This is the baby aisle at my local Rite Aid.
We're a country that wants to force women into childbirth and then lock up diapers.
It really is such a perfect encapsulation of American motherhood.
On a more practical level: How about you just let people steal the fucking diapers if they need them? I would hope that ensuring babies don't sit in their own filth is a universal value
Law enforcement (esp in NYC) would like us to believe that there are roving gangs of shoplifters who are interested in diapers for reasons beyond keeping babies clean. It's disgusting.
I'd be curious to know if diapers are locked up in other parts of NYC. I don't think it's a coincidence that my local Rite Aid happens to be the closest one to a public housing development
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