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Is my vagina normal? Hell yes!  Vaginas – or more specifically, vulvas – come in all different shapes and sizes, but unfortunately society doesn’t always reflect this diversity. Research shows that looking at images of natural vulvas in a range of shapes and sizes can help improve women's satisfaction with their own genitals. But what we see in most mainstream media fails to show a real portrayal of labia shape and size. Scientific diagrams of vulvas – like those that we see growing up in school textbooks – pretty much just show a line. Explicit photographs are often photoshopped and perfected. [...]

What advice does a sex and intimacy coach have for our relationships? Dr. Stormy sits down with Brogan, Lead Copywriter at afterglow, to answer all of your relationship questions on sex, intimacy, porn, and pleasure.    Dr. Stormy is a mother; sex and intimacy coach; founder and creator of Love Deep Lab; and practitioner of sacred sexuality. She offers one-to-one sex & relationship coaching and is the host of the Love Deep Lab podcast that brings sex, science and sacredness practices to people around the world. She has an online intimacy course launching soon, as well as a clean, organic lube [...]

Porn is everywhere. But finding ethical LGBT porn on the internet that is made by queer people, for queer people can be a challenge. When you search for queer content on the free mainstream porn sites, you’re bombarded by porn that is made by the cishet male gaze, for the cishet male gaze. Two women making out? Hooray! A man joining them for a threesome that is actually all about his pleasure? Boo!    Whether you’re a lesbian looking for a hot threesome without a man, or a gay man looking for some all men erotica, it’s harder to find what [...]

Have you ever shrieked or said 'ouch!' when trying to insert a tampon, having penetrative sex, or touching your vaginal area? There may be a name for what you're experiencing and there are things you can do about it.

Is porn unhealthy? There are a lot of common beliefs about how bad porn is, but are they true? We weigh up some of the myths surrounding the negative sides of the adult industry

Are you looking for the best ethical porn sites? Look no further because we’ve rounded up some of our favorite websites and audio porn for your viewing pleasure. Have a browse and see what piques your interest. And don’t just take our word for it, try them for yourself.  Ethical porn sites we love ❤️ afterglow (this website!)  We are an erotic sexual wellness platform combining ethical porn with guided masturbations, partner exercises, and educational content to inspire the unabashed enjoyment of sex.  Our mission is to inspire great sex. We create porn that is hot enough to masturbate to, [...]

And they don't need the state to save them from themselves. Yet, Texas just barred women under 21 from working in strip clubs.

Have you ever made a sex painting? It’s a thing! In this article we give you step by step instructions as to how you can create your own sexual masterpiece and find the artist within while getting it on!

Despite what you may have heard, squirting is real. In fact, it's not just real, it’s actually pretty common. Yet it’s a sex act of mythical reputation and a hotly debated topic.  Everyone has something to say about squirting, whether it’s to tell you that it’s really pee (it’s not) or that it always shoots out like a fountain (it doesn’t). As our limited understanding of vulva bodies grows, everyone wants to know how to squirt or how to make their partner squirt. And although squirting has been around for a long, long time—think 300BC when it was depicted in [...]