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Today in questions we never thought we’d ask: is it okay to put Bonjela on your vulva?

It’s a question we didn’t think we needed to answer, but over on Mumsnet, someone’s asking it.

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One mum took to the forum to ask if it’s okay to rub Bonjela – the teething and ulcer gel – on her ‘fanjo’ (meaning vagina) to numb a pea sized lump on her vulva so she could ‘lance and squeeze the bugger’.

‘Tried yesterday and it was so eye wateringly painful but I only… Read the full story

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May 10, 2017, 3:55 am

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When it came out last month that Mike Pence never eats alone with a woman who isn’t his wife, we all laughed. 

Instead of slamming him for viewing women as purely potential sex objects, rather than friends or confidants or companions, we took the piss.

But, while we were taking the piss, we missed the point. The point being, that if your boyfriend (or husband, or partner) doesn’t have any female friends, you’re on to a really, really bad thing.

There are four major potential factors at play, if the man you’re involved with has no discernable female friends. And to be honest, none of them are… Read the full story

Is it actually a good idea to rub turmeric on your face?

May 10, 2017, 4:13 am

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Turmeric is foodie craze that just won’t die.

Turmeric lattes are the new matcha lattes. Pret’s been taken over by turmeric-tinted salad boxes. Healthy snacks are being given the turmeric treatment.

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Not only does it taste delicious, but the spice is also supposed to have magical anti-inflammatory, cancer-defeating, antioxidant properties. It’s kind of the new superfood fad that’s been known about in India for centuries.

But it was only really when Instagram beauty blogger Sadia Slayy came along that people started smearing the stuff on their faces.

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May 10, 2017, 4:24 am

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They might be the best thing to happen to brunch since the waffle maker was invented, but avocados are apparently legitimately dangerous. 

According to The Times, the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons has reported a notable rise in the number of people going to hospital with “serious stab and slash injuries” after attempting to get into an avo.

Speaking to The Times, Simon Eccles, secretary of the BAPS said (in what is probably our favourite statement of the year): ‘People do not anticipate that the avocados they buy can be very ripe and there is minimal understanding of how to handle them.

‘We don’t… Read the full story

Supermarkets ‘can predict if you’ll buy soup based on the weather’

May 10, 2017, 5:05 am

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The weather and the weather forecast have a profound effect on how we shop, weather analysts say.

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And it can be predicted down to an exact degree Celsius whether you are more or less likely to buy things from a shop.

‘People are most likely to buy soup between 4C and 6.5C,’ Alex Rutter, managing director EMEA of The Weather Company, tells Metro.co.uk at the AI Summit.

‘If it’s colder than that, people look for roasting joints, if it’s warmer than that, people think of soup… Read the full story

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May 10, 2017, 5:59 am

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In a stirring photo series, photographer Roger Weiss has managed to get us questioning the way we both see and portray beauty, power and femininity.

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The series, Human Dilatations, is inspired by Kintsugi, a Japanese concept which loosely translates to ‘golden joinery’.

It is a beautiful idea, where fragments of broken items are joined together again with golden fill – emphasising the idea that nothing is ever really broken.

It’s the perfect metaphor for the fractured perception which feminine beauty is presented to us on… Read the full story

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May 10, 2017, 6:16 am

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‘It’s okay to die on social media,’ says Cidney Giavon Green. ‘You just can’t die naked.’

Cidney is the co-owner of Total Lip Service, a phone sex academy, and the author of Total Liberation, a book about having three boyfriends at once.

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She’s also the creator of Pussy over Pain – a movement that wants us to consider one question: why is society more accepting of images of violence than they are of nudity?

As part of her mission to make us stop being more comfortable with violence than vaginas, Cidney… Read the full story

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May 9, 2017, 6:36 am

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Claiming to be the new dating app for 21st century gay men, I was curious to discover what Chappy has to offer that other dating apps don’t. What makes this app so special?

After downloading the app and linking it to my Facebook profile (this is the only way you can make a profile) I was greeted with the question “Ready to find the right guy for you?”

Sure!

Choice is at the heart of Chappy. That’s because after you’ve signed up for the app and made your profile, you’re presented with a slider so that “whenever your mood changes,” you can “slide your finger on the Chappy scale.”

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Want high quality whisky? Get Aldi’s discount brands – they’ve just won a host of awards

May 10, 2017, 6:10 am

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Many of us think of the best-tasting, highest quality whiskey as being a hugely expensive label that we have to save for a special occasion and savour in small amounts.

Actually, it turns out you can just nip down to Aldi and get their bargain brands – as they’ve just won six medals for their own brand whiskey in an international competition.

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The discount supermarket’s own brands were put to the test in The International Spirit Challenge, which is known as one of the most respected and influential… Read the full story

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May 10, 2017, 8:08 am

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Vaginal discharge isn’t something we often see.

It’s not shown in adverts for liners (we’re only shown pristine, clean ones or those with a light soaking of ambiguous blue liquid), people don’t share photos of their discharge online (apart from that time people did the #PantyChallenge), and we don’t tend to see pictures of it in sex ed.

It’s no wonder, then, that so many girls and women worry that there’s something ‘wrong’ with their discharge.

