Tag: vaginismus

  • Why I’m excited about the Vagina Museum

    Why I’m excited about the Vagina Museum

    A photo of a pink knitted clitoris behind held but in front of a sign reading 'Camden Market' and a blue sky.
    Photo by Nicole Rixon.

    The Vagina Museum are currently crowdsourcing funds to make the world’s first bricks and mortar museum dedicated to vaginas, vulvas and the gynaecological anatomy a reality. Right now I don’t have much money myself to donate to their crowdfunding efforts, so instead I’m sharing some of the reasons I’m so excited about the Vagina Museum opening.

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  • Putting things inside me

    Putting things inside me

    Two fingers on book on bed, symbolising a vagina being touched. Photo.
    Image licensed through Adobe.

    I was thinking about my vaginismus over the weekend, and found this erotica piece half-finished in my drafts folder. The idea of a dominant, particularly one in a nurturing, care-giving role in our dynamic, helping me use dilators to help me work on putting things inside my vagina is hot, especially they also use orgasm control to motivate me.

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  • Blogger positivity: talking about vaginismus

    Blogger positivity: talking about vaginismus

    For this week’s Share Our Shit Saturday, I’ve collected three posts that all discuss a particular topic. Until recently I hadn’t heard of vaginismus (and please don’t ask me to say the word aloud!) but as I write this I’m almost completely sure that it is something I suffer from. Discovering that finding penetration painful is A Genuine Thing was so reassuring, and so I’m sharing the posts that helped me understand my body.

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