What to do with your body hair this summer
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By: health
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May 24, 2019
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 […]
Are you cleaning your sex toys wrong?
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By: health
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May 17, 2019
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
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By: health
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May 10, 2019
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 […]
April horoscopes: Spring has officially sprung
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By: health
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March 29, 2019
There’s nothing like the first flowers bursting through the cold ground and those first warm rays of sunshine hitting your face to give you a sense of hope and optimism. This month, that’s going to set the tone for your love life. Get ready for passion, joy, romance, and lots of new connections. Aries The […]
What Shrill can teach us about sex and dating
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By: health
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March 22, 2019
So we LOVE Hulu’s new show Shrill , based on Lindy West’s memoir Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman . This show is bursting with hilarious, tender moments and life lessons, and seriously, if you haven’t already watched it, check it out. If that’s not enough to convince you, here are the top 10 lessons […]
This simple self-love ritual will help you reclaim Valentine’s Day
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By: health
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February 14, 2019
Valentine’s Day feels overwhelming and fraught for many of us. V-Day has always made me feel weird. During the years I have been single, this day has often left me feeling like a totally pathetic loser. One year I spent this day screaming with my head under a pillow while listening to Wild Horses (the […]
The problem with the 10-year challenge
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By: health
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January 18, 2019
If the 10-year challenge has been making you feel anxious or generally garbage-y every time you check your social feeds, you’re not alone. Just a note here that if you participated and it was all in good fun for you, that’s great. There have been some examples of fun and even affirming 10-year challenge posts […]
7 New Year’s resolutions that have nothing to do with your weight
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By: health
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January 4, 2019
If you ask us, New Year’s resolutions are just another social construct designed to make us feel bad and then buy loads of things to try to make it better. But we know the “new year, new you” pressure can feel overwhelming, so we’ve put together 7 resolutions you can have for free that won’t […]
Self-care for when you feel like the world is ending
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By: health
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October 12, 2018
We love a good DIY sugar scrub as much as the next person, but if you think that self-care is all essential oils and bathtubs full of flowers , well, actually, we understand why. We’ve all seen the #selfcare posts on Instagram. But actually, self-care is anything you need to do to take care of […]
6 things you can do when you want to scream
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By: health
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October 5, 2018
Go into the bathroom and scream while flushing the toilet. Everybody knows a toilet flush provides great sound cover for all manner of bathroom activities, like screaming. Plus watching the water swirl around and around pointlessly until it all gets sucked down the drain will remind you of the futility of life and turn your […]