Photographed by Tayler Smith.   It's a pretty shocking suggestion, one that's been the subject of many a frantic morning-after forum post: that if you weigh more than 165 pounds (in

Photographed by Jens Ingvarsson.

When we think of our menstrual cycles, we tend to think only of the exceedingly fun week of our period. But that ebb and flow of hormones can affect many parts of your life throughout the month — including our workouts.
  Some

Author's note: It’s been impossible to turn on the news or scroll through Facebook this week without finding a new story about Brock Turner. Unfortunately, this is not the first or last time a story on college rape will make the headlines. One in six American women will

Illustrated By Anna Sudit.

What follows is my interview with my partner after our first sex party (either individually or together), conducted over Gchat, condensed and lightly edited for clarity.
Him: You ready to have this out in the open?

Me: I don't

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When it comes to sex, am I normal? Though it's a question many of us have asked of ourselves, "normal" isn't the right word in this context, since it implies an attached "should." Let's go with "average" instead.

Illustrated By Anna Sudit.

  If you've escaped the classic blow job head push over the course of your sex life, you are a rare specimen — based on my data sample of straight women, at least. As I look back now, it’s sad that I ever let that shit

Photographed by Jessica Nash.  

My memories of sex ed live on a spectrum, from awkward to embarrassing to already-forgotten-because-I-blocked-out-middle-school-from-my-mind. Rarely do I remember these lessons being fun, let alone informative — and I was one