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Love And Other Thought Experiments
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VOICES
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ELEANOR MARGOLIS reflects on what she wishes she’d learned at school
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VALENTINO VECCHIETTI on how trauma can affect our relationship with our body
Things that go buzz in the night
OLIVIA JONES on hidden pleasures, unfair stigma and why The L Word was toying with us
FEATURES
IN BED WITH STEVIE BOEBI
YOUTUBE’S LEADING LESBIAN SEX GURU TALKS PLEASURE, PAIN AND FINDING HER PERFECT PRIMARY PARTNER WORDS ROXY BOURDILLON
Masturtation*
*Meditative masturbation, used to aid creativity and “flow”
How it’s made
GEMMA MANCINELLI VISITS SH! WOMEN’S EROTIC EMPORIUM IN EAST LONDON TO FIND OUT HOW SEX TOYS ARE MANUFACTURED
BUZZWORDS
DIVA’S GUIDE TO GIVING A TOSS (WHILE TOSSING OFF) WORDS DANIELLE MUSTARDE
CULTURE
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Whether you’re a lifelong Moomin reader or an admirer
OWN YOUR GENDER
“WE CAN DO THIS THING CALLED GENDER DIFFERENTLY, IF WE WANT TO” WORDS DANIELLE MUSTARDE
track of the month
Bulletproof singer La Roux is back and she is ready
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KAT HALSTEAD is a writer and movie buff with a penchant
of the best…lez/bi sex scenes on TV
DIVA fave Kristen Stewart stars in this stylish biopic
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SINGER-SONGWRITER LIZ LAWRENCE CHATS TO DANIELLE MUSTARDE ABOUT TAKING LIFE LESS SERIOUSLY, TRUSTING YOUR GUT AND BECOMING A DIY MUSICIAN
REAL TALK
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TO MARK 20 YEARS SINCE THE BAN ON LGBTQI PEOPLE SERVING OPENLY IN THE MILITARY WAS LIFTED, WE TALK TO WOMEN OUT IN THE FORCES
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Sexual health in numbers
DIVA TAKES A SNEAK PEEK AT NEW SEXUAL HEALTH STATS FROM THE LGBT FOUNDATION WORDS SOPHIE GRIFFITHS
SEX
Let me be your fantasy
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SEXY BITS
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