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Vaginismus and I
I was sixteen, with my first partner, and terrified. There was no objective reason; My partner was loving and we had both mutually agreed the time was right, we’d done the research, had the equipment, and even secured time without my parents at home. The internet was a great ally. ‘Is your first time painful?’
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Sex and Antidepressants: Balancing Expectations
Getting hot and heavy with your partner, bodies meshed in a sweaty clamour of desire, you find yourself reaching that threshold before the release. It builds, swells inside of you. You close your eyes to revel in that point where your body finally tips over the edge but, suddenly, nothing. Complete and utter bodily apathy.
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6 Ways To Assist Your Partner With Their Period
A little while ago I was on Twitter, as I often am on a day to day basis and I saw someone tweet a photo of person, laying on their side in bed, with period blood on their pants with the caption, “what would you do if this was your partner?”
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How masturbation plays psychologist in asylum.
Where I come from there is enormous cultural stigma attached to masturbation that writing this piece alone brings “dishonor” to my family.
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Sex and Chronic Conditions: Finding Pleasure Past the Pain
Sex and chronic illness are not completely incompatible, and your needs as an individual matter. What’s more, sometimes sex can cause a release of chemicals that decreases pain for a few hours afterwards. In short, effective sex is therapeutic, in more ways than one, so let’s look at how to make it a possibility.
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Vaginismus: When Your Body Won’t Co-Operate
Bodies are a peculiar thing. Sometimes we may want something from them so badly but they just will not co-operate. This is a fact that people with Vaginismus confront daily.
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Choosing happiness or choosing to look like an acne covered werewolf: the downside to birth control for PCOS
Something that surprisingly is not common knowledge but really should be is that the birth control pill is not just used for birth control. Birth control is health care.
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Mansplain it to me again and add a cute cat.
There are many important things we need to raise awareness for in the world, and an awareness campaign doesn’t always become as popular as some companies hope. However, the ultimate goal is to still produce something that is supportive, informative, educates, fun, none-offensive and inclusive. When myGPapp launched their cervical cancer campaign ‘My Cat’ to remind people they need to…
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Obituary for My Period
I am now post-menopausal and proud, but I cringe when I remember the monthly angst I endured surrounding PMS and my period.
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Masturbation is my cure for depression ever since I got over the guilt.
It’s the year 2020 and it’s still a common practice in India to shame women for having sexual needs. Our appetite for sex is supposed to be non-existent, with the act of intercourse restricted to only either pleasing the husband or bearing children.
