Debbie Stoller, editor in chief of the popular feminist magazine BUST, says many women who use nonapplicator tampons do so for environmental reasons, so it was notsimply a matter of changing brands.

"It has been a big deal because it's one of the only nonapplicator tampons you can buy," she explained. "People who choose to use this are a little bit politicized around it. They feel very strongly about these tampons."


If Debbie Stoller is that concerned about the environmental effects of tampon use, she should look into having a hysterectomy!

Banjo wrote:

Johnson & Johnson, the company that makes the o.b. tampons, shed little light on the mystery, saying only that it experienced a "temporary supply interruption" that led to stores being out of stock.

Alright! Which one of you girls has got the extra sloppy "joe" this month?

It's fnord, by the sound of things.