Ep. 23: Prison and tampons and Ronald Reagan

On today's episode I am joined by Miriam Vishniac, a soon to be graduated PhD student in social policy at the University of Edinburgh. Miriam has spent the last few years researching access to menstrual products [or lack of] in prisons across the United States. On this episode Miriam walks me through her research, starting with the health, economic, and social aspects of not having menstrual products, followed by quantitative laws around the country. We talk about the gender menstrual fallacy, non-menstrator bias, and recidivism. Miriam also shares stories from people who have experienced this in real life or those who worked closely in this field. 

 

To research more of Miriam's work: https://theprisonflowproject.com/ 

To donate: https://thurmanperryfoundation.org/ 

To see clips of the show: https://www.instagram.com/kinda_radical/