » When It&hellip  |  August 1st, 2007 at 4:49 am

  [...] Also, if you want to start from the beginning and are new, at least on menstrual center, start here. [...]

• 98. Jonniker. » Which W&hellip  |  March 26th, 2008 at 6:54 pm

  [...] the last two days’ events make me wish that you all were here for MenstruCon ‘07, otherwise known as the Era of the Diva Cup. Because man, y’all are funny. I would be [...]

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