Claire C. Holland

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    Pelvic Floor PT 101: What Is Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy Like?

    / November 16, 2023

    I’ve mentioned in the past (here and here) that several years ago I was diagnosed with vulvodynia and vaginismus – two disorders that often go hand-in-hand. Vulvodynia makes the vagina extremely sensitive to…

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    On Britney’s Instagram, Selfies & the Mercurial Need to Be Perceived

    / November 6, 2023

    I spend a fair amount of time defending women’s selfies in my head. Whenever I see comments on Instagram photos accusing women of “just wanting attention” or being “attention whores” because of the…

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