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April 26, 2017

4 Lessons #GirlBoner Has Taught Me So Far

Hi, friends! As you may know if you follow me on social media, I recently signed a book deal with Amberjack Publishing, an incredible team I am so jazzed to be working with. (Major Girl Boner, obviously!) I thought I’d celebrate blog-style today by sharing a few of the biggest lessons my GB journey has […]


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Published on April 26, 2017 06:51

April 23, 2017

How to Turn On Your Power and Invite More Pleasure

turn on (verb):  to activate; to cause an intensely pleasurable experience; to excite sexually turn off (verb): to  deactivate; to disgust or deter pleasure; to block or reverse sexual arousal What are your biggest turns ons? What about your biggest turn offs? If you’re like me, your mind immediately jumped to what other people might do—or not do—to either rock your world or fill […]


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Published on April 23, 2017 15:44

April 17, 2017

Risks, Whips and Pleasure: 4 Common Myths About Kink and BDSM

“When you don’t have the burden of living with unexplored fantasies, life becomes interesting again.” ― Goddess Severa Goddess Severa has come a long way since her straight-laced beginnings. Raised with Victorian-style expectations, her BDSM inclinations surfaced in early childhood, when she fantasized about spanking. She learned to withhold her preferences when a partner called her “freaky,” until she moved to NYC on […]


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Published on April 17, 2017 08:55

April 10, 2017

How to ‘Come Out’ of your Comfort Zone

When’s the last time you “came out?” No longer merely a term for revealing one’s gayness (and hopefully we won’t even need to use it there one day), we should probably thank LGBTQIA folks who’ve inspired the terminology we can all benefit from. Anyone who has ever come out as who they truly are is a brave badass worth […]


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Published on April 10, 2017 08:56

March 31, 2017

Here’s how to REALLY better the world.

Imagine driving home on a cold winter’s night when, out of nowhere, stabbing pain fills the area behind your eyes. Then it’s as though a curtain drops around you. In a snap, you are completely blind. That’s exactly what happened to Linda Cruse some years ago, before she became the celebrated humanitarian aid worker and social entrepreneur […]


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Published on March 31, 2017 11:20

March 27, 2017

Waxing, Steaming and Vajazzling – OH MY!

Do you ever stop to think how incredible the vagina is? It allows for mind-blowing pleasure, cleans and lubricates itself better than any self-cleaning oven, enlarges during intercourse and can even push out tiny humans. No matter what the shape size or color, vaginas are beautiful and fierce. So why do so many of us futz with […]


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Published on March 27, 2017 14:07

March 20, 2017

Feeling Not Good Enough: Effects and Solutions

Raise your hand if you’ve ever felt “not good enough.” Yep, that’s what I thought! We can all lower them now. So many factors can lead us to feel insufficient including pressure from others, societal messaging, toxic relationships, abuse or neglect and more. While occasional bouts are especially common and no cause for alarm, severe and long-lasting symptoms […]


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Published on March 20, 2017 08:46

March 12, 2017

Blossoming and Badassery: A #BOAW2017 Wrap-up

Okay, y’all. You ROCKED the Beauty of a Woman BlogFest VI! Every year the festers blow me away, and every year I have trouble articulating how awesome you all are. THANK YOU for sharing your words and stories, supporting fellow contributors and standing up for real beauty and the beauty of sexuality. Collectively, your messages […]


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Published on March 12, 2017 12:08

March 6, 2017

The Beauty of a Woman BlogFest VI!

“The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes…the place where love resides.” — Sam Levenson Welcome to the Beauty of a Woman BlogFest VI! To say I’m […]


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Published on March 06, 2017 09:03

March 2, 2017

When You Prefer Quickies and Your Guy Takes His Time

If you follow Girl Boner® you know there’s little I dig more than debunking myths and potentially harmful stereotypes about gender and sexuality. Last week on Girl Boner Radio we addressed a biggie thanks to a listener. Myth: All men want the “wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am” and all women need and desire ample time for sex. Reality: There are plenty of guys who prefer […]


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Published on March 02, 2017 07:40