CONTENT WARNING: This guest blog post contains graphic descriptions and discussion of abortion. This taboo blog post is co-written between a cis het couple 'C' (female) and 'P' (male). C & P want to start a family. They're committed. They communicate. They have chosen and biological family support. They have jobs. They live together. Despite... Continue Reading →
Everywhere we look these days, we're confronted by references to sex in some shape or form. Advertising billboards feature hot young things in suggestive poses with lascivious expressions on their faces, and so much music is still about sex and desire that it seems like it should be a normal thing to want. It might... Continue Reading →
The number of more positive articles on fat bodies is finally starting to increase, in the wake of the popularity of 'plus size' (ugh I hate that term) models like Ashley Graham, Audrey Ritchie and Tess Holliday. It seems like culture (and capitalism) has finally accepted that we're getting bigger, and that there's a lot... Continue Reading →
Once upon a time, a long time ago, I was diagnosed with vulvodynia, vestibulodynia, lichen sclerosus and a few other related things. If you haven't run across any of those terms before, as a shorthand, my (vulva-vagina type) genitals are allergic to themselves and hurt in almost every conceivable way, although these days not all... Continue Reading →
I haven't had a guest blogger week on Rarely Wears Lipstick since the days when I used to post regularly and wanted some content to schedule in before I went on holiday. At first I asked friends to write something, then I started to put callouts to my followers on social media. Every guest post... Continue Reading →
I wanted to start my blogging for Rarely Wears Lipstick with a short highlight reel of what and who I am. Then I came to realise that the "highlights" were more "full feature" length and probably should be shown in a small discreet shop in certain areas of London and Amsterdam! I don't so much... Continue Reading →