The Last of Us apocalypse’s most underrated tool? A menstrual cup Menstruation is a fact of life, and The Last of Us doesn’t shy away from it

 The Last of Us apocalypse’s most underrated tool? A menstrual cup
Menstruation is a fact of life, and The Last of Us doesn’t shy away from it

Tampons and pads were banned by the National Association of Broadcasters from TV advertisements until 1972 — TV was deemed an unsuitable place to talk about a product essential for all people who menstruate. It took years for people on TV to even talk about what tampons were used for — saying the word “period” — and longer for any major companies to stop using the mysterious blue liquid to demonstrate absorbency. Even that is a new phenomenon: Kotex only switched to red for an ad in 2020.

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