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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.

    three bullet vibes with many hearts and text that says "pew pew" for funsies

    How to Play with Toys: Bullet Vibrators

    Bullet vibrators are shaped like a baby carrot. Portable, petite, and discreet, bullets are great for first-time sex toy users and those who enjoy gentler stimulation.

    three suction vibes and hard candies and stars

    How to Play With Toys: Suction Vibrators

    Suction toys use pulses of air and gentle air pressure changes to stimulate nerve-dense areas without actually touching them directly. They create a sucking or throbbing sensation that can feel like oral sex.

    three pinpoint vibes and a cartoon bullseye and dart

    How to Play With Toys: Pinpoint Vibrators

    three pinpoint vibes in frony of a cartoon dart and bullseyePinpoint sex toys prove that with pleasure products, more or bigger isn’t always better. Unlike wand and palm vibrations, which transmit sensation to a wide surface area, these toys excel at targeting one, tiny, nerve-dense spot. For those who enjoy ultra-exact external stimulation, they’re a great purchase, but they aren’t for everyone—here’s what to know. 

    Why pinpoint sex toys? 

    What does it do? Pinpoint toys direct sensation to one particular area. This category of toys is often referred to as pinpoint vibrators, and many of these toys do indeed vibrate. However, the category also includes

    two wands, one sparkly, one hitachi

    How to Play with Toys: Wand Vibrators

    Easily recognized for their bulbous head and long handle, wand vibrators have been bringing magic, and sensation, to people of all ages since 1968.

    Hi, Bi Guy: Feeling like you aren’t ‘bi enough’

    There’s no right or wrong way to be bi.