My goodness, it’s been a while! Happy New Year everyone! Thank you for starting the year right – with me. Today I chose to revisit the topic of STI(D)s because I would like us to start the new year with positive mindsets and safe sex practices. This post will also serve as a reminder that …
A conversation about STIs is not easy to have. There is so much stigma associated with them and it becomes exceedingly crippling when you take all that external stigma and internalise it. First, you have a hard time accepting that you, ‘of all people’ have an STI. All ranges of emotion may surface, including disgust …
Vaginal discharge consists of fluid from the uterus, cervix, and vagina. Vaginal discharge, like your menstrual blood, is completely normal and varies in consistency (thick, watery, sticky, etc.), colour, and volume under hormonal influences – where you are in your menstrual cycle, pregnancy, hormonal contraceptive methods/therapy, perimenopause, or menopause. Your vagina has a lot of …
I’ve only been engaging in anal and oral sex so I must still be a virgin because my hymen is intact. Uhm… it’s complicated? The problem with thinking that a penis going in and out of a vagina is the only sex that matters is that virginity starts being defined as an intact hymen. The …