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Female masturbation and the perils of pleasure

Dr Kate Lister exposes the brutal 19th-century ‘cures’ for women who indulged in masturbation.

  • Article

Performance art, frozen in time

For over a year, live performance art with an audience present has been largely impossible. But still images continue to allow artists in this sphere to inspire audiences at home.

  • Photo story

My body, my hair

To depilate or not to depilate? Farah Esset and Eden Rickson share a collection of personal pictures and stories that explore the intimate interplay between body hair and identity.

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The meaning of trauma is wound

Daisy Johnson recalls her difficult journey to being diagnosed with vaginismus, and why women are so good at turning bad things into a joke.

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  • Vulva of a cow not in oestrus
  • Schistosomiasis: vulva
  • Schistosomiasis: vulva
  • Schistosomiasis: vulva
  • Inspecting horse's anus and vulva
  • Leukoplakia and epithelioma of the vulva
  • Red vulva of a cow in oestrus
  • A clay-baked vulva. Roman votive offering
  • A clay-baked vulva. Roman votive offering
  • A clay-baked vulva. Roman votive offering
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