by Kesiena Boom 


I had sex for the first time when I was 17 years old. It wasn’t romantic or emotional, but it was hot as hell and gave me something totally new to write about in my diary. In all honesty, I did not contribute a lot to the occasion, apart from a fuck ton of newbie enthusiasm and a general aura of disbelief. A few years and a few more partners later, I am a little less clueless and much more proactive when it comes to fucking. These are some of the lessons I have learned from getting up to no good.

by Ariel C. Williams


As with many complicated matters within our community, discussions around sex are often seen as taboo, waffled or avoided for being too complex or provocative. But in this transformational age of womanhood, topics like sex—and specifically receiving pleasure from sex—have proudly found their way onto most women’s must-have lists. As progressive a change that this is, many women are still uncomfortable explicitly discussing pleasure when having conversations about sexual health and sexuality. In fact, the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals surveyed that 68 percent of patients “cited fear of embarrassing a provider as a reason for not broaching sexuality issues.”