The Smear Diaries – Two Sides of the Same Coin

With 1 in 3 women in the UK not taking up the invite for their cervical screening check, I’m striving to help women make informed decisions about their health. I’ve set out to share a variety of experiences of the cervical screening process – from invitation to after-party. Thank you to the women who’ve told…

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The Dreaded Smear Test

In the UK, we’re lucky to be offered cervical screening tests (previously called a ‘smear test’) every one to five years and yet, 1 in 3 women don’t take up the invite. Why do 1/3 of women miss their cervical screening tests? The main reasons include fear, embarrassment, not believing the test helps reduce the…

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Love Lessons from a Pandemic

We’ve all gone through stages of having a list of what we need and want from a partner. We may have added to the list over the years or removed from it. Perhaps we scrunched up the paper and chucked it in the bin because someone came along who fit none of our requirements but…

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The Dangers of “Neat and Tucked In”

Brighton, like the rest of the UK, is in the grip of a lockdown. To get through January, my housemates and I are keeping busy; we’ve enhanced our professional offerings, dressed up and conducted photoshoots for our new websites and found ourselves absorbed in great TV (because there is only so much time you can…

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6 Top Tips for Success on Dating Apps

I’ve been on and off dating apps for most of my twenties; I’ve tried all the popular ones and sought casual and monogamous relationships with men and women; I’ve been around the block – see blog! Sometimes I’ve deleted my dating profile because I’ve met someone and wanted to see where it progresses but other…

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To Pube or Not to Pube? It’s None of Your Business

Almost two years ago I wrote about my love affair with pubic hair and, amazingly, it’s the top post by which people stumble across this blog from Google. Aside from the catchy title and readers being enticed by a saucy topic, why else is it so popular? Is it because pubes are such a divisive…

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Top 100 Sex Blogs 2020

How exciting! Whilst being locked down in the UK, Molly at Molly’s Daily Kiss has been trawling through sex blogs to compile this year’s list of Top 100 Sex Blogs, sponsored by Chaturbate. I’m thrilled to be on the list (no. 52 for those who like a quick answer) and surrounded by amazing bloggers. All…

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Shibari Workshop

Earlier this week, my housemate and I tuned into Anatomie Studio‘s online Shibari class. The session focused on floor self-tying to learn key knots and rope positioning. So, we fetched our rope, poured two glasses of Bailey’s and plugged the Mac into the TV… We were ready to up-skill in Lockdown 2.0. Shibari, or Kinbaku,…

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Battlefield

The battlefield behind you
tells not of bloodied corpses
but of poppies;
each poppy a lesson learnt
from a romance
or a dalliance.

To navigate this war zone
you’ve used intuition and strategy –

Tantra: An Education

For the past few months, I’ve wanted to explore another side of my sexuality, particularly tantric sex. An educationalist at heart, when I read a glowing review of Tantra, the latest exhibition at The British Museum, I felt it would be the perfect introduction to this ancient practice. So on a rainy Wednesday in October,…

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