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HEALTH, MEDIA
Gabrielle Vaughn | VenusBlogs Editor at Large
Art by Angel Ortiz
We made it! The Mayans proved that they were much better at body modification, tattoo artistry and jewelry design than they were at calendar making. Score one for the home team! We lived.
And now… we have 2013 to look forward to. Read more
AESTHETICS , MEDIA
Dori Hartley | VenusBlogs Managing Editor
Photo: Nattosoup
We just don’t know who to step on anymore, do we? Once upon a time we loved the curvy, fleshy bodies that belonged to every single model who ever posed for a painting — the “Rubenesque” women. Then, as time and fashion influenced what little independent thinking we could muster up on our own, we — en masse — decided that we not only hated everything plump and round, we also had to simultaneously worship the opposite: the uber-skinny. Read more
MEDIA, SEX
Gabrielle Vaughn | VenusBlogs Editor at Large
As years go, 2012 did seem to stand out as exceptional when it came to sex scandals, misunderstandings, sexually charged debates and hot sexual topics in politics. But in all honesty, if one word soared to the top of the heap, it was the word, vagina. You didn’t get away with living through 2012 without knowledge of this word.
Vagina wins the VenusBlogs Award for Word of the Year!
2012 was the year the people freaked out over the word, Vagina. Remember Lisa Brown at the Michigan House Democratic Caucus? Must see, must remember video, right here, ladies.
MEDIA
Dori Hartley | VenusBlogs Managing Editor
Photo of Donna Summer: Michael Putland/Getty Images
2012 really gave us a shot of reality when we saw how many incredible women left us this year. Thanks to Glamor.com we can celebrate their lives with some of the best articles and information gathered on some of the women who passed in 2012, women whose lives we won’t forget. Women whose lives we are grateful for having in our own.
Sarah Burke (September 3, 1982-January 19, 2012): A Canadian professional skier and the pioneer of the superpipe event, who died in an accident while training for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Etta James (January 25, 1938-January 20, 2012): One of the greatest blues singers of all time, she crooned the timeless ballads “At Last” and “Sunday Kind of Love.”
Whitney Houston (August 9, 1963-February 11, 2012): She’s the reason we were belting “I Will Always Love You” at the top of our lungs in the shower, and we all cried the day we found out she died from drug use in a Beverly Hills hotel. We’ll always feel the heat with somebody in her memory. Read more
MEDIA
Adrian Lamb | VB Blogger
We wish you a merry Christmas, a very happy holiday season and a fantastically positive new year! We’re all together in this, so let’s make it count! Let the power of the sacred feminine rule the world. Hey, Deepak Chopra said that, so I can too!
Thanks for sticking with us so far, for making our entrance into the blogosphere such a success — let’s keep it up!
Happy Holidays from The Manhattan Center for Gynecology, Dori, Gabrielle, Adrian and the team of hard working designers and developers that make sure you’ve got a quality blog to go to everyday for resources and information on women’s sexual health and sexual self-esteem. We’re working hard to make sure you’re both entertained and informed! Knowledge is power!!!
Now, kick back (which means stand up) and rock out to this oldie but goody.
HEALTH, MENOPAUSE
Gabrielle Vaughn | VenusBlogs Editor at Large
While some of us will just about break the door down at the doctors’ office in hope for a cure, a drug, a hormone, a promise, an anything just to alleviate the symptoms of menopause — there are also just as many of us who desire natural medicines and a natural path by which to travel upon, during these menopausal years.
Homeopathic remedies are prescribed by symptoms rather than conditions, as each case of a particular illness can manifest differently in different people. Read more
AESTHETICS, V TALK
Dori Hartley | VenusBlogs Managing Editor
All art by Georgia O’Keefe
One of the lesser known facts about why Georgia O’Keefe painted such a stunning collection of flowers that resembled the intimate parts of women was because at one point people thought of the vagina as ugly and she wanted to change that perception. Read more
HEALTH, MEDIA, SEX, V TALK
Gabrielle Vaughn | VenusBlogs Editor at Large
Karate Chris, aka “The BigBatman” suggests that he may not have been big enough to find said spot. Hrm.
Her G spot is named Waldo, for obvious reasons.
— Karate Chris(@TheBigBatman) December 18, 2012
Weird Oosha educates the public.
The G-spot is located inside the vagina on the upper wall, an inch or two behind the back of the pubic bone.”
— ШΈίЯÐ Θǿșнά (@asdof1000) December 20, 2012
AESTHETICS
Dori Hartley | VenusBlogs Managing Editor
I always have to remind myself that not every woman is on the same level as the enlightened few when it comes to self-acceptance and personal body image. With all of the many hurdles that so many of us have to leap over in order to get to a place where we finally love ourselves “just the way we are”, we also have to understand that there are thousands of women who have not yet crossed that border.
Loving one’s own body doesn’t always come naturally, and the journey to this body-acceptance often takes a detour — especially for younger women at the end of a relationship. Often times they will question their own sex appeal, wondering if it was something about their physical appearance that was literally a turn off to their partner.
“Was it my body? Was I so ugly? Was it my skin, my scars, my breasts — what is wrong with me?” Read more
