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So you’re worried you’re still a virgin? Well, you’re not the only one

It’s freshers' week. You’re sat under fluorescent yellow lighting in someone’s dingy kitchen. The linoleum table is sticky with spilled Echo Falls, and the drinking games rage on. “Never have I ever been kicked out of a club,” someone declares. One person drinks. “Never have I ever been arrested,” the next person says. No one…

March 20, 20220Comments ByJasmine Parker

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World’s first vagina museum opens in London

A giant tampon soaked in glittery ‘blood’, 28 pictures of vulvas, and vagina notebooks. These are three of the items you can expect to see at the Vagina Museum that will open its doors on 19 March 2022. Sculpture of a tampon and a menstrual cup covered in glitter to represent blood. Image Credit: Amber…

March 17, 20220Comments ByAmber Middleton

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Quiz – Which sex toy are you?

Ever lain awake at night wondering whether you're more of a dildo or a vibrator? Ever strolled around Soho, peering in the windows, and questioned if you're more like fleshlight or a butt plug? Are you free-spirited like anal beads? Look no further - take Ellie Calnan's exquisite quiz and find out... [quiz-cat id="15063"] Enjoyed…

March 17, 20220Comments ByEllie Calnan

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This is what a cervical screening is really like

It’s awkward, invasive, often uncomfortable, and a third of eligible people don’t actually attend. You guessed it: cervical screenings – still known to many as the dreaded smear test. The government launched a new campaign in February of this year to increase uptake in cervical screenings – but what actually is a cervical screening, and…

March 16, 20222Comments ByOlivia Emily

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A guide to PrEP: the HIV-preventing pill

Sex is fun, and always should be. But fun comes with its own set of risks, so we at PRUDE want the sex you have to be as safe as possible. PrEP, a drug that prevents the spread of HIV, is one way to make sure that you can do that. HIV treatment has come…

March 16, 20220Comments ByIsaac Muk

‘I would think about it during sex’: when porn becomes a problem

“The first two weeks were hard,” says 20-year-old student Nico*. “I got physical withdrawals, like insomnia, and I got angry over little things. I couldn’t get those same dopamine hits anymore.” You might think these are the side-effects a recovering alcoholic would experience. But no, Nico’s affliction is the result of something 74 per cent…

March 15, 20221Comment ByGeorgina Crothers

Being your partner’s first

Have you ever found yourself biting your cheeks at the mention of your ex’s name? Does picturing your partner being intimate with someone who came before you heighten every insecurity, or make you green with envy? Do you find yourself resenting your partner for showing someone else that same care and attention, a feeling quickly…

March 14, 20220Comments ByLilith Hudson

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First condoms approved for anal sex

For the first time ever, the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have approved a condom to be marketed as suitable for use during anal and vaginal sex. The condom, manufactured by Global Protection Corp, was authorised on February 23. The company requested that the FDA allowed them to label their condom - called…

March 14, 20222Comments ByEve Edmunds

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The invisibility of trans men with ovarian cancer

The 2001 documentary film Southern Comfort chronicles the final year of Robert Eads’ life. A transgender man living in Georgia, USA, Eads died of ovarian cancer because over 24 doctors refused to treat him out of fear that by doing so, they would damage their medical reputations. No doubt, the British healthcare system today is…

March 14, 20220Comments ByLottie McGrath

Sustainable periods: easy changes to make your (re)cycle more eco-friendly

When you’re forced to use a public bathroom during your period, it seems like there’s no louder sound in the universe than the crinkle of the plastic tampon wrapper or pad packet cutting through the silence. Tampax, the UK’s leading tampon brand, even boasts the quietness of their tampon wrappers to make their users more…

March 14, 20221Comment ByOlivia Emily

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