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How to cope with wedding season when weddings hurt your feelings and your brain
Ah, weddings. A fun excuse to see all your friends who’ve moved to different parts of the country or a way for smug coupled people to try to one-up each other? Or both? It’s all in the eye of the beholder, we say. But it’s definitely hard if you’ve just gone through a breakup, are […]
10 ways to make missionary position feel amazing
Sometimes you find yourself sharing a twin bed or one of you has a back injury or debilitating fatigue and you simply have no choice but to bang it out missionary style. Or maybe missionary is just your jam, which is cool too. Here are ten tips for spicing it up either way: 1. Add […]
What to do when sex hurts
Sex is all about feeling great—until it doesn’t feel great. Unfortunately, dyspareunia (pain during sex) is more common than you might think. In fact, it’s so common that 3 out of every 4 people with vaginas experience it at some point in their lives. (Although some people enjoy experiencing pain during sex, that’s not the […]
What to do with your body hair this summer
Summer is almost here, and you’re not alone if you’re feeling the pressure to make your body conform to societal ideals of summer beauty. So what should you do with your body hair, from pits to pubes, this summer? Here are some fresh ideas: Grow out your pit hair, braid it and use the braid […]
How stress impacts your sex life
Stress has a way of piling up, from little things like your commute and your annoying co-workers to bigger things like your finances and the never-ending news cycle. Unsurprisingly, all of these stressors can affect your mental health. But repeatedly feeling stressed out can also affect your physical health; it can contribute to heart disease […]
Are you cleaning your sex toys wrong?
Whether you’re using sex toys with a partner or solo (btw May is Masturbation Month, enjoy), or both, you’ve probably wondered at some point whether they’re actually clean. Like clean-clean . We went straight to the source, the iconic sex educator and owner/founder of Spectrum Boutique , Zoë Ligon, to find out.* Q: How do […]
Spring cleaning your sex life in 6 steps
Spring: that special time for budding flowers, the first rays of sunshine in months, and being chronically underdressed for the weather and therefore colder than you were in the winter. It’s also when we suddenly want to clean under the couch and throw away half of what we own for some reason. We don’t make […]
How to travel with sex toys
You know that moment in Home Alone where Catherine O’Hara is sitting on the plane to Paris and she finally figures out what she left at home? And it’s the worst thing she could’ve possibly left at home? That’s how we feel when we forget to pack our sex toys. Like we may as well […]
How to fight fair
Arguments happen when you’re in a relationship. It’s totally normal and healthy to disagree sometimes, and it’s a good sign if you both feel comfortable and safe to express yourselves. According to Dr. Rachel Needle, Psy.D., licensed psychologist and certified sex therapist, “It is the way we argue that makes all the difference.” Of course, […]
The art of being a difficult (aka empowered) patient
When I was twenty years old, I met a bunch of feminists. They were strong and assertive, and they took no sh*t. They were loud and amazing, and they blew my mind. They were a lot like the feminists my grandpa had always warned me about. He hated feminists. And these feminists would really not […]
