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Best of V-Spot: Why Can’t I Have Sex Without Drinking?

Best of V-Spot: Why Can’t I Have Sex Without Drinking?

by Yana Tallon-Hicks | Jul 12, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, The V-Spot

Originally published June 14, 2016 Note: Sexual trauma is addressed in this week’s column. Editor’s note: Sex and relationship advice columnist Yana Tallon-Hicks is currently on maternity leave. While she’s gone, we’re reprinting some of her best columns of the past...
Best of V-Spot: Why Can’t I Have Sex Without Drinking?

Best of the V-Spot: 15 Reasons to Masturbate Right Now

by Yana Tallon-Hicks | Jun 28, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Food Booze and Beyond, The V-Spot

Editor’s note: Sex and relationship advice columnist Yana Tallon-Hicks is currently on maternity leave. While she’s gone, we’re reprinting some of her best columns of the past several years, and are looking forward to her return in September. In the mean time,...
Best of V-Spot: Why Can’t I Have Sex Without Drinking?

V-Spot: How Do I Get Over My Unhealthy Ex?

by Yana Tallon-Hicks | Jun 24, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Food Booze and Beyond, The V-Spot

Content note: This column talks about nonconsensual relationship dynamics. Hi Yana! I’m a pansexual woman currently in college. I had a really bad relationship for about three months, and I ended it about nine months ago. I struggle with depression, anxiety, and PTSD,...
The V-Spot: We’ve Got Different Love Languages

The V-Spot: We’ve Got Different Love Languages

by Yana Tallon-Hicks | Jun 17, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, The V-Spot

Hi Yana! My partner and I have been together for three years. In general we have a really great relationship with solid long-term goals in common and enjoy each other in many ways. However, it seems like occasionally we go through long stretches of poor communication,...
Best of V-Spot: Why Can’t I Have Sex Without Drinking?

V-Spot: The Love is There But the Sex Isn’t

by Yana Tallon-Hicks | Jun 10, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Food Booze and Beyond, The V-Spot

Hi Yana, Over the course of the last couple months my partner’s sex drive has slowly fallen off, and is now creating tension in our relationship. We’ve been together for nine months, and true to form, the beginning was full of passion, romance, and sexual exploration....
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