On Fri, 12 May 1995, Kylie Matthews wrote:
> >i use socks in stead of pads when i'm on my period. (i feel too crampy
> >to use tampons.) i'd love to tell folks more about that, if anyone's
> >interested.
> >
> >sue
>
> Have you heard of using sea sponges? These are recyclable and avoid such
> health issues as toxic shock sydrome. They are available in chemists here,
> I don't know where you would find them where you are.
>
> Respectfully,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have tried using sea sponges, and they were quite effective. However, I
stopped after talking to some friends about how to clean them; you can
rinse them, but using soap is problematic for obvious reasons and there
is not really any other effective way to disinfect them from month to
month (at least not that I know of). Also, I am wary of how natural sea
sponges are collected from the ocean floor. We're doomed with natural
products and synthetics!
I have also tried the keeper, which is a rubber cone-shaped cup designed
to catch menstral blood and be emptied periodically (it's a little bit
like a diaphram). While I have heard rave reviews from some, I found it
rather uncomfortable and dry.
I now try to use organic cotton re-washable pads as much as possible, as
well as naturcare tampons (made without chlorine bleaching) when
necessary. I would be interested with hearing how other women deal with
the ecofeminist dilemmas associated with menstruation!
-amanda swarr
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>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun May 14 05:03:59 1995
Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 18:54:12 +0800
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kylie Matthews)
Subject: Re: power communication
>On Tue, 9 May 1995 10:26:59 -0600
>J M Brough said:
>> Re. Kylie's post:
>>
>> > I do not beleive anyone should be
>> > relegated to a $9 hour job. I think all jobs should pay the same
>> > regardless of the expertise needed or the position that job has in >
>>> >society.
>
>Jane's post:
>> I'm sure this is sincerely meant, but I think it is taking
>> egalitarianism to absurdity. "True" communism -
>> "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need"
>> (Karl Marx) simply does not work beyond the family/tribal level.
>> As soon as society expands until it is mostly composed of people
>> who are strangers to each other rules and regulations are inevitable.
>> There is no other way of running a nation state. Democracy may not be
>> ideal but we've tried dictatorships, oligarchies, anarchies, theocracies and
>> other assorted tyrannies and they all seem worse. Marx presumed that
>> the state would simply "wither away" once communism was
>> established. He forgot about human nature.
>
>
>"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" is not
>exactly what Kylie said. All jobs paying the same implies that we regard all
>work as equally valuable. This would remove a pesky heirarchy inherent in our
>western civilisation. I do not think this "absurd".
>
>_________________________________________________________________________
>Mary Simmons
Thankyou Mary for your support. It is interesting that there is a group of
people who work for some kink of environmental group down south WA who have
this egalatarian arangement. What has happened is that the people work as
a team and share responsibilities - so they are more effective. It is
recognised by these people that they each do what they want to do. Why
should we pay a secretary less for her/his work when they do work we don't
want to do? A friend of mine did a practicum there and told me about it.
It makes intuitive sense to me. If I am doing what I want to do why should
I get paid more? (Which when I am qualified I will get more that say a
secretary). Why should I get paid less just because I work in a caring
profession? ect ect.
Respectfully,
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"Interesting: Your people glorified organised violence for 40 centuries,
but you imprison those who employ it privately."
Mr Spock. Star Trek 'Dagger of the Mind'
