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I went on the contraceptive pill when I was 17 without knowing much about what it would do to my body. I’d see my friends pull out the plastic packets du

One day in March 2020, I was in Target near my favorite section by the entrance, where they keep the discounted holiday items that are no longer in season.

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In December 2009, two years after I was sexually assaulted in a bathroom stall on a night out, I was hospitalized for acute abdominal pain associated with

What were you doing at 6:45 a.m.? For most of us, the answer falls into two neat categories: “sleeping” and “wanting to still be asleep.&

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Giving birth is an intense and painful experience… but new parents are masturbating sooner than some might expect. One 2013 study found that 40% of cis w

If you’re someone who has a uterus, then you might feel like you have it all figured out: you know why it bleeds, how it holds a baby, and what it

Sometimes your farts smell, sometimes they’re loud, and, yes, sometimes they hurt. But the one thing farts are not (or, at least, shouldn’t be)