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Test Your Vaginal Health At Home – With A Tampon
Sarah Graham
15 Nov 2022
Wellness
Songs That Break Your Heart Help You Process Pain
Cornelia Powers
27 Oct 2022
Wellness
No One Tells You About the Gut-Wrenching Loneliness of the First Trimester
Kira Cook
20 Oct 2022
Books & Art
We Need To Change The Way We Talk About Masturbation
The following is an extract from The Big O: An Empowering Guide to Loving, Dating and F*cking by Oloni (HarperNonFiction, £20) I used to work in
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Oloni
Wellness
I Tried Meditation For Chronic Pain
As someone who, like Dan, knows what it’s like to struggle to put socks on, I’m willing to give it a go.
by
Lucia Osborne-Cro...
Beauty
The
Real
Reason Your Stretch Marks Are So Damn Itchy
Like lighting strikes and fingerprints, no two stretch marks are exactly alike. They can appear on your butt or hips or back or breasts or stomach or reall
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Rachel Lubitz
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Wellness
My Stoma Saved My Life – But Really Damaged My Mental Health
Over 100,000 people in the UK have a stoma. Deriving from the ancient Greek word for ‘opening’, it is the result of either a colostomy or an il
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Unbothered
I’m A Black Woman Living With Body Dysmorphia — & It’...
Trigger warning: this piece references eating disorders, suicidal ideation, and sensitive content regarding body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). I was 20 years
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Nia Shumake
Body
I Didn’t Brush My Teeth For 6 Months Because Of Trauma
Cleanliness, as the saying goes, is next to godliness. Good hygiene is held up as not only a social norm but a moral good. This message comes across in a w
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Body
At 24 I Masturbated For The First Time & It Changed My Life
“Can you stop using your vibrator as a coaster?” asked my best friend. For visual aid, we’re talking about a fancy vibrator housed in a b
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Lauren Cunningham
Books & Art
12 Intimate Photographs That Tell An Honest Story Of Motherhood (...
“I think I knew from a young age that I wanted to have children one day,” recalls British photographer Imogen Freeland. It was this innate draw
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Joanna Cresswell
Body
How To Get Rid Of Your Nose Piercing Bump
Those of you with a recent nose piercing will know that while your nasal region looks fantastic, the upkeep can be kind of a drag. I am one year and four m
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Jess Commons
Wellness
The World Is Built Around Bingeing – But We Still Don’t Take Bing...
Content warning: This article discusses eating disorders and dieting in a way that some may find triggering. Nichola is a 35-year-old learning designer who
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Wellness
8 Hacks To Get Rid Of Bloating
Bloated bellies can crop up any time of year, but they’re particularly likely as we enter the colder months of autumn and winter when people are natu
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Molly Longman
Wellness
I Lost My Period For 7 Years Because Of RED-S – Here’s How ...
Last month, on my first holiday abroad since the pandemic, I unexpectedly came on my period. For most people, this would have been a mild to major annoyanc
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Ally Sinyard
Living
I Kept My Head Injury Secret – & Lost The People I Loved
“Is that it?” wasn’t quite what I was expecting to hear as she brazenly pointed at the bandage that serpentined my left leg. An acquaintance at b
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Jerry Silvester
Body
Fibromyalgia Mainly Affects Women, So Obviously We Know Very Litt...
Unless you know someone affected or are a doctor yourself, you’re probably unsure what fibromyalgia syndrome is. The silence around this chronic pain-rel
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Danni Scott
Beauty
You’re Showering All Wrong, According To A Dermatologist
If you spend your spare time online, you’ll know it has been rather impossible to avoid various celebrities kicking up a stink (quite literally) abou
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Jacqueline Kilikita
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Beauty
Your Guide To A Bump-Free Bikini Line
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Liesa Goins
How To Sweat Less Guide
How To Make Butt Sweat More Comfortable In The Summer
At any given moment in the summer months, many of us may have a small river of sweat trickling down our backsides. Although it might be something you try d
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Cory Stieg
Sex
Wave, Avalanche Or Volcano: What Kind Of Orgasms Are You Having?
It would seem few things are as misunderstood in this world as the female orgasm. While we’ve come far in dismantling stigmas around sex and pleasure, li
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Pema Bakshi
Wellness
Young Disabled Women Deserve To Want Kids Too
Thea lives with Crohn’s disease and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and was 23 when she told her doctor she wanted to have a baby. She knew that becoming a mother
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Hannah Turner
Body
Inside The Soothing, Intimate World Of ASMR Smear Tests
When you think of relaxation, listening to an unfamiliar medical practitioner whisper as they wave a speculum at you might not spring to mind. However ther
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Natalie Wall
Wellness
Endometriosis Is Often Ignored But There’s A New Hope For Long-Te...
New research suggests there may be hope on the horizon for people who suffer with long-term endometriosis pain, with studies indicating that a prostate can
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Lucia Osborne-Cro...
Tried & True
This Instagram-Famous Mosquito Repellant Is The Real Deal
The first thing anyone says to me when I pull out my bottle of Kinfield’s Golden Hour mosquito repellant is, “Is that the bug spray I’ve
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Jinnie Lee
Body
Please Stop Commenting On My Body Out Of “Concern”
Content warning: This story contains discussions of weight stigma, bullying and weight loss that some readers may find upsetting. I can’t tell you ho
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April Hélène-Horton
Skin Care
The Expert-Approved Guide To Curing A Sunburn —
Fast
You hate hearing your mother say “I told you so” — which is just one more reason not to slip up on your sun protection this summer. She’
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Samantha Sasso
Body
Swimming On Your Period: The Complete Guide
While tampon ads showing women wearing white frolicking in a field can be a little silly, they do have one thing right: you don’t have to change any of y
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Erika W. Smith
Tattoos
The Dos & Don'ts Of Putting Sunscreen On A Tattoo
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Samantha Sasso
Beauty
We Need To Talk About ‘Strawberry Legs’, TikTok’...
Summer is officially here, which means so are Aperol spritzes and cute summer dresses. But for many people, the much-anticipated warmer weather brings with
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Emma Ogao
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