In The Media
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If You’re Going Through Something Hard, Make Art About It
I should have known something was different when I couldn’t put the tampon in. I thought that maybe I was just scared or uncomfortable with…
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A Conversation With Bonnie Gross, Lady Parts Screenwriter
Last week, I attended the Florida Film Festival in Orlando, in my capacity as a juror in the Narrative Feature category. Over the course of…
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My Broken Vagina Has Me At A Loss For Words
I just finished reading Fran Bushe’s memoir, My Broken Vagina, and wow. I’m almost at a loss for words. I had to wait 8 months…
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New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life
I’ve been really excited about Come as You Are, by Emily Nagoski. I finished reading it in a month, and though I could’ve done it…
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The Pleasure Plan: One Woman’s Search For Sexual Healing
The Pleasure Plan: One Woman’s Search for Sexual Healing details Laura Zam’s personal journey with vaginismus and her advice for others out there suffering the…
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He Left Me Spoiled Rotten
Trigger warning: this story is about abuse. To spoil is defined as “to diminish or destroy the value or quality of.” I remember both the…
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Explore The Principles of Pleasure
The Principles Of Pleasure Netflix documentary explores how people identifying as women experience sexual pleasure, the myths history has bestowed on us, and the facts…
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Living With(out) Sex
Today I’m covering a little self help book on vaginismus I just finished: Living With Sex: The Secret to Solving a Big F*cking Problem. This…
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Religious Shaming, The Influence Of Media And Our Societal Conditioning: Jana’s Story
I’m a rather sensitive person that soaks up information like a sponge, being influenced (and confused) by different attitudes and opinions. I often do not…
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Come As You Are – Perfect, As You Always Have Been
I clearly remember… As I went deeper and deeper down the slippery slope of pain, my desire for sexual acts diminished. I mean of course…
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The More Tightly Wound We Are, The Stronger We Can Break Free: Shelby’s Story
Watch Tightly Wound, a film by Shelby Hadden and Sebastian Bisbal. Writing and making the film did force me to re-live some of my experiences,…
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Mostly, Sex Hurts: Fran Bushe’s Story
“Have a glass of wine to loosen yourself up a bit?” These words were said to me by a doctor a few weeks before I…