At the University of North Carolina, a new student organization called Fighting Legitimized Oppression of Women (FLOW) has issued statements against synthetic tampons because of the small risk to women of toxic shock syndrome, and because their manufacture adversely affects the environment. A campus demonstration featured FLOW members wearing tampon tiaras made of 100% cotton passing out organic "Glad Rags," and a celebration of women's monthly cycle featuring "music, dancing, and vulva cookies."

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