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“Honestly, I thought there was something wrong with my vagina”  Let me be clear, I once enjoyed sex and its full spectrum—solo sex, monogamous sex, casual sex, straight sex, gay sex, etc. But just as partners vary, so does the pleasurability.

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Or “a cognitive bias in which people wrongly overestimate their knowledge or ability in a specific area”  This year, I’m celebrating my tenth year in the publishing business. But my experience, when I think long and hard about it, sometimes feels

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But wait, there’s no such thing as a superfood  It was around 2011 or 2012 when I first heard the term superfood. The then-beauty editor of the magazine I used to work for was working on a story about a specific

And all the calories I burned just by breathing  My fitness level—depending on what variable we’re measuring, power strength, endurance, etc.—is maybe a little above average. I eat in moderation, exercise when I can and when I can’t, I try to

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Healthy ingredients you'll actually want to include in your diet  Whether or not you’ve delved into deep research about health and weight loss, chances are if we asked you to name a superfood, you could do so without any trouble at

checks shower drain, gets shocked  My hair has been cut, styled, colored, treated as far back as my pre-teens. I’ve gone from side-swept bangs to wispy and fringed, full color to (tacky) streaks and highlights, short to really long and 80s

More importantly, should you get in on it?  One particular visit to my son’s dentist had us talking about pregnancy and how it’s a little harder to get pregnant these days—yes, regardless of age. In the flurry of medical terms and

Tips on what and how to eat  It’s difficult to draw a line between right and wrong eating. Is there even a correct way to eat, or a right food to eat at the right time? With all kinds of celebrity-approved

It feels great and weird at the same. Here’s what you need to know about going commando, from the health benefits to when it’s most ideal to ditch that underwear

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