When the Heat Rises: How Summer Weather Affects Menstrual Health

When the Heat Rises: How Summer Weather Affects Menstrual Health

Summer’s Hidden Challenge Menstrual health does not pause for the weather. High heat disrupts hormones, intensifies cramps, and leads to dehydration, all of which make cycles more difficult to manage. The Physical Toll Longer, heavier bleeding, heightened bloating,...
From Menarche to Menopause

From Menarche to Menopause

The First Period: Setting the Tone Menstruation begins a long relationship with health, dignity, and self-image. For girls experiencing their first periods, a lack of products can create fear, shame, and unhealthy coping mechanisms. Instead of celebrating a natural...
Everything That Goes Into Creating a Dignity Grows Hygiene Tote

Everything That Goes Into Creating a Dignity Grows Hygiene Tote

Along with large-scale national research, data-driven social policy change advocacy, and groundbreaking national assemblies, is what started it all at Dignity Grows: tote distribution. Dignity Grows Totes are filled with a 1-month supply of hygiene products and period...
What’s It Like to Be an Unhoused Menstruator?

What’s It Like to Be an Unhoused Menstruator?

Being an unhoused menstruator presents a unique set of challenges that often go unnoticed in discussions surrounding homelessness. This article aims to shed light on the complexities of Period Poverty and its intersection with homelessness, questioning the efficacy of...