You have a better alternative to toilet paper, and it’s right there at your fingertips!

Most of us were raised to believe that it’s improper to talk openly about our bodily functions — especially the ones we employ in the bathroom. This sensibility has given rise to the huge number of euphemisms that refer to our bodily waste.

I can pinpoint the time that this perspective got turned on its head for me. It was the summer of 2003, and I was training with 55 other people to be Peace Corps Volunteers in Mauritania, West Africa.