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Scarleteen's Link-In-Bio

A list of recent links posted to Scarleteen's social media platforms.

    I really hate my period

    You don’t have to love your period, but you can learn to manage it to make yourself more comfortable.

    A diagram of the penis and surrounding anatomy, labeled "innies and outies."

    Innies & Outies: The Penis, Testes and More

    You may know where the penis is, but what about the rest of it? Learn about external and internal reproductive and urinary anatomy for most penis-bearing folks.

    Innies and outies: The vagina, clitoris, uterus, and more.

    Innies & Outies: The Vagina, Clitoris, Uterus and More

    A lot of questions about how to have intercourse, how to masturbate, and worries about what’s all going on down there can be solved by simply getting to know your own body.

    Young woman with dark hair in a ponytail and wearing a white bra and underwear. Her hands are pressed over her vulva and she is looking down. Between her hands over her underwear are two angry red dots and above her head is a red "?!" graphic.

    What’s This Sore on My Vulva?

    Noticed something’s not quite right on your vulva? Get the lowdown here!

    Young woman with long, dark hair and wearing a white shirt stares into the camera with an anxious and worried expression. Above her head is a uterus with ovaries surrounded by red emphasis marks.

    Let's Dial Down Some (Maybe) Ovulation Freakouts

    AND OMFG I WAS OVULATING, TOO!!!!!!!” This sentence is becoming familiar to us.

    More young people seem to be developing some new knowledge about fertility cycles. I think that’s great. Well, kind of great. Thing is, lots of the information you’re getting, or think you have, is often dodgy, only half the picture, or just flat-out wrong.

    image of a joyful Black person with natural hair and a big, warm smile

    Being Closeted & Joyful in a Black Household

    Nigeria is not a safe place to be queer in. But the immediate, real threat to my desire for the authenticity I felt was waiting for me on the other side of coming out was my family.