Beauty is God-given. Oh, hang on? How about a Goddess-given ideal of beauty?
Just like we honour old trees, their strength and beauty. How about honouring the beauty and strength of older women? A Goddess-given ideal of beauty. What would be the appearance of this beauty? We would love wrinkles because they show how much you have smiled and laughed together! We would love our grey hair because…
Free Bleeding – my experience and why the term might be misleading
Recently in women’s magazines a new topic has come up: “free flow” or “free bleeding”. No, do not fear, this does not mean just letting the blood run down your legs to fight the taboo around menstrual blood! What is “free bleeding”? The idea behind free bleeding is quite simple. The blood is naturally released…
One orgasm or many? And what football has got to do with it?
Women experience and describe different forms of orgasm, e.g. clitoral, vaginal, cervical, breast and whole-body orgasms. Nevertheless, debate in scientific circles still rages as to whether different forms of female orgasm actually exist (Jannini et al., 2012). One team of researchers called the Puppos, consisting of father and daughter (an interesting combination!), insists that all…
Menstruation – Honouring the blood
Looking at the taboo surrounding menstrual blood in Western societies, I feel the need for a shift to pay honour to and celebrate our cycle more. What do you associate with the menstrual flow? Oftentimes for us bleeding beings it is related to discomfort and pain, or even shame. It is seen as dirty, smelly,…
What every daughter needs to know before hitting puberty!
Dear mothers, aunts, big sisters, grandmothers, godparents, It is on you to prepare the growing girls in your life for the fact that with the onset of puberty not only do pubic hair and the breasts start growing but, very importantly, the labia also begin to grow and change. This is rarely talked about! For…