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October 2007

Monday, October 8th, 2007

Happy October, Friends!


The weather's starting to turn a bit chilly (well, at least around these Pacific Northwest haunts) and there's talk of knitting, cooking, apple picking and sweater wearing. Cozy up with some tea and read what's happening at GladRags, and, as always, write us if you have any thoughts to share.

Going with the flow,

The GladRags Team

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GladRags Gab guest bloggers achieve instantaneous fame and fortune (ok, so maybe not fortune…) after sharing their thoughts on the blog. Join the likes of singer Angi West and biker/student Elizabeth and skyrocket to notoriety with your words of wisdom. You might talk about your love for your Moon Cup, the cuteness of your GladRags pantyliners or the number of women friends you've converted to reusables.

If you are interested in guest blogging you will receive a special coupon code for savings on your next online purchase. To qualify you must:

1. Write a blog entry within the next month (though we may not post it until later)
2. Your blog entry must be approved for posting (keep it clean and fun!)
3. Email Diana - diana@gladrags.com - and we'll chat :)

I can't wait to hear what you have to say. If you don't want to be a guest blogger, you can always comment on what other people are talking about on GladRags Gab!
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GladRags Basement Clearinghouse


We're doing some, er, fall cleaning here at the 'Rags. We have overstock of:

Bath Mits
Infant Diapers
Mismatched Night Pads

Our basement is filled to the brim as it is - help our new GladRags employee Jani (see below) navigate this maze of product by ordering some of these discounted items today!

Offer available only while supplies last. Quantities limited.

Image New GladRagger - Jani!


GladRags is growing, my friends. Lucky for GladRags, the latest employee slinging the 'Rags is Jani Morton.

Jani comes to us from LA, via Boston, though she has been a Portlander for 3 years. Like the rest of us, Jani has had many professions, among them - Music Industry Whiz Kid, Surgical Vet Tech, Social Worker and Barista (yes, in that order). Jani really loves living in Portland - the weather, people, and living in a state where you pay no sales tax or pump your own gas.

Jani is currently the Mail Order-Distro-Wholesale-Customer Service maven at GladRags, filling Diana's shoes like nobody's business! Diana, meanwhile, misses her customer service conversations ("My Keeper's stuck!") but will be heading up the blog and this here newsletter.

More on Jani… she is in The Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers who kick major butt! She also likes to watch cheesy movies, collect vinyl lp’s, have cocktail parties with her friends, make sugar skulls for Dia De Los Muertos, get tattooed, swim in the rivers of the Northwest, go camping, and make people laugh.

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Sure, women may be the only ones who bleed once a month (more or less), but what about those awesome men who don't mind when our GladRags end up in their laundry? The men who don't wince, blush or blink when menstrual alternatives are mentioned? Meet Will. A wonderful supporter of reusables, Will takes a more 'pragmatic' approach to the benefits of alternatives, assessing their financial and environmental benefits. Just another great side of reusables from another great pro-'Rags man!

Name
William S.

Hometown
Nyack, New York

Age
26

Profession
Adventurer

Interests
traveling, tennis, fountains, surfing, snowboarding, cost-benefit analysis, sustainable business, food, books and seasons

Dreams
to be the first successful male spokesperson for menstrual alternatives

Number of years/months using (appreciating) menstrual alternatives
2 years

Reason for switching to alternatives
some very intelligent friends informed me that there was a better way of handling the lunar cycle and I believed them

Favorite thing about alternatives
Open brief analysis, I was able to see that the use of the reusable GladRag has implications beyond the scope of its users. On aggregate the use of the GladRag has the potential to reduce a significant portion of the 1609 pounds of garbage each American is responsible for every year. The average American woman uses 239.130 tampons and pads per year and 11,000 in their lifetime. Reducing any portion of the total 12 Billion pads and tampons thrown away each year relieves stress and costs on municipal waste systems and the costs of environmental degradation. These are costs we all have to bare. Furthermore, most conventional women's products are made from materials in regions where there is little or no regulation on toxic materials or agricultural stress on the natural environment. Those toxic elements are brought from those regions and are then disposed in our local ecosystems, increasing costs to our society. With that in mind, my favorite thing about alternatives is that their use helps relieve looming environmental and financial crisis.

Funny anecdotes
It is a real icebreaker with women when I tell them I am a spokesman for cutting edge feminine products.
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