How to start using sex toys during partnered sex
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By: health
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May 22, 2020
Whether you’re a sex toy connoisseur with five bins of toys under your bed, or you’re a total newbie, it can be scary to bring up the topic of incorporating toys into your sex life with a partner. And that applies to new partners as well as ones who have been around for a while—some […]
How birth control can help your mental health
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By: health
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May 21, 2020
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time dedicated to breaking down stigma and supporting those with mental illnesses and their loved ones. To honor the month, here are a few ways that birth control can help support your mental health and help you say #ThxBirthControl. It can give you a sense of control As […]
How to make your boss think you’re working from home when really you’re having daytime sex
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By: health
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May 15, 2020
Working from home has its downsides (days on end without showering, forgetting how to eat in public, growing accustomed to never wearing pants so when you have to leave the house a real waistband feels like a torture device), but it also has many, many perks. One of those perks is that if you are […]
6 ways to style your quarantine bush
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By: health
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May 8, 2020
Whether you have a regular waxing appointment that you now can’t get to or you’re just all out of f*cks to give, many of us are finding that we don’t have don’t have the time or the mental energy for painfully and incessantly removing body hair. And you know what? We’re celebrating that today with […]
How radical consent gave me back my sex life after trauma
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By: health
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April 28, 2020
Four years ago, I decided never to have sex again. I was healing from trauma and felt overwhelmed even by friend hugs or a date grabbing my hand. I didn’t want to be touched, ever, because it felt impossible to know what might escalate or who could be a secret creep. Shortly after this bleak, […]
7 Zoom backgrounds to spice up your virtual sex life
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By: health
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April 17, 2020
Last week, we gave you some ideas for quarantine date night, most of which are best suited for people who are quarantining with a partner. Today we’ve got something for those of you who are single and Zoom dating or who are quarantining apart from your partners. Without further ado, here are some Zoom backgrounds […]
April 2020 horoscopes: Everything is terrible but you still need to shower
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By: health
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March 27, 2020
Obviously everything is terrible right now. And there’s very little we can do about it besides stay at home so we don’t unknowingly spread the virus to 59,000 people . We can also work on making sure we’re keeping up with our self-care. Here’s the best way to do that this month based on your […]
How to respond when your partner shares a kink with you
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By: health
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March 6, 2020
Great sex doesn’t just happen. It’s not magic. It requires actual thinking and actual talking. But those conversations can be really hard, especially since many of us were never given the tools to discuss (or even figure out!) things like boundaries, consent, desire, turn-ons, or turn-offs. So when a partner shares something with you that […]
How to start dating again after a bad breakup
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By: health
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February 21, 2020
Most of us have had a bad breakup at some point. You know, the kind where you can’t stop crying for weeks and you have a pit in your stomach for months, and you can’t hear that person’s name without feeling like you’ve been sucker punched for years? We can’t much help with the PTSD, […]
These are really bad reasons to get married
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By: health
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February 7, 2020
There are some really good, compelling reasons to get married, from the practical (insurance, tax breaks, etc.) to the values-driven (like I value changing and learning with this person and being there for them for the rest of my life ). But there are also some bad reasons to get married. Truly terrible reasons that […]