This psoriasis sufferer is sharing photos of her condition in a bid to empower others

We worry that the very… Read the full story

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May 10, 2017, 8:11 am

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We know that yoga is good for stretching the body and making us more limber.

If you’re an avid runner, boxer, swimmer – any kind of athlete in fact, yoga is going to help increase your flexibility.

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When looking for the right yoga class, you might be tempted to plump for one which is more movement than meditation – after all, you’re there primarily to work the body.

But what you might not know is that meditation can have a profound effect on your athletic performance.

Will Williams is a Vedic meditation teacher and founder of Will Williams meditation – the UK’s biggest meditation hub.

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May 10, 2017, 8:33 am

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As you might have noticed, it’s Masturbation Month. 

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We at Metro have been taking Masturbation Month pretty seriously, and you can find all the writing we’ve done about it on our Masturbation Month page.

Scrolling through the comments last night (yes, we do that, and yes, it makes us sad when you say we’re crap) I noticed several people asking why we’ve written so much about masturbation recently, and why we were ‘so obsessed with it.’

It’s a fair question. Why have we committed to… Read the full story

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May 10, 2017, 8:39 am

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In case you missed it – National Doughnut Week 2017 is happening, right now!

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From 6 to 13 May, you can enjoy your doughnut for a good cause.

National Doughnut Week is all about raising funds for The Children’s Trust, the UK’s leading charity for children with brain injury.

And what good timing that we have stumbled across the fine folk from the Peanut Butter Bakery, the vegan bakery taking London by storm.

If I said 100% vegan, small-batch, brioche doughnuts – you’d be forgiven… Read the full story

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May 10, 2017, 8:43 am

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Disney princesses are the epitome of ‘perfection’.

They’re beautiful. Sweet natured. Pure.

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That is, until now.

Because Philadelphia-based photographer Shannon Dermody has created a photo series showing Disney princesses dealing with all kinds of dark issues – including drugs, domestic violence and rape.

In series of situations quite apart from the saccherine, feel-good world of Disney with their singing animals, these photos seek to show audiences the dramatic conditions some women live with every day.

‘My concept was to show awareness to world problems in a nine image series,’ Shannon… Read the full story

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May 10, 2017, 9:07 am

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Today a survey from GourmetMeatClub.com (who are clearly not at all biased. Nope, nope, nope) declared that the key to having more sex is eating more meat.

They surveyed 2,000 British people and found that those eating meat every day were seeing ‘considerably more action in the bedroom’ than those who followed a less meat-focused diet.

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Nearly half of those surveyed (42%) who eat meat once a day said they got laid once a week, compared to just 16% of those who only eat meat every… Read the full story

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May 10, 2017, 10:32 am

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With the continued rise of vegetarianism, veganism and flexitarianism, Linda McCartney’s is offering meat-free eaters and meat-reducers alike the chance to immerse themselves in everything veggie with a seat at Linda’s Veggie Table.

The three-day event from 18th – 20th May represents the pinnacle of National Vegetarian Week. Linda’s Veggie Table will transform a Shoreditch Warehouse into a vegetarian haven showcasing the very best in meat-free eating. What’s more, the event will be hosted by musician and star vegetarian Jay McGuiness, who will be on hand to impart his veggie wisdom.

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May 10, 2017, 10:00 pm

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Imagine getting home from work, grabbing your surf board and heading into the sea for a paddle.

After a sunset walk along the promenade, followed by a sundowner in one of the beachfront bars, you will start to feel like you are on holiday.

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There is freshly caught seafood on the menu at local eateries and the outdoor living during the summer makes for a desirable way of life.

And best of all, it’s within commuter reach of London.

Many people are… Read the full story

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May 10, 2017, 10:00 pm

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There’s a creepy aspect of childrearing I can’t believe still happens.

Almost every parent, in my experience, is guilty of it.

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Most grandparents as well.

Strangers, too – in fact, they’re usually the worst.

It prematurely sexualises our infant kids, scandalously before they can even string a sentence together.

How anybody, in 2017, can possibly think it’s appropriate to eroticise our sweet, pint-sized sucklings in such a way is beyond me.

Our cherished offspring must be guarded at all costs from this plague of pernicious perversity.

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May 10, 2017, 11:42 pm

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I have long been a fan of scheduling in my relaxation time.

I’ll write ‘face mask, TV, tea’ or ‘scheduled relaxation time’ (SRT for short) into my planner, highlight it in the special relaxing/social shade of pink, and assign it a set time and date.

When I tell people about that, they massively take the p*ss.

Scheduled relaxation time is better for you than chilling out whenever you fancy

Apparently I’m ‘weird’ or ‘type A’.

To those people I say: I AM RIGHT AND YOU ARE WRONG, because a new study has found… Read the full story

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May 11, 2017, 12:02 am

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Attention all fans of Star Wars and sugar.*

*Meaning: everyone.

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Disneyland’s Star Wars Land may still be very much a work in progress, but the theme park is still managing to bring a bit of the Force into their world.

For the entire month of May (sparked by May the 4th, AKA Star Wars Day), Disneyland will be selling churros made to look like lightsabers.

We’re talking churros dusted in blue or red sugar and packaged in lightsaber-esque holsters.

They’re clearly made for lightsaber duels.

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