02 Dec 4 Common Sex Myths Busted
Myths exist to explain natural occurrences or cultural phenomena. They make complex concepts digestible and accessible for curious communities. These shorthand ways of ...
Culture
12 Sep Love in the Time of COVID [Part II]: Relationships, Amirite?
We’re more than halfway through 2020 and this pandemic still doesn’t have a clear end in sight. The mental health implications of this ongoing global health crisis, combined with being perpetually stuck indoors, are inevitably taking a toll on many of us and our relationships. With...
18 Aug Love in the Time of COVID [Part I]: Safely Exploring Virtual Intimacy
People have been meeting online and engaging in online intimacy through social media platforms and dating apps since long before the pandemic. But physically meeting up usually came next and, thanks to COVID-19, that’s currently not an option. These social distancing and quarantine protocols make...
30 Jun The Straight Person’s Guide to Being an LGBTQ+ Ally
In today’s current socio-political climate, people around the world have been banding together to support the LGBTQ+ community. Although we’ve made some significant strides against discrimination over the years, the Philippines has yet to fully free itself from the shackles of its conservative and religious...
19 May 10 Common Sex Myths and Misconceptions, Debunked
Having grown up in an all-girls Catholic school, I never had the most medically-accurate guidance when it came to sex. Apparently, conservative nuns weren’t the most credible sources, and their only real tip was “abstinence or die.” At some point, shouting “penis” became equivalent to...
24 Jan The… Um… Rise of Sildenafil 
Stand up for your private flag ceremony. Where once the brand Viagra—like Colgate, Q-Tip, and Xerox before it—was this product’s own lofty generic term, a curious thing happened along the way. Patent laws gave the people what they wanted: an honest-to-goodness generic equivalent.By now, the...
