Intimate Truths

We publish personal essays, first-person narratives, and features about intimacy, desire, and the quiet parts of relationships that most people never talk about out loud.

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My Husband Said "I Feel Like You're Somewhere Else." He Was Right.

He wasn't angry. He just sounded... sad.

by Loreen Crow · 7 min read

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A Therapist Told Me: The #1 Reason Women Go Silent in the Bedroom

It's not about desire. It's about shame around desire.

by Dr. Claire Adler · 8 min read

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Why the Women Who Read Romance Are Having Better Sex

It's not the scenes. It's what happens to your brain while you read them.

by Nora Ellison · 7 min read

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