My vulva and I
By Lydia Reeves
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Description
An exhibition celebrating vulva diversity by Lydia Reeves.
These are the stories of all the people who have shared their relationships with their vulvas.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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200. Why are we all so confused?
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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199. Those talks never came and I felt too shy to ask.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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198. I began to look at myself with kindness rather than criticism.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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197. I love you with all your shapes, layers and cavities.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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196. I decided that my labia were grotesquely oversized and disgusting.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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195. I remember thinking vulvas were weird and dirty.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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194. A whole new self-loving vagina world is upon me!
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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193. I’ve sat there with a hand mirror, legs akimbo!
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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192. I'm queer and I'm so happy to be able to be open about it.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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191. I've worried more about what other women might think.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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190. Who knew the clitoris is more than the pea-sized nerve at the top!?
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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189. I was worried that my hair was too thick.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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188. I was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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187. I always seemed to have the worst luck.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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186. I had my first orgasm shortly after growing out my pubes at 19.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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185. I never really paid any attention to my vagina.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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184. I’m desperate to have an army of children!
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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183. It's been a little bit like trying to befriend a wild animal.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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182. I definitely didn’t have a ‘pussy’.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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181. At 9 years old I had my entire vulva rebuilt.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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180. I got diagnosed with genital warts and herpes in my teens.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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179. I had an incident with an applicator and ended up in A&E.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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178. What I saw was neither pretty nor ugly.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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177. ‘VULVAS ARE GORGEOUS!’
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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176. At 18 years old I found the courage and came out as gay.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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175. The good things started coming (including myself apparently).
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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174. I had a labiaplasty when I was 16.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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173. I decided to become celibate.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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172. After 2 years, the doctors realised I have a vaginal septum.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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171. My Vulva and I endured both violence and tenderness.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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170. It felt like getting my best friend back.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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169. Like a Barbie doll, we imagined ourselves with smooth, shiny empty areas between our legs.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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168. Lock up your aprons!
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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167. I was faking orgasms like nobody’s business.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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166. She was just doing what she does best; being unique and beautiful.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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165. She was so shocked and said, “What’s wrong with it, can’t you tuck it in?”
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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164. A past lover once described it as ‘messy - but in a hot way.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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163. I thought having pubic hair as a girl was embarrassing and dirty.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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162. I thought I was actually meant to be a boy.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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161. I had never looked at my vulva properly before doing this.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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160. She is the way she is, regardless of how many sit-ups I did.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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159. It gives me freedom I haven’t felt for years.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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158. I appreciate my little vagina warrior more than ever.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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157. I would like to apologise to all the vulvas I have said something bad about.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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156. It was almost as if I could not believe I had one of my own.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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155. He poked my vulva saying, "your vagina is podgy".
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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154. Feet together, knees apart.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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153. Occasionally I wished I could rewind before the game began.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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152. I was the recipient of a surgeon experimenting with her labiaplasty technique.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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151. My vulva has always been a loved aspect of my body.
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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150. Lady Foofington of Foofington Manor was born!
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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149. As long as I have control over them, I don’t care.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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148. A friend suggested buying a vibrator. I promptly bought three.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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147. I wanted the world to look at it with no sheet and no shame, so they could just fix it.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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146. I’ve been really lucky.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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145. People probably just closed their eyes if they did anything near it.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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144. Now having worked in the adult industry for 10 years, I love my vulva.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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143. I wondered if it would hurt if I just cut a little off..
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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142. One of my exes told me that it 'has character'.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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141. She's been a safe place.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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140. If I didn’t love it, how could I expect him to?
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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139. I would like to see more gender-neutral language used.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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138. It was merely the doorman to the main event.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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137. It looked pretty much like they do in the books.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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136. My period started at 9 years old, because of my early onset puberty.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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135. The casting was a really educational experience for me.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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134. My vulva does not need to be symmetrical or tiny to be beautiful.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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133. My vulva deserves to be immortalised and painted gold!
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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132. I was taught that your private parts were to remain private.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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131. I even had thoughts about cutting my bigger flap off.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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130. I was so confused by the sensations!
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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129. Now I know it holds the power of the universe...
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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128. I especially love the power and emotions it holds.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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127. I saw my vulva as something for men.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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126. It is what makes me feel like a woman.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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125. He insisted on referring to my vulva as a ‘taco’.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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124. It has suffered a bit of wounding with the childbirth.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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123. Now I really love my flaps because they're unique.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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122. Dumb jokes told by a set of talking labia.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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121. Less hating and more celebrating!
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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120. Could this be the road to vulva acceptance?
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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119. A boyfriend described mine as a perfect cheeseburger!
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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118. I used sex as a tool to keep my boyfriend’s love.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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117. I thought my hole had grown over!
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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116. I grew into a pissed off, feminist bitch.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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115. The birth of my first child left me feeling differently about my vulva.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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114. I went through a lot when I was diagnosed with stage III cervical cancer.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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113. Could a surgeon just chop that off for me?
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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112. I celebrate my greys, the starting of sag and the lines.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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111. She didn’t know how to love, value or respect herself.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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110. I couldn’t have sex spontaneously.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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109. I was so shocked to find a hole there!
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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108. Some like mullet’s, some don’t!
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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107. Why then had I learnt to connect to my entire body, but forgotten about my vulva?
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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106. Our pride should never be compromised.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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105. My magic. My home.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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104. When I started working as a stripper, I learnt about vulva diversity.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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103. It’s a magical & sacred space!
