To be desired is one thing. To be seen—truly, vulnerably seen—is another. For many, especially when it comes to sex, the difference is monumental. Desire can be performed. Pleasure can be faked. Bodies can be positioned, filtered, edited, and lit just right. But to allow yourself

The Gendered Silence Around Sexual Needs From a young age, many of us are taught how to be desirable—but not how to desire. We’re shown how to attract, perform, and please, but rarely how to listen to our own needs—especially when those needs are sexual. This silence is n

Internalized Shame in Sexual Expression How many times have you softened a desire just to make it palatable? How often have you asked for less than you need—sexually, emotionally—so you don’t seem “needy,” “greedy,” or “too much”? There&

How Society Tames Female Sexuality What happens when a woman wants? Not just love, but pleasure. Not just romance, but raw desire. Society tightens the leash. From ancient laws to modern beauty standards, female sexuality has rarely belonged to the woman herself. It’s been monitored

How We’ve Turned Intimacy Into a Stage Intimacy is supposed to be real. Messy. Vulnerable. Human. But somewhere along the way, it became theater. We stopped being in our bodies and started performing them. We replaced presence with poses, curiosity with scripts, connection with cho