Vulvovaginal Wellness
A broad and open conversation about the intersection of mental, physical, and vulvovaginal health. Science, opinion, musings, and mantras. We explore it all.
Pride's Proud Roots in Riot
June marks the beginning of Pride—a month dedicated to honoring LGBTQ+ people, places, and things that affirm queer existence. Past years have bathed the world with colorful streams of rainbows and glitter to celebrate social progress and self-acceptance. This year, Pride is perhaps more profound than ever as it coincides...
Philanthropy & The Organizations We Support
As a company that works at the intersection of sexual and mental health, we know that changing the world takes effort, intention, and daily action. It requires an openness to learning, unlearning, and a practice of reflection and self examination. It means pushing to the edges and embracing the complexity...
Redefining Activism
Activism is (self)reflection, critical thinking, and is never ending with countless ebbs and flows. There is no single conversation that must be had, but rather continuous dialogues that may be painful and ugly, but necessary. Activism is not solely an action.
Stuff You Should Know: The Tampon Tax & Period Poverty
The marginalization of menstruation goes much further than the physical burden of bleeding and bloating. Periods place extra socioeconomic stress on those who menstruate, highlighting the economic inequalities between people with and without vulvas that goes well beyond the pay and pleasure gaps. It’s not news that our country...
How Each Phase of the Menstrual Cycle Affects Your Immunity
Muscles achy? Case of the sniffles? Flu-like symptoms might be a sign that you're about to get your period.
Mind the (Pleasure) Gap: Gender Inequality in the Bedroom
Our society overvalues penetrative penis-in-vagina sex and this kind of regressive heteronormativity has conned us into thinking that there is also a means to measure the success of a sexual encounter, a defined “event,” or a common goal you and your partner work toward: an earth-shattering, mind melting orgasm.
Understand What the Color of Your Period is Telling You
Think of the color of your period blood like a mood ring for your body; your period has its own rainbow of colors ranging from crimson red to brown, rust orange to black. It’s usually no cause for concern, but certain hues can tell you a lot about your body and your overall health (like if your hormones are imbalanced, or if you’re overstressed).
Rewriting the Motherhood Manifesto
An interview with sex-positive and kinky mother of two, Bre (she/her) who's retelling false narratives of motherhood for future generations. At once a mother, partner, artist, and relationship coach, Bree helps us understand what it means to dissolve the divide between the domestic and erotic and find their points of intersection.
Decoding Your Vaginal Discharge
Vaginal discharge is normal and necessary to help maintain a healthy vaginal environment and its color can tell us a lot about our overall health.
Cycles of Change: Puberty to Menopause & Beyond
We celebrate every life stage as both the beginning and the (happy) end—of a lot of things. Goodbye monthly periods. Hello sexual exploration.
The Intersection of Sexual & Mental Health
We’ve rounded up a list of some of our favorite websites, apps, and people who have helped us better understand our bodies while discovering innovative and practical ways to reverse the negative connotations we have been taught to associate with our sexuality.
Entropy, Earth Day & EPA Rollbacks
Covid-19 has destabilized our lives beyond recognition but another (in)visible pandemic has been affecting our society, economy, and earth for decades. The climate change crisis has been pushed to the background, dismissed as socialist pipe dreams, and explained away by world leaders that we entrust to guide us. The...
Support Your Local Sex Worker
When sex workers have the means to continue creating content, the benefits help stimulate society, sight unseen onscreen.
Stuff You Should Know: Sex & Aftercare
Learn how to build upon the two most important components of BDSM play—intuition and boundary-setting—to learn all about aftercare.
Spice Up Your Long Distance Relationship
Forced time apart during lockdown presents the perfect opportunity to experiment with new toys, surprise one another with truly thoughtful gifts, and find new ways to spend quality time with one another.
5 Ways to Practice Self Care for Free
During times of crisis, the thin line we navigate between want and need, essential and non-essential grows fuzzy. Sure, we can attempt to quantify what takes priority for our mental and physical health by taking inventory of the pros and cons, financial investment, and amount of time required for...
Kink, Consent & Coronavirus: What Boundary Setting in BDSM Culture Teaches Us About Life Outside of the Bedroom
We recently sat down with the self-proclaimed fairy submother Lina Dune (she/her) of Ask a Sub to discuss the link between kink, capitalism, and control as we navigate the upending of our lives during the Coronavirus pandemic.
How to Stay Sane When You're Feeling Overwhelmed
If you’ve been spending as much time on the internet as we have, you’ve probably come across the viral tweets of artists and innovators churning out their most famous work while under quarantine. Apparently Shakespeare wrote “King Lear” during the 17th century plague while Isaac Newton discovered calculus when...
How to Remain Politically Active & Socially Conscious During a Crisis
Life as we have known it has ceased to exist. You’re probably stressed about the present, and scared about the future. Yet while we are all experiencing this global healthcare crisis together, all of our experiences are different; coronavirus will impact certain members of our community—and entire communities, cities,...
Below the Fold(s): Learn the Difference Between Your Vulva & Vagina
There’s a lot to explore between the folds, so grab a mirror, wash your hands, and learn your parts and their proper names. Knowing the specific and correct terms for body parts helps you express yourself to your partners and healthcare providers, granting you sole authority over your body and its needs.
