Your Guide to Fertility and Getting Pregnant

Here’s a primer on how to conceive, whatever your sexual orientation, gender identity or relationship status. By Brooke Borel The early scenes of “Private Life,” a 2018 Netflix film about a New York City couple who are trying to conceive, present an unsettling scenario for anyone pondering their biological clock: A 40-something woman wakes up …

I Spent Five Years Talking to Women Across the U.S. About Pleasure and Desire.

Here’s What I Learned About Inequality in the Bedroom By Katherine Rowland In the fall of 2014, I stood in a crowded auditorium as a parade of women described to regulators at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration how their libidos had been whittled down to a fraction of their former power. For some it …

To stop sexual and domestic violence, start in the classroom

By Ben Santos and David Martin As two prosecutors with decades of experience helping survivors of domestic and sexual violence in King County, we spend all day, every day responding to cases involving abuse. Over the last year, almost 5,000 survivors of sexual violence and their families sought help from the King County Sexual Assault …

10 Things Your Vibrator Can Help With That You Wouldn’t Expect

by Cassandra Corrado I’m officially dubbing 2020 the year of the vibrator. They’re just having a bit of a moment, you know? I’m not talking about the created-from-jelly-latex, transparent pink, rabbit vibrators that many of us still think of when you read the word “vibrator.” Nope — I’m talking about way more than just those. …

How estrogen and testosterone change your body as you age

By Meghan Collie Every part of your body — from your brain to your heart — needs hormones. They’re your body’s “chemical messengers,” according to the Hormone Health Network. “The glands of the endocrine system send out hormones that tell each part of your body what work to do, when to do it, and for …