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The Thermostat Warrior
She enters every room with one question: who controls the thermostat? Meet women navigating Personal Summers with strategic airflow and very firm boundaries.
READ THEIR STORIES →Menopause humor, personal summers & cooling finds for women who are entirely hot enough already.
MEET THE FANS ↓Real women. Real Personal Summers. Real stories from women who have accepted that the thermostat is now a personality test.
She enters every room with one question: who controls the thermostat? Meet women navigating Personal Summers with strategic airflow and very firm boundaries.
READ THEIR STORIES →Covers off. Covers on. Covers off again. Read dispatches from women who know nighttime has its own climate.
READ THEIR STORIES →Some are in the thick of it. Some made it to the other side. All have stories—and they're considerably funnier in hindsight.
READ THEIR STORIES →Give us your name or a pseudonym, a photo of your choice, and the funny story behind your Personal Summer.
We'll review submissions before publishing because, well… internet.
SHARE YOUR STORY →Tell us your story and show us your fabulous self.
Because suffering builds character, but so does adequate airflow.
For the woman who has places to be and refuses to leave climate control to chance.
COOLING FINDS COMING SOON →Sometimes the appropriate response to a hot flash is simply more drama.
COOLING FINDS COMING SOON →For those special 3:14 a.m. moments when your bedroom relocates to the equator.
COOLING FINDS COMING SOON →Every woman has that friend who sleeps with one leg outside the covers, has declared war on sleeves, or has seriously considered climbing into the grocery-store freezer.
Send her our way. Personal summers are better when we weather them together.
It's our considerably more charming name for those sudden waves of heat many women experience during perimenopause and menopause—commonly called hot flashes.
It's a humor-forward space for menopausal women to share funny Personal Summer stories, meet other hot women, and discover cooling products and personal fans.
Absolutely. Use your real name or a pseudonym, choose a photo you're comfortable sharing, and tell us what happened. Submissions are reviewed before publication.
Different women prefer different cooling strategies. Personal fans, breathable clothing, cooler sleeping environments and portable airflow are popular ways to make a Personal Summer a little less tropical.
Some may be. If you buy through an affiliate link, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. It helps keep the fans running.