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Vulva anxiety and the rise of labiaplasty

Vulva anxiety and the rise of labiaplasty

//Illustration by Madison Lauterbach | mlauterbach@msmayhem.com Editor’s note: The author has a personal relationship with the anonymous source in this article.    What do a so-called normal labia look like? Labia, which is Latin for lips, protect the vaginal...
The connection between sexual assault and pelvic health

The connection between sexual assault and pelvic health

//Illustration by Madison Lauterbach | mlauterbach@msmayhem.com Kelly Sammis thinks that sometimes we remain feeling broken because we don’t know things can be different.  Ten years after surviving a sexual assault in college, Sammis says her pelvis was speaking to...
The harmful myth of vaginal cleansing

The harmful myth of vaginal cleansing

//Illustration by Madison Lauterbach | mlauterbach@msmayhem.com Did you know that vaginal odor is the cause of unhappy marriages and broken homes? At least that’s what this 1950s Zonite douching ad wants you to believe.  Misogynist marketing tactics are not as passé...
The catastrophic barriers to treatment for endometriosis

The catastrophic barriers to treatment for endometriosis

//Rose Schlosser stares out a window in her Loveland home on July 2. Schlosser underwent endometrial ablation in 2012 for the endometrioma on her left ovary. She is one of the 6.5 million Americans who have the common but misunderstood gynecological disease. Photo by...