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My Rare Chronic Illness Is Now Viral On TikTok
Agnes Arnold-Forster
Mar 17, 2023
Dedicated Feature
This Chronic Skin Disease Can Scar Black Women. Why Aren’t We Talking About It...
Hilary Shepherd
Mar 17, 2023
Body
Everything That Happened When I Came Off The Pill After 6 Years
Alice Porter
Feb 14, 2023
Beauty
This Humble Body Product Gives Me The Skin Of A Baby Angel
My goal in life is to always be soft. That’s emotionally (whether embracing the ‘soft Black girl‘ aesthetic, for example) and physically,
by
Amanda Mitchell
Gift Guides
The 13 Best Fitness Gifts Your Active Friend Will Actually Use
by
Charlotte Lewis
Most Wanted
I Tried The Internet’s Favorite Safety Razor — & Lived To T...
One thing to know about me: I hate shaving — a lot. My earliest shaving memories involved some Gillette Venus (I’m your fire!) and lots of nervous tear
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Karina Hoshikawa
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Beauty
Expensive Hair Treatments Didn’t Fix My Hair Loss
I have a habit of crying in the shower. The flat I live in lacks internal walls so it is just one long room with separate areas demarcated by rugs and chan
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Hannah Turner
Tech
7 Best SAD Lamps On Amazon To Help Fight The Winter Blues
by
Cory Stieg
Beauty
Everything You Need To Properly Take Care Of That New Tattoo
by
Samantha Sasso
Dedicated Feature
15 Spa-Quality Beauty Gifts That’ll Help Your Friend Discon...
by
Hilary Shepherd
Sex
Everything You Need To Know About Squirting
Female ejaculation, aka squirting, has become a lot more mainstream in the past few decades, thanks in part to porn. Indeed, many a porn video has led us t
by
Cory Stieg
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
by
Nia Shumake
Beauty
The Body-Care Market Is Booming, But Do We Really Need Butt Masks?
“A lot of you have been asking about my skin-care routine.” One of the most-repeated beauty declarations on social media is more than a humblebrag from
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Erika Stalder
Beauty
The Ins & Outs Of At-Home Bikini Waxing
If you’re anything like me, you’re constantly watching DIY TikTok videos and thinking, “I can do that.” DIY is not a new concept in
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aimee simeon
Hot Girl Somos
Si Hay Sol, Hay Panza: How I’m Reclaiming Summer as a Fat Brown Babe
When I was about 8 years old, my grandparents enrolled me in swimming lessons. I went to the community pool, excited and suited up in a one-piece bathing s
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Virgie Tovar
Somos Latinx
Snapback Culture Made Me Resent My Post-Baby Body. But I Fought Back
When I was pregnant, I dreamt about being a cool mom. To me, this looked like a bright-eyed and fabulous woman who danced energetically in sexy garbs and d
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Melania Luisa Marte
Wellness
6 Reasons Why You Bleed After Sex
by
Cory Stieg
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
by
Erika W. Smith
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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
Be Honest, Do I Smell?
There’s a scene from Mad Men that I think about a lot. Peggy Olson, the young copywriter, is confidently delivering a pitch to an important client. The c
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Sex
How To Have Period Sex That Doesn’t Look Like A Crime Scene
Period sex can be bloody, it can be messy, and it can be incredible. The hormonal changes that come with your period mean that you might see a surge in you
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Erika W. Smith
Sex
Karezza: The Sex Technique You Need To Know About
We’re finally coming out of winter, the time of year for slowing down, making hearty stews, finally getting around to binge-watching all those shows,
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Cory Stieg
Unbothered
Lizzo’s
Watch Out For The Big Grrrls
Made Me Reckon With...
When the trailer for Lizzo’s Amazon Prime dance competition show Watch Out for the Big Grrrls first dropped, I was pumped. The 8-episode series follows a
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Kourtney Pope
Body
The Vaginal Tightness Myth Is Damaging & Dangerous
The following is an edited excerpt from Losing It: Sex Education For The 21st Century by Sophia Smith Galer. Sarah Walser was in the middle of o
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Sophia Smith Galer
Wellness
As A Disabled Woman, The Goblin Mode Trend Doesn’t Sit Righ...
Goblin mode is the latest in a long line of lifestyle-based aesthetics to go viral on social media before trickling down into irrelevancy. Some last longer
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Hannah Turner
Wellness
My Endometriosis Was Misdiagnosed As Bipolar Disorder
Maria is in her late 20s and living with endometriosis. She is now working on a PhD on the history of the disease, and exploration of patient experiences w
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Hannah Turner
Wellness
Everything You Need To Know About Posture Correctors
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Karina Hoshikawa
Body
HPV Myths Are Dangerous, Especially For LGBTQ+ People
Many rumors swirl around the human papillomavirus or HPV, which is tested for during cervical screenings such as HPV tests and Pap tests. Some of the most
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Relationships
I’m Chronically Ill, & My Partner Is My Caregiver
My boyfriend washes my hair, cooks my dinner, cleans our home, and collects the mail. He’s not some kind of superhero; he is just doing the things I
by
Hannah Turner
Skin Care
20 Body Lotions That Will Make Cold Weather Less Miserable
by
Samantha Sasso
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