About VCUGs and the unspoken psychological risks — Trigger Warning: C-SA, Medical Trauma, Disturbing You’re three years old, legs held — or tied — open on a metal table, five people or more in scrubs standing by your feet in a dark room. If you’re lucky, your parent might be next to you, telling you “shh, it’s okay…

An Opinion Piece — I first heard the word a few years ago from a guy friend. He was disgruntled by modern dating and by his own negative experiences in relationships. He was disappointed in himself for still being a bachelor in his mid-30s, as he’d always desired a loving, fulfilling marriage and family…

SPOILERS AHEAD — Nearly every women-loving-women show (when one of the main characters is a queer woman) ends up one of two ways (or maybe I’m just becoming increasingly pessimistic). Either, One of the lesbians/bi women dies in the end, usually at the peak of the couple’s happiness (I’m looking at you, The…

Motivations, Fears, Goals, the Character Arc, and Conflict — It’s time to create the most important character in your book: the protagonist. This character will need to be interesting — and human — enough to make your reader curious about and feel connected to them, and likeable enough to make your reader root for them in the face of…

Plus some fan-made tributes — JASKIER From The Witcher (Netflix) SPOILERS AHEAD If you’ve heard from The Witcher fanbase, you’ve probably also heard of Geraskier: Geralt and Jaskier’s ship name. Queer fans of the show easily identified Jaskier as queer and picked up on the romantic undertones within the two men’s friendship — even though the showrunner denied it, saying…

Earnings, Stats, & Thoughts — My partner introduced me to Medium a year ago. Although she doesn’t use it herself — apart from reading my articles— she heard about it on Youtube and thought I would like the website. I don’t normally stick to things for more than a few months. My mind jumps from…

Everything You Need to Know: Pros, Cons, Tips, and Examples — The angle you tell your story from will greatly influence its tone and the overall reading experience. For this reason, it’s important to choose the most suitable point of view for your narrative. …

There, I Said It — That sounds like a confession one would make at the beginning of a group therapy session: “Hello, I’m Jenna, and I’m a 25-year-old virgin.” In an age of sex-positivity, many have been either confused or curious by this, asking things like: Is that a personal choice? Can’t find anyone, eh? I volunteer…

No, you’re not asking for “too much”. — In a culture where hyper-independency is expected and co-dependency is discouraged, the line between “asking too much” and “expecting too little” can become blurred. Personally, I’ve found myself questioning if I was asking too much of my partners, or if my expectations were perfectly reasonable, more than once. Being someone…