Sex Education stands out for focusing on the emotional impact that sex can have on discovering yourself, over and over again. I’ll admit: When Sex Education first aired on Netflix back in 2019, I was skeptical that they were going to get it right. Long before the show aired, media portrayals of sex education were...
Category: Sex and Health
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Sex education courses need to include asexuality
Students aren’t being taught in formative sex education courses that asexuality is in fact a valid sexual orientation, leaving some ace students feeling lonely or “sexually broken.” This essay discusses sexual coercion and mentions r*pe By Ebony Purks Since coming out as asexual a little over a year ago, I’ve noticed how adequate asexual representation...
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Enby Is For Enbies. Wild Flower Sex Is Trying To Claim Ownership Of The Term.
Enby is for an entire marginalized community. It should never be privatized and owned. The lengths to which white people will go to claim illegitimate ownership is unconscionable. Wild Flower Sex is at it again. This time, they are callously attempting to trademark the term “enby” for their sex toys and shut down a Black...
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Disrupting Mental Health Stigma with Amanda Rosenberg
Both Tauruses, Amanda Rosenberg and I are no stranger to attempting to cure our mental illness by bulldozing our way through it. CW: This story mentions sexual violence and suicide. My vocal self-advocacy after surviving sexual violence has more often than not put me at odds with my parents. In the immediate aftermath of the...
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Minority Health Month: A Wear Your Voice Reading List
For Minority Health Month our reading list illustrates how settler-colonialism is an ongoing project dependent on ensuring that health inequities affecting BIPOC continue to thrive. April is National Minority Health Month. Like many different iterations of white supremacy and systemic oppression, “good health” is discussed in ways that put the onus of health on the...
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Beyond The Dick Pic: A Guide To Taking Artful Nudes
Taking nudes allows you to explore your body; to fall in love with what you see reflected on the other side of the flash; to see your body in ecstasy. By Sherronda J. Brown, Lara Witt, and Da’Shaun Harrison Humans have appreciated nude art for centuries, as well as nude photography and recordings for as...
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What It’s Like To Have OCD During A Pandemic
As the world rushes to buy hospital masks and latex gloves, my OCD has made me feel like I am in on some kind of secret: the true cost of fear and panic. TW/CW: this article mentions suicidal ideation By Gloria Oladipo These past few weeks have been surreal for me. As someone who has...
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A Newcomers Guide To Social Distancing And Working Remotely
This temporary social distancing is new for so many, and as we all do our part to help flatten the COVID-19 curve, here is a guide to help you adjust. Our work at Wear Your Voice allows us to do everything remotely. We are pretty spread out as a team, with folks in multiple different...
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How Cannabis Can Improve Your Sex Life If You Live With Chronic Pain
Everybody’s favorite green plant can help disabled people and those with chronic pain find intimacy with the comfort and pleasure they deserve. By Mari “Dev” Ramsawakh I’m a disabled person who deals with chronic pain. I also love sex. What I don’t love is pain, but it’s something that I have to endure every day....
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Cannabis and PTSD: Holistic Healing For Survivors Of Sexual Violence
Cannabis shows promise of truly holistic healing for survivors of sexual trauma as a tool for physical, emotional and spiritual recovery from PTSD. TW: mentions of sexual assault, PTSD By Ashley Keenan We are failing survivors of sexual assault and sex-based violence with a lack of holistic treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD disproportionately...