📢 Stoppt patriarchale Kontrolle! Sexarbeit ist Arbeit✊ Früher wurden Kleidung, Schwangerschaften & Sexualität politisch reguliert. Heute werden Angriffe auf Sexarbeit als „Schutz“ verkauft. Es geht um Kontrolle über unsere Körper & Selbstbestimmung. #SexarbeitIstArbeit #BodyAutonomy 1/3

Is It Okay for Feminists to Wear Makeup?
This is a question that's often brought up in conversations and on social media, and even in feminist circles themselves.
https://byshree.com/blogs/news/is-it-okay-for-feminists-to-wear-makeup
#feministsandmakeup #makeupdebate #beautystandards #choicefeminism #feministvalues #bodyautonomy #gendernorms #beautyculture #patriarchyandbeauty #self-expression #womenempowerment #cosmeticsandfeminism #feministidentity #beautypolitics

First they came for sex workers.
Then they came for trans people.
Then they came for birth control.
Then they came for sex education.
Then they came for marriage equality.
Now they come for women deciding at all whether to give birth.

But first they came for sex workers.
Please remember that.

Because they're still going, and if they succeed, they've made clear what their path is.

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Source of the screencap, exclusively for transparency, because I certainly do not recommend reading its 💩: `georgemagazine.com/what-usha-vances-pregnancy-news-tells-us-about-men-and-women-in-america/`
(Just to prove the above point... the "article" goes on to blame pornography. Of course it does. Sigh.)

#FirstTheyCame #USA #BodyAutonomy #Feminisms

Back in 2016, I wrote about not being able to orgasm from oral sex.

10 years on, I've updated this post through new-but-older eyes. An in-depth piece in which I share my personal perspective on internal and external sexual pressure & expectations.

https://carasutra.com/2016/05/why-cunnilingus-doesnt-work-for-me/

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#SexPositive #BodyAutonomy #Consent #Pleasure #SexEducation #SexualHealth #WomensVoices #Midlife #PersonalEssay #TraumaAware #Healing #SelfTrust #LifeUnscripted

I knew something had changed. I suspected perimenopause, and despite a fight to be believed, I was right. This is my story of how it started, how it turned me and my life upside down, and the struggle to claw my way back to, well… me.

https://carasutra.com/2023/03/hello-perimenopause/

#Perimenopause #BodyAutonomy #SexualHealth #ReproductiveHealth #LifeUnscripted #HRT #Perimeno #Ageing

https://carasutra.com/2023/03/hello-perimenopause/

How do you feel when you open that letter? Or when the reminder pings on your phone?

I dreaded my cervical smear test for years. It’s never as terrifying as I imagine. In fact, it isn’t scary at all. I wrote about what actually happens at a cervical screening.

https://carasutra.com/2023/03/what-happens-at-smear-test-cervical-screening-exam/

#CervicalScreening #SmearTest #ReproductiveHealth #LifeUnscripted #BodyAutonomy
https://carasutra.com/2023/03/what-happens-at-smear-test-cervical-screening-exam/

A track built for classrooms, homes, counseling spaces, and community gatherings — a joyful tool for safety, autonomy, and connection wherever kids grow.
#ChildrensMusic #ConsentEducation #BodyAutonomy #Protyus

http://survivorliteracy.com/2026/01/29/my-body-belongs-to-me-by-protyus-a-gendher-artists-showcase/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

A sex blogger who doesn’t want to have sex.

That’s me.

I wrote about my current stretch of low libido, chronic illness, perimenopause, and trying to live like my body isn’t a problem.

