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The V-Spot: SOS! I’m Spaced Out During Sex

The V-Spot: SOS! I’m Spaced Out During Sex

by Yana Tallon-Hicks | Oct 3, 2016 | Articles, Columns, News, Newsletter, The V-Spot, Wellness

Yana, I need your expertise!I’m a 19-year-old guy in a hetero relationship. I was pleasuring my partner last night and I realized I stopped being present and could not become present again. She picked up on it and, well, I really wanted to be present for it but I...
The V-Spot: SOS! I’m Spaced Out During Sex

The V-Spot: I’ve Had Enough With Vaginismus

by Yana Tallon-Hicks | Sep 19, 2016 | Articles, Columns, News, Newsletter, The V-Spot

Editor’s Note: Sexual trauma addressed in this week’s column.Hi Yana,I really appreciate your column and the work that you do. I have a really embarrassing sex problem. I was sexually abused throughout various parts of my life, starting in my childhood and going into...
The V-Spot: SOS! I’m Spaced Out During Sex

The V-Spot: My 2-Minute Orgasm

by Yana Tallon-Hicks | Sep 12, 2016 | Articles, Columns, Newsletter, The V-Spot, Wellness

So, I was masturbating last night and set a timer. It took me under two minutes to orgasm. However, when someone else in involved, it takes forever or doesn’t happen at all. I can count the times it’s happened on two hands.Every time I masturbate it’s like...
The V-Spot: SOS! I’m Spaced Out During Sex

The V-Spot: Consent, It’s Not Just for Students

by Yana Tallon-Hicks | Sep 6, 2016 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Newsletter, The V-Spot

Thankfully, consent is becoming a big topic on college campuses. However, most conversations about consent overfocus on the damaging outcomes of the failure to ask for consent rather than engaging students in learning the benefits of ongoing conversations about...
The V-Spot: My Sexual ‘A’ is Not a Scarlet Letter

The V-Spot: My Sexual ‘A’ is Not a Scarlet Letter

by Yana Tallon-Hicks | Aug 22, 2016 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Leisure, Newsletter, The V-Spot, Wellness

Dear Yana,I was recently discussing your column with some new friends I met through Pioneer Valley Aces, a local group of individuals who identify as aromantic and/or asexual. I wasn’t the only one of us who appreciated your witty way of reassuring those who...
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