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Welcome to Real Talk, where we discuss all things identity, body, and sex care without shame or filter. No taboos, no clichés, just real-life experiences so you won’t feel so alone. We’re all in this together!
BY SHEMS ROCHA
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What Does Self-Love Actually Mean? On Pleasuring Myself and Learning to Be More in Tune with my Body
As I pushed the limits of my body I realised self-love is a practice that can pay off in more ways than one
BY SHEMS ROCHA
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The choice was never between being a domestic goddess and a total exile from the kitchen. It was about going at my own pace, without fear.
BY HANNAH TURNER
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Seeing Beyoncé give the middle finger to the assumption Black women can't wear blonde hair was an awakening
BY MIDE OLABANJI
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As a trans person, my recent experience of being in a play with a trans writer, director and mostly trans and non-binary cast had a profound impact on me - and proved once again why authentic representation in performing arts is so important
BY LEN LUKOWSKI
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On my birthday, I came across a letter I wrote to my younger self and was shocked by how harsh I was, solely focused on pleasing society and my family. Now I'm learning to be kinder to myself, and do what makes me happy
BY LYNDA NDUBUAKU
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This feeling is intangible and ineffable. But it's worth waiting for.
BY MICHELE THEIL
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The month of Ramadan is probably one of my most active ones of the year, since I’m more connected to myself
BY CHOUROUK GORRAB
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Facing yet another devastating diagnosis, I am now forced to make long term decisions I wish I didn’t have to make so soon
BY HANNAH TURNER
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As I embark on a 45-day journey through Mexico, emotions are quite high, a mix of worry and excitement
BY CHOUROUK GORRAB
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Now in my thirties, I have finally realised that the only person I should try to impress is me
BY JENNIFER HAKIM
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Is the speedy evolution of our vocabulary fully benefiting us, or will it discourage some of us from speaking up?
BY CHOUROUK GORRAB
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It took me years to break away from heteronormative norms and truly appreciate nature’s gift
BY SHEMS ROCHA
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Everything I worry about clears away with the crystalline clarity, and I feel my pain recede, giving me respite in the healing waters
BY CATRIONA MORTON
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After a 16 months-hiatus, live music is back, and I’m finally putting the pieces of myself back together
BY MEGAN WRAY
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I've now started living as the creator of my own reality - and it's been an act of liberation
BY SOPHIE LAU
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When my friend's bad date turned out to be sexual assault, I felt dizzy and nauseous - because I could relate.
BY MAHEVASH SHAIKH
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What happens when you go back to male-dominated gaming events when you don't look 'visibly queer'?
BY SAM MOORE
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"It is only when you step back, stop looking at the wires one by one, microscopically, and take a macroscopic view of the whole cage, that you can see why the bird does not go anywhere." (Marilyn Frye)
BY MICHELLE FAN
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Coming out stories are as diverse as people
BY JENNIFER HAKIM
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There’s still so much we don’t know about menstruation that, as adults, we are still startled by what having our period really looks like - over and over again.
BY SHEMS ROCHA
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I used to think I had complete control over my body, until I met ‘him’: the ultimate Z list woke boy and friend of feminists, outed for toxic behaviour a year later
BY AMI VENRAR
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I learned the pill is so much more than a contraceptive for disabled people like me
BY FRANCESCA HUGHES
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"I worried about my safety because people are often driven to harm others simply because they cannot stand their existence."
BY JENNIFER HAKIM
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Living in America, the culture of Parsi Zoroastrians lives through me - and through the food I brought with me
BY RHEA DHANBHOORA
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For years I obsessed over my capacity for commitment and love, until I looked up my symptoms and found out the truth
BY ADRIANNA NINE
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“I’m incredibly proud that I came out despite having very low self-confidence."
BY JENNIFER HAKIM
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It is possible to change the story we tell ourselves
BY DA YOUNG LISA PARK
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“For me, transitioning was an act of self-love.”
BY JENNIFER HAKIM
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Reconnecting to natural roots leads the way to self love
BY MAXINE HARRISON
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You really don't need to look perfect on your first try.
BY SAM MOORE
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What does it mean to be a true European?
BY AISHANATASHA ADISASMITA
Coming out stories are as diverse as people.
BY JENNIFER HAKIM
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Just because we look fine doesn't mean we are
BY LAVONNE ROBERTS
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The only fresh start 2020 brought was towards the unknown.
BY NOEMIE HUREL
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