“If a rule is stupid, you don’t have to follow it.” ~Oriole Nitrauer (my Nana)
Social protest is alive and well in the Tri-Valley High School in Sullivan County, NY where students, girls and boys, are adorning themselves with tampons and sanitary pads to protest a school rule. That’s right. Students are walking the halls with tampon bracelets, pads stickers, and OBs earrings.
Here’s what happened. The school put a no bookbag / handbag in the halls rule into effect. But girls who had their periods were allowed to carry purses so they could cart their tampons and pads in private. (Real private, eh?) However, a few girls who were carrying purses were asked by the security guard if they had their periods. And you just don’t do that.
Ask a girl if she has her period, and the next thing you know, the whole school is wearing tampons as jewelry. National news reports the story. A kid streaks through the halls naked with a bag over his head and gets arrested. So, you don’t ask girls if they’re having their period. Period.
Really they’re just protesting the backpack policy by pointing out the invasion of privacy it led to. I like it. It’s simple. It’s clever. It’s stylish. But most of all, it’s sanitary.
Since it’s Oct. 1st, day one of my favorite month, here’s a seasonal Tampon Craft you can make yourself to play along:
Tri-Valley Bears Rule!
