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When trauma lives in the body: a journey toward vaginal literacy and healing
After the Manchester Arena attack, Julie Ann White discovered how trauma can live in the pelvis, and created an online vaginal literacy programme to help women know their normal.
No one ever told us sex should feel good
On the intersecting forces behind painful sex in women and why medical intervention alone won't fix it.
PCOS is now PMOS: What does the new name mean for women living with the condition?
In May 2026, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) was renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS). Here's why the name changed and what it could mean for women living with it.
The giant vibrator in the room
How a routine suggestion in pelvic floor therapy surfaced the shame I thought I'd left behind.
Closer to fine
After 27 years of misdiagnosis, Heather discovered that PMDD had quietly steered her whole life. She's sharing her story so others find answers sooner.
"We don't really know why this happens": what I wish someone had told me about vulvodynia and painful sex
Told at 25 that painful sex was just something some women live with, she later learned how treatable vulvar pain often is — and why the answers rarely reach the women who need them.
Anal cancer in women: Let’s talk about it
To the surprise of many clinicians, women make up the single largest group of people diagnosed with anal cancer. Yet it sits almost entirely outside the women's health conversation. Here's what every woman should know about the risk, the HPV link, and when screening is worth discussing.
The mind/body connection: Why what's happening in your head is happening in your body too
If sex feels like obligation, your body is already listening. Why the mind-body connection drives women's arousal, and how feeling safe changes everything.
Experiencing both sides of the stethoscope
A doctor who spent years undiagnosed with endometriosis reflects on navigating a healthcare system that repeatedly dismissed her symptoms, even as she worked within it.
Midlife desire – Where did my sexual self go?
Nearly half of midlife women report sexually related personal distress. A clinical psychologist and somatic sexologist unpacks the real picture: the hormonal, psychological, and relational factors driving low desire at midlife, and what it actually means for how you approach it.
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