Just thought I’d do a quick product review for you guys. I recently purchased this item(in camo brown cause I hate pink) to use while camping in areas that have no bathrooms. I hike a lot and usually bring a ziploc bag of toilet paper and hand sanitiser but honestly, I got tired of trying to squat in secret when I was miles from the nearest bathroom but not the nearest high way. So I bit the bullet and bought myself a GoGirl from Appalachian Outdoors. Appalachian Outdoors proved to be an excellent company. Very friendly, helpful and affordable(to buy the GoGirl from their company site or from Amazon would have cost me upwards of forty dollars due to my geographic location. It cost me 20 from Appalachian Outdoors). 
Onto the GoGirl. The GoGirl is a Stand to Pee device(if we’re speaking on Trans* terms) or a FUD(female urination device). It lets you pee standing up. It’s a very lightweight, easily portable product made of medical grade silicone. Entirely hypoallergenic, and hygienic-it’s VERY easy to clean and keep clean. The main point is to allow women to stand up to pee without sitting on the ground, and getting run off onto their shoes, or having to sit on dirty public toilet seats. It’s a pretty nifty little tool. It comes in a tiny tube with a plastic wetbag and a couple of sheets of toilet paper. All of it packs away neatly into the tube. The GoGirl is hard to slide back in if you do it without the plastic wetbag(which is actually biodegradable for extra ecofriendly brownie points) for transporting used wipes out of the woods. With the bag it slips in easily. The GoGirl has a little lip around the edge to prevent spillage, but the whole at the end of the tube is a bit thin. I might cut mine to make the hole bigger to prevent overflow.
I have only tried it once so far, I only got it about an hour ago. I tried it in the shower. Because it’s so malleable, there is a possibility of spillage if you bend it the wrong way while trying to use it, so I would recommend trying it in the shower first, and definitely at home first, or maybe in a bathing suit if you are out camping. I haven’t tried it with my underpants on yet but I am worried that they may be too tight and cause unknown bending of the GoGirl. I will keep everyone updated on that though. I am going camping on Friday for three days with my Girl Guides. I can see purchasing some unisex underpants with a fly hole from American Apparel for easy use with the GoGirl. If that is something that makes you nervous, you might want to try one of the disposable one use brands or a stiffer brand such as the Pstyle. I personally wouldn’t bother with the disposables as they are cardboard and well, paper isn’t the best thing to be peeing on. 
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Get Word Out! Rally for Indigenous Women in Canada
Tomorrow in Toronto there is a rally for Indigenous women who disproportionately suffer domestic violence and institutional racism and sexism which forgets and erases them when they go missing. All over Canada droves of Native women and girls have gone missing and there is no one to look for them. A movement called No More Silence aims to alleviate the situation, destroy the institutional hierarchy that disadvantages them and get word out. For hose of us who cannot attend the rally, and want to help, check out the article written by Audrey Huntley and advertise it around. Also, check out IPSMO for resources on helping the movement.
On February 14, demonstrations commemorating hundreds of missing Indigenous women will take place in cities across Canada. In this article, activist Audrey Huntley reflects on the shameful reality of the way in which violence against Indigenous women is normalized in our society, and describes movement-building being spearheaded by organizations and coalitions across Canada, with a focus on the Toronto-based No More Silence — NSW[…]But so many of these disappeared Indigenous mothers, daughters, aunties were not deemed newsworthy. Or if the crime was reported on, the women were reduced to dehumanized stereotypes, underlining the gaping hole left behind for family, friends and community. What is at the heart of this staggering societal indifference? Is it guilt and the need to displace, make disappear — as the women have been made to disappear — the experience of colonization and genocidal policies that puts settlers in a place of privilege while securing the ongoing theft of land and resources?
If you are part of an organisation or an activist group, spread the word. If you’re not, post the link to Facebook. If you’re a female identifying or woman identifying individual, advertise it, care about it! If you’re not, remember the women who are your mothers, sisters, daughters, grandmothers, cousins, etc… and care, advertise, get word out. If you live in Toronto, go to the rally tomorrow. Here is a link to other cities holding rallies. If you’re American, know that your American indigenous sisters are fighting the same systematic erasure, silencing and loss.
