p.s. Red-Washed Jeans

p.s. Red-Washed Jeans

One day in junior year, I felt like looking nice for once. I wore white jeans because my period had ended a day ago (or at least that’s what I thought). In calc, first class of the day, I had to take a difficult test. During the test, I was already stressed because I...
Managing Periods: An Olympic-Sized Task

Managing Periods: An Olympic-Sized Task

You may be one of the millions of mere mortals watching the Olympics from the couch, in awe of the marvels of the human body and the lengths to which the athletes can push themselves. With all due respect to the male participants, the women at the 2021 Olympics in...
Vacations and Periods

Vacations and Periods

Ahhh, vacation. After a year+ of online school and workdays without beginnings or endings, the Girls Helping Girls. Period. team finally got a chance to take a much-needed break. We (the Joy family, founders of GHGP) are exceedingly lucky, and we know it, to have been...
Monica, Museums and Menstrual Cups

Monica, Museums and Menstrual Cups

Most of us may know her as Monica Geller, but long before Courtney Cox became the best-known BFF on “Friends” in 1994, she had already gotten noticed for a big first. Still, it’s hard to imagine she was the first person to say the word...