About a year ago, I had surgery for a hat-trick of anal conditions: an anal fistula, hemorrhoids, and an anal fissure. Nearly ...

Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Skipping a post-workout stretch probably won’t hurt ...

Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...

Anal sex is one of the most highly searched sex terms on Google, yet even in 2026, social stigma makes it seem like no one’s doing it. With stigma comes a lack of education, which leaves people with ...

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Stretching mainly improves your overall flexibility Slow stretching also activates the parasympathetic nervous system, promoting relaxation and aiding muscle recovery Mobility mainly improves range of ...

A new wave of research is showing what the old gym myths about stretching got wrong—and what you really need to do to reap its benefits. Some fitness experts recommend stretching before a workout, ...

Skimm'd by Gabrielle Kassel (originally published by Well + Good). To set the record straight, anal sex is not supposed to be painful (no, not even the first time). Anal sex is a sex act designed to ...

In a previous post, I wrote about the mental health benefits of exercise. Research indicates that regular exercise can enhance your sense of self-worth, self-confidence, sleep quality, and overall ...

To the uninitiated, anal beads may sound like a cutesy name for rabbit pellet-esque poops. But actually, anal beads are a type of pleasure product designed to make you moan, groan, or sigh one pop and ...

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