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Real Talk: Walking with Lions (While on my Period)

Updated more than a week ago

The original plan was shark diving. The night before we were suppose to go, we learned ...

Ask a Dude: Okay... So What's a Period?

Updated more than a week ago

We decided to dig little deeper and ask a couple dudes some questions about us ladies and all our business. Starting with... What's a Period?

Real Talk: Why I Decided to Try Celibacy and What I Miss Most

Corinne Collins /

Updated more than a week ago

Anyone who has ever embarked on that crazy world called dating (which, these days, is mostly Netflixing and chilling), knows that it is a scary place out there. Even my married friends look on with the deepest pity and say things like, “If I had to date right now, I would literally kill myself.”

Real Talk: When I Thought I Only Had Two Holes Down There

Corinne Collins /

Updated more than a week ago

I always thought that I only had two holes, one in the front and one in the back.

Real Talk: An Open Letter To Guys I Date This Winter

Corinne Collins /

Updated more than a week ago

I feel that, because of how completely unimaginably ridiculous my dating experience was this summer, there are a few things that we should clear the air on right now so that we can go into this winter dating season with our best foot forward.

Real Talk: I Got Herpes and Guess What... It Didn’t Kill Me!

Updated more than a week ago

I know, I know. Herpes, eww! Shut up. Most of the American adult population has herpes - orally, anyway. Have you ever had a cold sore? Congrats, you have herpes.

Real Talk: How I Tamed My Angry, Upset Stomach

Mariah MacCarthy /

Updated more than a week ago

For years and years, I had a terribly upset stomach. I got diarrhea every week, sometimes every day. (I did warn you.) It didn't matter what I did.

Real Talk: I'm Super Horny During My Period

Jessica Lollino /

Updated more than a week ago

I am in a menstrual malaise. My lower half is throbbing in spasmodic pain, while my breasts respond in agony to the slightest breeze that passes by. I feel like the least sexy woman in existence and quite possibly as bloated as the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. So, why the &$%@ am I so horny during my period?

Real Talk: The Reality of Having a Period as an Athlete

Katherine Barner /

Updated more than a week ago

We all fell in love with Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui when, at the Olympics this year, sh...

Insane Things My Period Would Say if My Uterine Walls Could Talk

Andrea Wesley /

Updated more than a week ago

While we fight the demon off in whatever ways we can, like some sort of warped female warrior period survivalist, our uterine walls have something to say (and often do) in retaliation to our efforts.

Real Talk: What it's Like to have a Hormonal IUD

Mariah MacCarthy /

Updated more than a week ago

I have virtually no period anymore. I spot for about three days a month, I cramp a tiny bit on my first day, but the pain is about 20% of what it used to be. I used to cramp so intensely every month that I would seriously consider calling in sick. Now, I don't even take Advil.