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In 2015 this included the UK,

and it included the tampon

tax. My heart broke. For over

a year we had been trying to

influence the WRONG decision

maker! I wondered whether I had

let down all of the amazing people who

had signed my campaign and believed that together,

we could end tampon tax? I worried that I had

wasted everyone’s time. I felt like a failure.

Then I thought of

something my ninja

twin had told me.

She said that:

I soon realized that I needed to embrace this news and follow the new direction we had to move in.

I began to target my new decision maker, the EU. This change in direction boosted our support base. Maybe these new supporters thought that because

‘Whenever I felt

I had failed I just

needed to move in

a new direction.’

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