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My Partner Asked To Try Something New In Bed & I Froze. Can We Get Past It?

My Partner Asked To Try Something New In Bed & I Froze. Can We Get Past It?

Thanks for reading Can We Talk?, a monthly sex and relationships column that aims to tackle the burning questions you’re too afraid to ask your partner — or maybe even your besties. Every month, relationship therapist Moraya Seeger DeGeare, LMFT, will help you parse through your most heart-rending, complicated, morally ambiguous, […]

Why André Leon Talley’s Personal Style Was Revolutionary

Why André Leon Talley’s Personal Style Was Revolutionary

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Seth Wenig/AP/Shutterstock (12766399a) André Leon Talley, a former editor at large for Vogue magazine, speaks to a reporter at the opening of the “Black Fashion Designers” exhibit at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, . Talley, the towering former creative director and editor at […]

Are We All Having An Existential Crisis Right Now? Yes? Great.

Are We All Having An Existential Crisis Right Now? Yes? Great.

By the second half of December, I was starting to have a bad feeling about 2020 too 2022. It wasn’t just the rise of the Omicron variant and the fact that, suddenly, it seemed like everybody and their mother was testing positive for COVID-19 (though, luckily, many weren’t getting severely […]

Ask A Therapist: I’m Single & I’m Embarrassed About How Lonely I Am

Ever wondered what you’d say to a therapist, given the chance? We asked Dr Sheri Jacobson, a retired psychotherapist with over 17 years’ clinical experience and the founder of HarleyTherapy.com, for advice on the things we worry about in private. Have a question for a therapist? Submit yours for Sheri. Question: I’ve […]

This New Sexual Wellness Brand Will Help You Redefine Pleasure

This New Sexual Wellness Brand Will Help You Redefine Pleasure

Isn’t it odd that we spend so much time thinking about what we use on our bodies – agonising over complicated, 10-step skincare routines; observing intricate bathtime rituals – but pay hardly any attention to our sexual wellness products? Our moisturisers and eye creams are sustainable, vegan and cruelty-free so […]

The Ordinary’s Prices Are Changing – Here’s What You Need To Know

The Ordinary’s Prices Are Changing – Here’s What You Need To Know

There are countless reasons why pretty much all skincare obsessives always choose The Ordinary. On the surface, there’s the shelfie-worthy, apothecary-style dropper bottles — but our adoration goes a little deeper than that. For years the brand has championed and decoded the buzziest and most transformative skincare ingredients, like retinol, […]

As A Middle-Eastern Muslim American, Ms. Marvel Isn’t Something I Dreamed Would Exist

As A Middle-Eastern Muslim American, Ms. Marvel Isn’t Something I Dreamed Would Exist

Disney+ has finally found its Ms. Marvel, a newcomer ready to break down barriers and stereotypes. Iman Vellani, the daughter of Pakastani Muslim immigrants, will play Ms. Marvel, aka Kamala Khan, a Pakistani-American teenager growing up in New Jersey. While Ms. Marvel first appeared in 2014 as Marvel’s first Muslim […]

And Just Like That… Sex and the City Still Doesn’t Do Right By Black Women

And Just Like That… Sex and the City Still Doesn’t Do Right By Black Women

Sex and the City is such a pop-culture juggernaut that many Black women can make some reference to it, whether it be a love of the Cosmopolitan, a salute to Samantha’s sexual freedom, or — and this is just as embedded in its legacy as designer shoes — a callout […]

Jessamine Chan Takes Aim At “Good Motherhood” Worship In Her New Book

Jessamine Chan Takes Aim At “Good Motherhood” Worship In Her New Book

On January 4, editor Katie Adams tweeted: “Maybe I’m just not a good mom anymore. Maybe I used to be and now I’m just not and also I have no time to do anything else either.” It’s hard to fathom a mother who doesn’t feel this sentiment deep in her […]