Bodies

A short, fast, sex ed summary about periods and the menstrual cycle.

A short, fast, sex ed summary about pleasure and fulfillment.

It’s Chanté, back with more sexuality (in color) and intersectionality. If you appreciated last week’s definitions but are still curious or you want to learn even more, you may also find this video from Taryn Crenshaw helpful. Today I’m eager to dive into something that is fresh in my mind: pleasure…

My adoptive mom’s hangups convinced me I was an ugly duckling. Turns out, it was about her, not me, and certainly not about my hair.

Sex isn’t a tit-for-tat experience, but communicating can help you build a mutually pleasurable and fun sex life.

Only a small percentage of Latinas in the U.S. use tampons, despite their cultural prevalence—what gives?

Have you ever thought about your body from the point of view of your skin?

I want to first reassure you that I’m sure you’re not doing anything wrong, and that this isn’t about something being wrong with you. That includes whatever level of desire — or frequency of desire — you find you have for sex in general or with a partner. I also don’t think this is probably just…

The crappy thing about ideal body types is that they are designed to be unreachable by 99.9% of the population: they’re unrealistic. They’re about satisfying one’s conception of what is perfect; that’s the very definition of ideal. Unfortunately, some ideals are also really common, especially once…

Hayley, I’m so sorry you’re experiencing the crappy feelings of ‘not being enough’, or even of someone potentially being ‘bored’ of you. It can be extremely painful to have those thoughts and I think it would be best for you to do what you can to start entertaining them as little as possible. It’s…