Amanda Palmer has been a busy lady. It’s been four years since her last record, Who Killed Amanda Palmer, and in the interim she’s been dabbling in all sorts of projects: business (you can read about her huge Kickstarter success), music (channeling her musical roots for her new album, Theatre Is Evil) and fun (adapting Neutral Milk Hotel for a high-school production). Palmer will also be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new feature on her.
Palmer: This is one for the ladies. Tampons are a pain in the ass, and so are pads. (Forget it. Seriously. They feel like diapers to me.) Some people use The Keeper or a Diva Cup, but they’ve never worked for me. Maybe my vage is just shaped too weirdly. About eight or nine years ago one of my friends tipped me off about the sea sponge, and it was a touring musician’s godsend. Instead of inserting a new tampon every time you need to soak up blood, you simply take the sponge out, empty it (squeeze it—it’s a sponge) and put that fucker right back in. It’s totally sanitary and very probably healthier than using tampons, which are known for having nasty ingredients like bleach and absestos in them. And it’s way cheaper than using disposable crap! There are a few drawbacks: One, if you really laugh, you can leak. Whatever. Shit happens. Two, if you’re modest, you might have a bitch of a time emptying out your bloody sponge in a public bathroom. I personally enjoy the thrill of wringing out my bloody sponge in the bathroom wondering if someone is going to walk in on my particularly Lady MacBeth dramatic moment, sink covered in blood. It’s a little adventure. You can buy them online here at Jade And Pearl.
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