Tampon Tim | Menstruation, Public Schools, and Political Nicknames

Like it or not, political mudslinging gets heavy around election time, and people come up with all flavors of insults. These aren’t always representative of a person’s actual character or actions, and we think that’s especially true for one we’ve heard this year. Today we’re talking about menstruation and period poverty, and why the derisive nickname “Tampon Tim” isn’t actually an insult at all.

 



The post first appeared on The Incidental Economist.