I spent such a long time telling myself that my body is not a battlefield. I let my body process trauma in the way it needed to, comforting myself with the words “my body is not a battlefield”.
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Come On, Get It On…
I’ve been having some serious hormone surges and crashes, because as well as starting a business while managing a chronic illness, I’ve made the decision to come off the Pill after twelve years.
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Mum is not the word.
This week, a chap has emailed into the show with this catastrophic problem:
“My wife doesn’t like it when I call her mum, even after twenty years of me doing it.”
Well, duh.
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My Cup Runneth Over
It’s day 4896 of my period. I am uncomfortable as hell, and I really don’t want to be using pads at the moment, partly because I have acne between my butt cheeks (delightful) and am feeling rather how I imagine how babies feel when they get nappy rash. In other words, it’s not good, my…
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Tis the season to be bitchy…
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
It’s not even November, and yet the insidious pre-Christmas diet peddlers are out in force.
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Recommended Read – The Purity Myth
My lovely humans, if you were intrigued by the notion that virginity is in fact a heteronormative social construct, then this is a book for YOU!
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Delusions of… Grandeur, I guess?
I saw a photo of myself at a networking event, and my first thought was THIS IS NOT GOOD. I look enormous. And I was confused, because I don’t *feel* enormous, and I don’t see myself that way when I look in the mirror. I was genuinely confused: my brain was having a proper “does…
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Well, that’s an awkward search history…
Dear few who read this blog, I must share with you a little story I heard earlier this evening. My MFEOBFF (made for each other best friend forever) and I met for a little dinner and a catch up this evening. After a lot of dinner, the Mandy Moo shared with me that today she…
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Of *course* someone has invented a VR/AI sex toy for men.
Now, I respect everyone’s right to get their rocks off, but I think the way this new sex toy is being marketed is perhaps a touch too “woke”.
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Forgive my fuzziness, I forgot to care.
“Oh, god, I’m sorry – I completely forgot to shave my legs. I’m single at the moment, so it’s just not been on my radar. Please excuse my fuzziness.”
Can you guess who I said this to?
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