The Month of May is Sex Ed for All…trick question at what age does Sex Ed end?
May is Sex Ed for All Month and it has held this title since 2019. Sex Ed for All month, coordinated by the Sex Education Collaborative, exists to help raise…
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Personal Stories
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The section, personal stories, is for everyone who wants to share a story and some share requesting anonymity.
Masturbation or Not…the 3 Terrible Myths that Continue to Confuse Us on What To Do
Masturbation. If you’re like me, this simple and powerful word makes you giggle and blush like a schoolgirl watching her crush from across the playground. It’s a word that isn’t…
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10 Ideas for Keeping a Long Distance Relationship Exciting, Reciprocating, and Uplifting!
April is Couple’s Appreciation Month! What is something your partner does to make you feel special; What do you do to make your partner feel special? How will you celebrate…
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Letting go of 2021 and Saying Hello 2022
Letting go of 2021, this past year was completely stressful for me. 2021 started off normal and quickly took a turn for the worst. I lost my father, but I…
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Here Are 7 Personal Truths That Would Have Helped My Younger Self Deal With Depression A Little Better
Depression runs in my family. My mother, who was born in 1940, had it as an adult, but back then all they did was give women valium and send them…
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Can rejection cause contradictory feelings?
Rejection. It’s something every human being on the planet goes through. We will inevitably face rejection more times than we care to recall in this life. Yet, acknowledging how widespread,…
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How this past year journey helped me realize 6 hard truths about friendship
At the end of each year, my partner and I sit and reflect on the highs and lows of what life had in the year prior. We enjoy reminiscing on…
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Period, Oh Period,…how I hate thee let me count the ways…Can you relate to the gory stories that I share?
As women, we could all agree that getting your period sucks! The cramps, acne, bloating, mood swings, headaches, body aches, irritability, stress and so much more are just a pain…
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ADHD and Dyslexia: Madison Shares Her Struggles with a Double Diagnosis
This is Mental Health Awareness month and my sister was generous with letting me share her struggles with having a double diagnosis of ADHD and Dyslexia. My younger sister Madison…
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How to Get Started Learning a New Language
Congratulations! You have officially decided to study a new language. That decision in itself is a big win. Now, you may be asking yourself, how do I actually get started?…
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This Year’s Fall Will Be Better
I can’t believe it’s that time of year again when people start buying pumpkin-spiced everything and decorating their houses with maple leaves. One of the biggest reasons Fall is my…
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My Benefits and Joys of Learning a Language
As a person of color living in a multicultural household, I grew up with an early appreciation as well as a fascination for languages, communication, and language acquisition. I would…
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My Journey with Friendship and Loss
National Best Friends Day, a day to celebrate those amazing people in our lives who have held our hands through the darkest point of our lives and celebrated our greatest…
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Bi ‘til I Die: What it’s like being bisexual in a hetero-presenting relationship
As a bisexual ciswoman, pride in my sexuality has been important to me throughout my journey of coming out and being true to myself. As is so often the case,…
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I’m the Unnamed Opposite of the Femme Fatale
A little info about me and my journey on becoming the opposite of femme fatale. In the early days of my career, I was working for a Professional Theatre while…
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Special Lessons My Mother Taught Me
The relationships between mothers and daughters is a sacred and complex bond that cannot be understood by any onlooker, whether your relationship with your mother is positive or negative it…
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Microwave Millennials and Situationships
Many of us are unaware of the word Situationship. Situationships are relationships that involve everything EXCEPT commitment. “I do not have to care about you if I do not want…
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5 Ways I Learned to Improve My Sexual Journey during Quarantine
It’s hard to believe that it’s been over a year since we’ve been living with COVID-19 restrictions. Regardless of your home life, you are probably, like many women, finding it…
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Personal reflections on my sex education
Recently, I have begun reflecting more deeply on the messages I learned about sexuality and sex education when I was younger. I grew up in a Catholic household, the firstborn…
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Men are Men regardless of their Sexuality
Men are Men regardless of their Sexuality. Arising from online discussions I have learned about a common misconception particularly differentiating between heterosexual and homosexual men. This is the stereotype that gay…
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