Women in the UK are fighting to axe the 5% tax on tampons (it used to be taxed at 17.5%!), which are considered "luxuries" while men's razors, for some baffling reason, are not.
The charity will rely heavily on donations, including for razors, scissors, mirrors and chairs, some of which have already been given to the Holy See.
If Sweeney Todd reckons his razors are his only friends, Fleet Street's most famous coiffeur should think again after Chichester Festival theatre's production won every prize it was up for at last night's Whatsonstage Theatregoers' Choice awards.
Within the security of such luxury, it's easy to laugh at Menstrual Hygiene Day But the films are still powerful, not least because they make me think about things nearer to home, where I do have a toilet, and always have had, and have always been able to buy sanitary pads or tampons – though they are, ridiculously, taxed, while disposable razors are not.
These Are My Friends from Sweeney Todd: a beautifully written, sweet lullaby … sung to a set of cut-throat razors.
Safety razors were supposed to produce a clean-shaven future.
Michael Dubin, the firm's boss, is already the star of an online video that boasts that his firm's razors are "F***ing great".
This is by itself nothing new: think razors and blades.
In hospitals, nurses have tended to confiscate knives and razors to prevent cutting.
A study in Kenya in 2000 showed that using sterile razors, anti-tetanus shots and antibiotics cut the risk of immediate complications by 70%.
His eyes twinkle as he praises the properties of witch-hazel and displays a set of antique razors.
