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A Woman’s Complete Coronavirus Quarantine Shopping List (Yeah, women exist. And we need stuff no one is talking about.)

Eliza VanCort
7 min readMar 11, 2020

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Where are the tampons?

News outlets have been scrambling to offer readers Coronavirus Quarantine Shopping Lists, and for the most part they’ve been doing an incredibly thorough job. What should we get for our pets? What board games will stave off cabin fever? What do you need to stock up on for your PLANTS? (Thankfully, we are safe. There is no run on Miracle Grow. No need to panic. Yet.) There is, however, one category these lists seem to be missing: stuff for women. I, for one, have been simply shocked and amazed that women’s needs are being overlooked! SHOCKED! (That was a joke.) My response to this oversight? In the immortal words of my hero, Wonder Woman, “If no one else will defend the world, then I must!” That’s nerd-speak for: I have made my own list.

Go buy this stuff… (You probably should have last week.)

While I may not be saving the world, I have made two pretty great lists. The first list is stuff specfically for women. The second is a list for everyone. Please share both with the women you know who, like me, would rather have this stuff and not need it, than need it and then not have it. (And even if you don’t end up needing it…

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Eliza VanCort
Eliza VanCort

Written by Eliza VanCort

Eliza Van Cort, a communication strategist, is an international speaker, media commentator, bestselling author and parent of four.

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