Back to the Grind: Shopping Guide

Feeling wistful about your stretch in junior high? Skip the Saved by the Bell reruns and hit the shops with back-to-school spirit. Maybe you’re not a teen anymore, but these gifts will tempt you to relive the September splurge-fests of yesteryear.

TA TA, TAMPONS

Cons of the Diva Cup: emptying your menstrual fluid from the reusable silicone cup, public shame. Pros: when global warming and/or the crisis in the Middle East have us living in huts with nary a tampon in sight, you’ll have the last laugh. ($32.50, Bluestockings, 172 Allen St)


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