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Adjusting to My Sexual Body with an Ostomy
I knew from an early age that it was a possibility, but nothing could have prepared me for waking up from surgery with an ileostomy*. I spent a total of one month in the hospital, and it took nearly two months before I could independently walk and care for myself again. This was a massive shift for me, as I…
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You don’t have to masturbate. The pressure of pleasure.
Masturbation is put on a pedestal, something that everybody obviously wants to do. Something that is almost synonymous as chilling out, getting work done or having 'fun'. Masturbation is also everywhere. Think for a moment, count how many times you've seen or heard about masturbation this week, can you count on one hand? Two? Probably not.
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5 Things You Can Do To Enhance Your Masturbation Time
Let's talk about masturbation. The majority of us do it, yet it's still a hugely taboo topic that we don't tend to talk about openly and freely. Having sex with others is cool but the concept of spending time making ourselves feel good? Heck no! Although over the years, especially with the rise of online influencers and brands bringing sex…
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Relearning Pleasure as an Autistic Woman
There was always something else underneath, something that messed with my brain for a long time; ‘pleasure’ was sort of off limits.
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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.
