‘At Least You’re Young Enough to Start Again’: What Not to Say to a Friend Getting Divorced at Thirty
‘It Is Time for the Stigma Around Women’s Pleasure to be Banished’: Reclaiming Our Sex Lives
Even now, writing this, I feel uncomfortable talking about the fact that I masturbate. And why? Because women are never told that it is okay. We aren’t educated about the parts of our bodies that bring us that pleasure, and we aren’t told to explore them. In fact, in a YouGov survey from 2019, almost half of females were not able to identify one of their own crucial body parts…
How Learning to Speak My Mind in Bed Saved My Flailing Sex Life
We’ve soaked up every rom-com where some semi-domineering male swoops in and gives us the best sex ever, followed by a happily ever after. In these stories, the female protagonist is without fail charming and polite, yet also sexy and bold; fierce and fiery, yet meek and mild. I’m not sure who came up with this idea of how a ‘perfect’ woman behaves – probably a person in a basement who has never encountered a woman in real life – but for some reason, it was the kind of woman I always tried to emanate whilst in bed…
The Myth of Virginity and its Reality as a Social Construct
There is too much pressure put on the idea of virginity. The pressure to lose it or keep it, for everyone, is unavoidable. It is seen as such a big deal, a major life event. But why? Sex is a normal and natural part of life – there shouldn’t be this immense pressure put on young people over what they should do with their virginities…
Big Babes Deserve Great Sex Too: Sex Positivity’s Place in the Body Positivity Movement
Whether you’ve been with your sexual partner for years or it’s your first time together, as a plus-size woman you'll probably have some sort of anxiety around sex. Personally, I have been with my partner for over eight years; we have a great and active sex life, but a part of me still gets anxious every time we slip between the sheets.