Friday Flops: The DivaCup
May 22, 2009 by Miss Britt
Filed under Friday Flops
My mother first told me about the DivaCup a few years ago. Actually, she went further than that – she actually bought me my very own DivaCup.
My mother is a generous hippie granola nut.
For those of you who have never heard of the DivaCup before, despite the Internet’s recent fascination with it, allow me to explain. The DivaCup was designed as an environmental (and economical) alternative to tampons and pads.
Oh, yes, it’s going to be that kind of post.
Basically, the DivaCup is a silicone cup that a woman puts in her vagina to catch the blood from her menstrual period. Instead of having to change a tampon or pad, you take the cup out, empty it, and put it back in. Yes, I know, it sounds disgusting. Although honestly, does it sound anymore disgusting than “it’s a cotton ball on a stick that you shove in your vagina to absorb the blood from a menstrual period”?
We ooze blood from our crotches every month. Pretty much any product that addresses that need is going to have an ick factor associated with it. That is not enough to dissuade me from investigating a product because what is worse than a blood catcher is not using anything. Clearly.
There are actually a lot of good reasons to use a DivaCup.
