The Wise Auntie: Celebrating Childfree Life

The Wise Auntie: Celebrating Childfree Life

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...
My First Sexual Experience Was Assault

My First Sexual Experience Was Assault

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

Mapping the Nerves of the Internal Clitoris

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

My Body is Mine

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...
My Body Knew The Whole Time

My Body Knew The Whole Time

I knew when I was three. My mom always told me that if anyone ever asked to see or touch my body to tell her immediately. Always come and tell. When I was three years old we lived with my parents friend who had teenage boys. They were babysitting me, and they brought...