Students made 'tampon cookies' for principal who refused to put free menstrual products in bathroom

[ShazzieB]

Editor's note: This article was originally published on May 20, 2021. It has since been updated.

Girls know just how to get their point across in impressively passive-aggressive ways, more so when they know the adult is in the wrong. When a principal vetoed allowing free sanitary products to be made available in the school bathrooms, a group of seventh graders was not having it. In the spirit of a peaceful protest and to get their point across, they decided to bake some tampon-themed cookies and have them delivered to their principal. This sweet power move was brought to people's attention by a Twitter user, and soon enough people were lauding their efforts.

Ilyse Hogue, NARAL Pro-Choice America President and mom-of-two wrote in her tweet: My friend’s 7th grader goes to a school where the kids organized for free tampons in the bathroom. The male principal said no because they would “abuse the privilege.” The kids decided to stage a cookie protest. Behold the tampon cookies! She also attached an image of the cookies in question. They looked anatomically right and even came with the string. The girls had even included red detailing on the cookies. While they may not exactly look appetizing, they will surely fill you with a sense of pride. The tweet was liked more than 56.2k times and retweeted more than 10k times.



The girls called themselves the Revolutionary Girls Baking Society and social media users were impressed by their bold stance. The cookies were indeed revolutionary. According to Delish, the cookies were probably sugar cookies sandwiched together with red frosting and dipped in white frosting. It was then baked with a "string" coming out to resemble a used tampon. While what the principal said made no sense to anyone, the cookies made a strong statement. One would expect more from an educator to know that menstruation is a normal biological function and sanitary products are a basic right and not a privilege that young menstruators would abuse.

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People had a lot to say about the illogical opinion the principal held. Twitter user Alex wrote, Way to go, students! I wish I could think of a corollary that the Principle could relate to... what the hell does it even mean to “abuse the system?” If some kid pocketed more tampons than they could use right there, it’s bkz they have scarcity. Another user had this to say, Abuse them how? Is there a high street value for them? Are they going to overdose? Use a super when they could have made do with a light? Are pads just a gateway? Next, you know they will be on DivaCups!

More: https://scoop.upworthy.com/7th-graders-make-tampon-cookies-for-principal-after-he-refused-to-provide-tampons-in-bathrooms

I thought this was a hoot! Unfortunately, the article doesn't say nothing about the principal's reaction, or whether the girls got their free menstrual products or not.