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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102. I wish I kept my beautiful natural vulva as she was.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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101. I remember looking at my vulva and thinking woah 'this is me'.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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100. I’ve learnt (or am still learning) to love every aspect of my body.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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99. I've started bleaching (and dyeing) my pubic hair!
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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98. I was simply just looking for validation.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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97. It’s just a part of my body, like an elbow.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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96. I want to look at myself with so much love and appreciation.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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95. I am not a woman. I am transgender.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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94. I bit the bullet and had a Labiaplasty operation.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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93. I’d never thought of someone judging me in that way.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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92. Everything will change, again. And again.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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91. I don't really like other people touching it.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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90. I've never been ‘up close and personal’ with any, other than my own.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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89. I genuinely thought that all vulvas were the same.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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88. Now I consider my vulva as a strength.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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87. Self-acceptance is easier when others open up with us.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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86. Such individual beauty cherished by the keeper.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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85. It has been powerful to fall in love with her fabulous uniqueness.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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84. We should learn to love the shell that we live in.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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83. She provides such an array of beauty to observe.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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82. I wonder what I would be like if it hadn’t happened.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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81. I researched what to do to perform the surgery myself.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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80. Our bodies are amazing and ever so resilient when we work with them.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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79. I had an experience where a man took away control from me.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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78. In a way, sex transcends my insecurities.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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77. I left the shop with what would give me my second orgasm (after six years of waiting).
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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76. I even reached for some scissors to cut off the ugly excess.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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75. How my vagina and vulva functioned has been a difficulty.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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74. I hide her away for fear of judgement.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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73. Damn I have a beautiful, amazing body and vulva!
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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72. I never considered ‘her’ to be anything of value.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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71. I'm happiest when I can come home and get naked.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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70. This is a beautiful part of me that should be treasured.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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69. He could have said ‘Great, I'll give you the Rolls-Royce of vaginas’.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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68. I’m still learning the things we can do for each other.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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67. It doesn’t give a fuck if society think it looks nice or not!
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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66. Most memories involved me having a hand down my pants.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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65. Two years ago I contracted herpes.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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64. The pain wasn't to be forever..
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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63. I shout from the rooftops the benefit of the bush!
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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62. She is my centre!
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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61. This is part of the blooming process.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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60. I’ve finally become the person I was meant to be.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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59. Pubic hair present = sex impossible.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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58. I feel the same as I do when I find pips in my satsuma. Slight disappointment.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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57. The list that has stopped me enjoying her has seemed endless!
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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56. ‘Actual vagina may differ from diagram shown.’
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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55. I shaved my vulva for most of my adult life... until recently.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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54. I felt grateful for my vulva.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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53. We freely spoke a lot about our bodies, sex and life.
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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52. I disrespected my vulva almost by pimping it out!
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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51. I started to feel as though I shouldn't have my vulva at all.
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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50. My vulva is the only thing in life that asks for nothing.
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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49. The more I fall in love with myself, the more I love her.
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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48. My vagina makes me feel powerful.
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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47. Each vulva is as unique as a fingerprint!
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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46. I finally saw naked women in natural environments.
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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45. I feel very very okay with my vulva.
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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43. I still feel the pressure to be hairless.
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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44. I visited my GP asking for labiaplasty. They declined.
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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42. It’s not always ‘worked’ perfectly.
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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41. There was suddenly so much to hate about myself.
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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40. I can choose who I share her magic with!
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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39. You are beautiful, powerful and a wonderful gift of nature.
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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38. Adenomyosis had arrived!
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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37. My vulva is not the ‘perfect vagina’ that we see in society.
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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36. My vagina represents feminine power, pleasure, pain and life.
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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35. I knew she worked but couldn’t figure out the controls.
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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34. I never hated it, I just wanted nothing to do with it.
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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33. A temple, a powerhouse, something to cherish.
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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32. I was convinced masturbation was a sin.
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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31. I was just never very bothered about aesthetics.
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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30. I started shaving my pubic hair in year 9!
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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29. “In a couple of days I will have one of those of my very own.”
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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28. For 4 years, having a vulva was dangerous.
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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27. I was finally diagnosed with Endometriosis.
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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26. I realised the power I had access to, and the connection I had with an inner source.
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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25. I struggled with relating any sense of gender to this one part of my body.
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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24. …she even drew me a diagram once!
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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23. It was more of a practical appreciation.
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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22. You can love your vulva for exactly what it is!
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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21. I spent many years deeply despising my body..
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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20. My genitalia was always a source of shame to me.
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Aug 22, 2021 |
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19. I can no longer plead ignorance to the love that my body, in its entirety, deserves.
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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18. I discovered masturbation very early on, and was pretty blown away when I did.
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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17. It takes a lot to look into the mirror.
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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16. I started noticing my vulva was really puffy.
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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15. I didn't have a relationship with it at all for many years..
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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14. For the last five years I have medically transitioned to male.
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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13. We’re friends now and we are learning to love one another.
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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12. I hope one day I’ll be able to fully embrace my body..
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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11. If I could give that 16-year-old me any advice it would be...
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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10. I was in control of my sexuality and the ways I expressed it!
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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9. It’s a part of me that doesn’t often get ‘admired’
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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8. I had sex with the light off to calm my insecurities
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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7. I thought that men would find any other colour unattractive.
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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6. I’m trying to learn ways to feel kind towards my vulva.
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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5. I had a look down there, and realised it was pretty!
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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4. Tequila shots, boys, and self-love.
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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3. I've come to realise that it is absolutely PERFECT the way it is!
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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2. This is for my daughter, her daughter, and everyone who comes next.
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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1. Here I am in all my gloriousness!
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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