Emily Wilson

Emily Wilson is a writer and journalist who was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, and is currently based in Australia. She is a regular contributor to Scarleteen, The Note, and The Music. She has been published online and in print in a range of prominent journals including Overland, Jaded Ibis
Press, Hobart Pulp, and more. She is currently writing Beware of the Dogs, a book of musical criticism about the indie-rock artist Stella Donnelly, for Bloomsbury.

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New Age of Innocence: On Navigating Commitment for the First Time

  • Emily Wilson

As I enter an intimate relationship, it’s important to remember how to be alone, too.

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Bloodlines: On Period Pain

  • Emily Wilson

Pain is an inescapable feature of humanity, but just because you have a uterus or are perceived societally as a woman doesn’t mean you aren’t allowed to attempt to alleviate pain.

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My Little Copper Miracle (and what I had to go through for it to be mine)

  • Emily Wilson

IUDs are a good thing. But I don’t want to be dishonest about the very real pain that I and others had to endure in the process of gaining access to this method of birth control.

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How to be Naked in More Ways Than One

  • Emily Wilson

I believe that sexual pleasure with someone else can only truly be found through vulnerability, through the radical act of maybe not knowing, in being willing to potentially even embarrass yourself in the pursuit of something greater.