Faced with all this, it’s hard.

https://carasutra.com/2026/01/living-with-low-libido/

#LowLibido #LifeUnscripted #BodyAutonomy #ReproductiveHealth #MentalHealth #ChronicIllness

https://carasutra.com/2026/01/living-with-low-libido/

A protective star in the children’s suite — a song of autonomy, safety, and healing that orients kids and grownups toward their own inner compass.
#ChildrensMusic #BodyAutonomy #HealingJourney #Protyus

http://survivorliteracy.com/2026/01/28/my-body-belongs-to-me-by-protyus-a-gendher-constellation/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

For years I chose a tiny rod in my upper arm as my form of contraception. I wrote about life with the Nexplanon implant.

https://carasutra.com/2024/07/my-nexplanon-implant-experiences-subdermal-contraceptive/

#Nexplanon #ReproductiveHealth #Perimenopause #LifeUnscripted #BodyAutonomy #Contraception #SexualHealth
https://carasutra.com/2024/07/my-nexplanon-implant-experiences-subdermal-contraceptive/

I went into my Mirena coil insertion with a head full of horror stories.

This is my story: what happened, how it felt, and what life with an IUD has been like since.

https://carasutra.com/2024/07/positive-mirena-coil-insertion-story-success-glad-i-got-mirena-inserted/

#Perimenopause #IUD #Mirena #ReproductiveHealth #LifeUnscripted #BodyAutonomy #HRT
https://carasutra.com/2024/07/positive-mirena-coil-insertion-story-success-glad-i-got-mirena-inserted/

A song for my inner child, my kids, and yours — a prayer for healing, autonomy, and the freedom to grow without shame. We all deserve that kind of safety.
#BodyAutonomy #ChildrensMusic #HealingJourney #Protyus

http://survivorliteracy.com/2026/01/27/my-body-belongs-to-me-by-protyus-a-gendher-glass-ceiling-records-2/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Powerful, kid‑centered anthem about consent, boundaries, and body pride — blending warmth, clarity, and a dubstep punch to help children feel strong, safe, and in charge of their own bodies.
#ChildrensMusic #ConsentEducation #BodyAutonomy #Protyus

http://survivorliteracy.com/2026/01/26/my-body-belongs-to-me-by-protyus-a-gendher-glass-ceiling-records/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

"A lot of my peers use the term ‘being good’ when it comes to their eating habits. I’m not interested in ‘being good’, whatever the hell that’s supposed to mean.

Eating isn’t a behaviour to comment on, correct or punish.

I’m focusing on being kind to myself."

https://carasutra.com/2026/01/new-year-weight-loss-plans-diet-culture/

#AntiDiet #DietCulture #BodyAutonomy #ChronicIllness #Midlife

No one should not be able to tell other ppl what they are "allowed" to put into their bodies.

No exceptions.

If I want to like, drink bleach shots while I spicy six ppl and inject myself with glitter, then that should be my choice.

Warn me? Sure.
Tell me why I'm dumb? Sure.
Tell me I'm not "allowed?"

Fk that.

#bodyautonomy #rights

First grade teacher's fierce 'private parts' song is shifting the way we talk about abuse

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/teacher-sings-song-about-consent

If female genital cutting is banned — as it should be —

then why is male genital cutting still allowed?

A child is a child. 👶 Consent is consent. 🛑

Circumcision without permission isn't tradition — it’s trauma. 💔

Religion is not a free pass to violate bodies.

#LetBoysDecide
#EndMaleCircumcision
#StopForcedCircumcision
#EndFGM
#StopFemaleCircumcision
#HumanRights
#ConsentIsEverything
#MyBodyMyChoice
#ProtectOurChildren
#GenderEquality
#ChildrenRights
#SayNoToFGM
#BodyAutonomy

Für manche bedeuten Seile Begrenzung. Für mich bedeuten sie Befreiung. Mein Körper ist kein Widerspruch zu Lust, Kontrolle oder Hingabe. Bondage gibt mir den Raum, in dem ich bestimmen darf, wie ich gehalten werde und von wem.⬇️

Foto by @fotokunst_razupaltuffsp

#DisabledAndDesirable #Consent #ConsentIsEverything #Kink #Selbstliebe #BDSMCommunity #Bondage #Intimacy #RadikaleZärtlichkeit #DisabilityJustice #Disability #ShibariArt #BDSM #Behinderung #BodyAutonomy #SensualResistance

#USPol #SettlerCulture #BodyAutonomy #Abolition #MedicalRacism