The o.b. Tampocalypse

Edith Zimmerman
The Hairpin
Published in
1 min readJan 20, 2011

Johnson & Johnson still won’t explain where all the o.b. tampons have gone, beyond admitting that o.b. Ultra has been discontinued and that regular o.b. “experienced a temporary supply interruption,” but is apparently being shipped again. Have o.b.’s returned to shelves near you? I haven’t seen them, and neither has 44-year-old o.b. Ultra fan Dawn Allyn, who in the article explains that “to me this is like taking my right to breathe.”

One place you can definitely find o.b. is on eBay, where two 40-pack boxes of o.b. Ultra are currently selling for $100. Ladies. Ladies.

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Edith Zimmerman
The Hairpin

Spiralbound editor. Formerly at The Hairpin. Also now making a newsletter: https://drawinglinks.substack.com