Parenthood

by Forest | May 5, 2026

Part One: Becoming Parents “Do you get to choose how many kids you have?” my 7 year old niece asked me last week.  “Sometimes,” I replied. She cocked her head at me.  “I wanted 2 daughters, I had one, and I ended up with none,” I said. Her mouth fell open.  ...

The Wise Auntie: Celebrating Childfree Life

by Jacqui Chaplin | May 5, 2026

Mine is a childfree life… Over time I’ve come to realise that the idea of having children was driven by the societal norm of my era… it was never a desire I had… it was just what I was supposed to do in my 20s. Get married, have kids. In my 20s and early 30s I thought...

Becoming a Woman Meant My Body was Not My Own – That my Body could make Good Men do Bad Things

by Carlin Ross | Apr 27, 2026

I was raised in a Christian Fundamentalist family. We didn’t go to school. We didn’t own a television. Growing up every piece of clothing I ever wore came out of a goodwill bag except for my Easter dress. Easter was the most holy holiday when Jesus resurrected from...

My First Sexual Experience Was Assault

by Laura Bogush | Apr 27, 2026

I resisted writing about the topic of nonconsensual touch. I’ve learned that whenever I experience resistance, it’s something that I need to explore. So here I am, about to share a memory that I haven’t talked about much. I grew up in the Ohio countryside, surrounded...

Mapping the Nerves of the Internal Clitoris

by Carlin Ross | Apr 19, 2026

Recently, Dr. Ju Young Lee built upon the research of Dr. Helen O’Connell and created a complete 3D mapping of the nerves of the clitoris. What they found was extraordinary.  There are several complex tree-like branching nerves that innervate the mons pubis,...

My Body is Mine

by Jacqui Chaplin | Apr 13, 2026

Non-consensual touch started young for me. I had to kiss or hug my uncles and aunties when I saw them… and, because ‘she meant well’ and ‘it’s how she is’, it was okay for my Italian neighbour to pinch my cheeks – hard! Fortunately for me, while those things were...