Jennifer Horgan: Hotels stock free shampoo, soap, and sewing kits, why not sanitary products?

Without periods, people wouldn’t exist. Surely, Jennifer Horgan asks, the gargantuan task of building and sustaining human life should be something we can be open about?

I grab a pack of tampons along with pads. They cost about €8 but I’d happily hand over €50 to end the drama.

Fri, 25 Aug, 2023 - 02:14

Jennifer Horgan

Jennifer Horgan is a teacher, poet and columnist living in Cork City. Her areas of interest include justice, arts and culture, gender equality and care.

How, at the age of 43, do I still struggle to manage my period when it arrives in unexpected circumstances? Part of me blames myself. Be prepared, right? But another part wonders if I forget to prepare for my period because the world acts as if they don’t exist.

Without periods, people wouldn’t exist. Surely, the gargantuan task of building and sustaining human life should be something we can be open about?