I personally LOVE platonic physical contact. I tend to be a little bit awkward about initiating touch for the first time, but once the touch barrier's been broken, I have no problem with cuddling friends. This might just be a thing with regards to my personal friend groups, but I've noticed that in ...

I got my birth control through my current college, actually! I'm someone who tends to over-research things (especially medications) before I try them, so I already knew a fair bit about birth control, but my college also had a mandatory group information session we had to attend before getting on an...

Did not know that! Thanks for the information; I'll definitely have to keep that in perspective as well.

Thanks! Re: my roommate—I mean, she's mentioned her insecurity with her dating life on more than one occasion before, yeah (and pretty much every time I've tried to respond in the ways I talked about above), but I haven't seen her for awhile since it's the summer, so the topic hasn't come up recentl...

Sorry to bring back an older post, but I've just got to give a shout-out to Maurice by E.M. Forster, written in 1914 (!!!) but not actually published 'til '71 because of general societal homophobia. [plot spoilers ahead] Maurice, the main character, ends up happily in a gay relationship with another...

For sure! The only person I've really had in-depth discussions about this with is my past roommate (who hasn't yet been kissed); in the past, I've both tried to say stuff like "it doesn't matter, there's nothing wrong with not being kissed yet because everyone moves at their own pace" and ...

Hi! I'm a bi woman about to enter my junior year in college. I didn't have my first kiss until I was nineteen and a freshman, but since then I've gone on to lose my virginity and have had a few sexual partners as well. When I was younger and unkissed, I was fairly anxious about not living up to cult...