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Marissa Gainsburg

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Womens health
9 Aug 2024
Unless youve been living under a pop-culture-deprived rock (if so, where and can I join you?), you know all about BDE. A quick refresher, anyway, in case you forgot: Big Dick Energy and its beloved acronym first showed up on the OG creator of shorthand, Twitter, circa June 2018, then took off when New York Magazines <a href="https://www.thecut.com/2018/06/pete-davidson-ariana-grande-big-dick-energy.html" id="de1235e8-3207-354c-acd6-b263399ff18a"> The Cut </a> used the term to describe Pete D...
BTE Is The New BDE—And You Already Have It
Womens health
7 Aug 2024
Out of all the go-to skills in your sex repertoire, giving a hand job is likely not one that you whip out often. Not because you're totally clueless about how to handle his penis, but because sometime after high school, the good ol' HJ lost its luster.
How To Give A Good, No-INCREDIBLE-Hand Job
Womens health
6 Aug 2024
Ive had to check a lot of boxes on many documents throughout my life (standardized tests, medical forms). All seemed normal, forgettable even. That is, until the day I visited a therapist in college and had to mark down my sexuality, in one of three choices-straight, gay, or <a href="https://www.womenshealthmag.com/sex-and-love/a22998344/what-does-bisexual-mean/" id="e4ab8763-834a-305c-a87b-bc7f8dfafd5b"> bisexual </a> . There was no "all of the above," no spectrum.
Confirmed: The 'Sexuality Spectrum' Totally Exists
Womens health
6 Aug 2024
Perhaps no sexual-wellness "aid" has created as much of a stir as the jade egg. Last year, Gwyneth Paltrow's wellness brand, Goop, had to pay $145,000 in fines for selling the eggs on their website with unsubstantiated health claims, per <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/05/health/goop-fine-california-gwyneth-paltrow/index.html" id="35fa327b-7c08-31d9-adae-539a070c64e2"> CNN </a> , and yet, they're still being talked about-and sold. Just, ya know, with very vague (or zero) descriptions.
Real Talk: Do Jade Eggs Have Any Actual Benefits?