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Culture & Entertainment

Rihanna, Freud, and Mormon Porn: Religious Fetishism in Pop Culture

The 2020 Savage X Fenty Show was a huge success, receiving high praise for inclusion, style, and body positivity—until Muslim fans on social media pointed out the use of a…

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4 min

Sex & Love

Pleasuring Myself as a Virgin

Sitting on the toilet in my small bathroom, I looked down and noticed short hairs beginning to grow. Naturally, my ten-year-old self wanted to know what they felt like, and…

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Culture & Entertainment

I’ll be honest—I love chick lit. Those identical pastel paperbacks, the spunky and financially successful heroines, the magical endings straight out of an R-rated Hallmark movie. Chick lit generally encompasses…

Life

Reclaiming My Mother Tongue

Sex & Love

We’re Different People Now: On Getting Back With Exes

Life

How a Pandemic Helped Me Heal from My PTSD

News & Politics

In Defense of Compulsory Voting

Life

Riding A Bike Through New York Saved My Sanity

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6 min

Sex & Love

Squirting, Explained

I don’t think there’s a way to contribute to the ever-intense conversation about squirt without being fully honest, so let’s start here: the first time I squirted, it was an…

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5 min

Fashion & Beauty

The Y2K Renaissance: Fashion As Pleasure

I’m in Los Angeles, and outside my window there’s a girl dressed in a bedazzled velour tracksuit. It’s not Juicy Couture, but it might as well be with the words…

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Rihanna, Freud, and Mormon Porn: Religious Fetishism in Pop Culture

Pleasuring Myself as a Virgin

Why I Love Chick Lit

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We Can Still Be Vulnerable in the Eyes of Others

Lena Dunham’s “Sharp Stick” Nails Sexual Awakening in the Digital Age

F*ck Your Boy Genius—He Doesn’t Exist

It’s the Perfect Time to Watch Todd Haynes’s Films

Reclaiming My Mother Tongue

We’re Different People Now: On Getting Back With Exes

How a Pandemic Helped Me Heal from My PTSD

Trending posts

We Can Still Be Vulnerable in the Eyes of Others

Lena Dunham’s “Sharp Stick” Nails Sexual Awakening in the Digital Age

F*ck Your Boy Genius—He Doesn’t Exist

It’s the Perfect Time to Watch Todd Haynes’s Films

In Defense of Compulsory Voting

Riding A Bike Through New York Saved My Sanity

Squirting, Explained

Trending posts

We Can Still Be Vulnerable in the Eyes of Others

Lena Dunham’s “Sharp Stick” Nails Sexual Awakening in the Digital Age

F*ck Your Boy Genius—He Doesn’t Exist

It’s the Perfect Time to Watch Todd Haynes’s Films

The Y2K Renaissance: Fashion As Pleasure

We Can Still Be Vulnerable in the Eyes of Others

Lena Dunham’s “Sharp Stick” Nails Sexual Awakening in the Digital Age

F*ck Your Boy Genius—He Doesn’t Exist

It’s the Perfect Time to Watch Todd Haynes’s Films

What Sex and Healing Are Like for Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation

The Feminine Urge to Not Shower