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- Heather Corinna
If you’ve noticed that we’ve kept creating and promoting sex and relationships content during the harrowing times we’ve been living in, and you’re wondering why, or feeling like we shouldn’t, our founder explains why we do.
The audience that we get seems particularly international. We’re still very much seeing a lot of the reverberations from the initial wave of COVID-19 and from lockdown. We’re seeing a lot of people who are—in terms of what we know have been historical trends—or feel like they’re starting everything…
- Adam England
No matter the app, swiping and dating can be tricky. If you’re going to use dating or hookup apps, here’s how to make the process a little easier.
- s.e. smith
If your relationship is broken down, opening up won’t usually help fix it.
- Liz Duck-Chong and Juniper Muller
Learn about what an erection is, how it might look for specific bodies and hormonal profiles, and how to have some useful and fun conversations with sexual partners.
- Mikaela Duffy
When the world outside is dark and scary, connecting with your body can be a place where you find safety and sanctuary. To talk about finding home in your body, I reached out to Dirty Lola.
- Jade Wilson
There are two kinds of growing up: the one where you outgrow your childhood home, and the one where you learn to build a new one.
- Ashrene Rathilal
What is PCOS? How do you get diagnosed? What treatments and hacks are available? And how can you best navigate the healthcare system as a person with PCOS?
- Summer Tao
Sensations don’t have to ruin the mood: How to talk to your partner about the “yes please” and “no thanks” of smells, sights, sounds, and more.
- Gabrielle Kassel
Beginner-friendly and intuitive, strokers can help people reimagine masturbation or manual sex with a partner, adding textures, sensations, and sometimes vibrations.
- T. Aquila
Society assumes romantic relationships are the most important ones in our lives, but that’s simply not true.
- Ashrene Rathilal
PCOS, endometriosis, and PMDD take years to diagnose, worsened by racism, fatphobia, and LGBTQIA+ bias. Get resources to combat medical gaslighting and receive care.
- s.e. smith
There’s nothing wrong with you if you’ve been aroused in a situation where you were uncomfortable or the setting wasn’t sexual.
- Amy Marsh, Ed.D
AI chatbots may make tempting conversational partners, but you should know the real dangers of this technology so you can make informed decisions about if, and how, you use them.
- Lisa Laman
You exist and that’s a good thing. I wish I’d been told that earlier, because it’s the truth for all of us, in as well as outside the autistic community.
- Maille McLaughlin
If someone can’t handle the vest, they don’t deserve the girl (or the dog) behind it.
- Heather Corinna
If someone isn’t satisfied or doesn’t feel “done” after having an orgasm, that doesn’t mean something is wrong. Orgasm is rarely what makes for satisfying sexual experiences for people.
Join us as we work to raise $40,000 for healthcare benefits for real human beings who provide queer-led sex, health, and relationships education!
- Emily Wilson
As I enter an intimate relationship, it’s important to remember how to be alone, too.
- Destiny Marshall
When I took stock of what I really knew of STIs, I found I was operating on half facts, internalized stigma and lots of assumptions.
- Aliah Maharaj
- Ro Sandoval
Happy Ace Week from Scarleteen! To celebrate the last day of this special week, we have compiled a list of resources within and beyond Scarleteen for you and yours.
- Gabrielle Kassel
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.
- Gabrielle Kassel
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.
- Gabrielle Kassel
Pinpoint 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…