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4 Tips for Being an Excellent Ally When Your Friend is Having an Abortion

Laurel DickmanAug 1, 2016

Jenny Slate in Obvious Child, the 2014 film about an unplanned pregnancy and the decision to have an abortion. Regardless of your politics regarding abortio...

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3 Reasons the Kink Scene is Hellish for Black, Disabled, Non-cis Kinksters

Mickey ValentineMar 29, 2016

I'm a lot of things: agender, femme, pansexual, black, disabled. I'm also kinky. Yes, I am kinky. I indulge in unconventional things for sexual and no...

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How Talking about Sex With My Partner Improved Someone Else’s Sex Life

lhuynhMar 14, 2016

Normally, when an ex-lover -- who never made you cum -- texts you to say he was able to help another woman reach the big O, it can be a huge letdown. But when y...

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When Sex Positivity Isn’t: A Queer Dialogue

Ash FisherJan 29, 2016

I’ve identified as sex positive since I first learned it was a thing while working in my college’s LGBT office. I love sex, I love pleasure, I support folks hav...

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6 Ways To Keep Your Vagina Happy

Laurel DickmanJan 18, 2016

January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. While that may sound like a really boring thing to celebrate, it's a really necessary conversation to have. Each...

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#KillTheSilence Resource Guide for Survivors of Sexual and Domestic Abuse

Natalie CoblentzOct 6, 2015

WYV RESOURCE GUIDE FOR HELP Here is a list of 24 Hour hotlines, shelters in the Bay Area, local legal services, resources, counseling, education and more. We...

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Re-thinking the She-Rection: Navigating HSDD

Laurel DickmanSep 10, 2015

Hypo-sexual desire disorder is the mother of all bitches. When I first met my fiancee, he and I were constantly having sex. I was incredibly attracted to his...

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De-Program Yourself From Slut Shaming

Laurel DickmanJul 13, 2015

Clockwise, top L: 28 yr old me, 10 yr old me, 31 yr old me, 7 yr old me. Not asking for it then, not asking for it now. Slut shaming is one of the deepest i...

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#KillTheSilence: Are You A Gold Star If You Have Been Raped?

Natalie CoblentzMay 26, 2015

Many of you in the lesbian community know being a Gold Star, to a lesbian, is such a wonderful sexual consciousness of life. Being a Gold Star, for those of y...

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#NoPullOut Culture and the Myth of the Good Girl [WITH INFOGRAPHIC]

Accidental Man EaterApr 3, 2015

Let me get this out of the way early: Condoms are the actual worst. No one likes how they feel, smell or the extra step it takes to stop what you’re doing an...

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8 things We Didn’t Know About Our Vagina In 2015

MonicaJan 27, 2015

Fusion just released a video that shows us just how little we know about our bodies. 5 women were asked to anatomically draw the vagina, and while the results ...

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7 Early Warning Signs You’re In An Abusive Relationship

MonicaDec 9, 2014

Featured photo via Creative Commons Flickr user Hibr When I first saw the video of then Baltimore Ravens runningback Ray Rice knocking unconscious his then fi...

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SEX-PO: An Oakland Organization Talks about Pleasure

Gina GoldblattMar 17, 2014

Boys have a Penis and Girls Have a Vagina… WRONG! This weekend I learned from Lisa Smusz, the Executive Director of P.E.E.R.S, that this analogy would be more ...

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