Birth Control in Media, or the lack there of
Just a gentle reminder that you are influenced by media every day of your life. Sorry to break it to you - but everywhere you go, the...
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Slipp Health
- May 11
Are Blue Balls Real?
When does sex end? If you’re a woman who has had sex with men, chances are you’ve had an experience with sex automatically ending when a...
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Reya Health
- Apr 6
Your Non-Hormonal Birth Control Masterlist
What is Non-Hormonal Birth Control? Any method to prevent unplanned pregnancies that do not affect a person’s hormonal cycle. Typically,...
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Quinn Palmer
- Mar 17
How to Talk to Your Partner About Birth Control
Written collaboration with Marlow. Visit Marlow to read their blog on "How to Talk to Your Doctor About Birth Control" Talking about...
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Dallas Barnes
- Mar 2
My Body, My Boundaries: Conversations About Birth Control
There is much to be said about our relationships with our own bodies. From how it supports our movement, nourishes our lives, to how it...
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Guest Author
- Feb 24
7 Simple Ideas to Sexify Your Self Care Routine
2020 will be remembered as the year of stress, struggles, and hopefully self-care. Between the COVID19 pandemic, a stressful presidential...
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Quinn Palmer
- Feb 9
Birth Control Fear Mongering
Fear-mon-ger-ing /ˈfirˌməNGəriNG/ Noun The action of deliberately arousing public fear or alarm about a particular issue. To put it...
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Guest Author
- Jan 19
In Conversation with Reya: Empowerment And Autonomy In The Birth Control Sector
Article first featured on HerCampus, written by Sarah Cassidy We’ve all been there. Sitting anxiously in an OB-GYN office for the first...
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Guest Author
- Jan 12
Founder Feature: Medsur
*Note - Medsur Inc. has closed operations in 2021. We still love the message in this article and decided to keep it up! Let's amplify...
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Quinn Palmer
- Jan 5
Does My Period Sync With Other People's Cycles?
Cycle synching… go ahead and say that 5 times fast. But for real, what is it? Well, cycle synching is a phenomenon first studied in 1971...
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Lisa Hou
- Dec 15, 2021
Birth Control Cleanse: Not a Necessity
You know us - we believe that birth control has a necessity to say the least. Not all hormonal and non-hormonal options work for...
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Alana Heenan
- Dec 8, 2021
IVF and Egg Freezing: What to Consider
Pregnancy. In our youth it’s a topic many people speak of in either fear or future excitement. Something that often feels so distant. But...
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Jade Lamont
- Dec 1, 2021
Reya's Holiday Shopping Cheat Sheet
Maybe you’re like me and you get stressed out by shopping on a regular day. If you are, the holidays can be an extremely daunting time....
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Quinn Palmer
- Nov 24, 2021
Sex and Chronic Pain: As Personal As It Gets
Oh, hey. How are you? Are you having a good day today? I figured I should start with something friendly considering I am about to tell...
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Alana Heenan
- Nov 17, 2021
Vulva Smells and Myths
Another day, another cycle, another ‘is-that-a-normal-smell?’ in your Google search history as you face the age old question of, what is...
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Torie Leigh
- Nov 10, 2021
Vaginal Salve, My Saviour
If you ask me, our vaginas do not get the TLC they deserve — nor do we talk about it enough. Vaginas are personal. They do weird things...
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Jade Lamont
- Nov 3, 2021
Birth Control and Blood Clots: My Story
My first birth control method was Kyleena, a low-hormone intrauterine device (IUD). I didn’t know much about the world of birth control,...
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Quinn Palmer
- Oct 27, 2021
Considerations for Planning Your LGBTQ+ Family
As a woman in a same-sex relationship at the beginning of my family planning journey, it feels like a better use everyone’s time to...
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Lisa Hou
- Oct 20, 2021
10 Things People Do With Their Placenta
You kind of know what the placenta is. You probably know that it’s also referred to as the afterbirth. The placenta starts forming around...
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Dallas Barnes
- Oct 13, 2021
5 Differences in How I Talked About Birth Control in High School vs. Now
Being the founder of a contraceptive counseling platform, I talk about birth control a lot. I have open conversations about sex, sexual...
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