Tampon tax

I do.

But you know, you've spent years before this advocating for women, from fighting the tampon tax to now writing When in Menopause.

When did you realize or what made you realize menopause needed your advocacy right now?

Well, thank you for asking that, and it's, it's kind of an interesting story, 'cause I think for so many of us, the sto- you know, the story has been that when we reached menopause, um, or the, you know, the era of menopause for ourselves and we saw firsthand how, um, compromised care could be and how few the conversations were, um, and we just knew so much was missing.

I just hadn't thought about it in any sort of, um, you know, systematic way.

But as soon as I started diving in to understand what the policy landscape was, what the gaps might be, and what the solutions could be, um, once again, like with menstruation, my world has never been the same.

Well, let's go first of all, I think, to your history with the tampon tax.

Can we, can you quickly, uh, explain what you did with the tampon tax? And then I wanna move into policy, advocacy, what women need to know, especially when it comes to the workplace.