There has been a lot of chatter around here, both on MM and on Twitter, about long distance relationships – How to make them work? DO they work in the first place? Are there tricks to making them work better? What if you are just not cut out for long distance relationships; are you a [...]
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This post is a part of Scarleteen’s Blog Carnival – an internet collaborative to raise funds for an organization providing REAL, sex positive information to teens online. I am proud to be a part of this effort, and fully support Scarleteen and it’s mission. When I was a kid, I was really lucky to have [...]
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Well. It has been QUITE some time since we had an ask marzipan around these parts, but let it be noted that I will basically answer ANY question that you shoot my way via email [medicinalmarzipan at gmail], twitter, or leave below in the comments. I will say this about questions – I guarantee that [...]
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Or: Being Sexy When You Don’t Fit The “Ideal” Beauty Standards Either title will do – because the idea is exactly the same. Lets ask a couple of questions shall we? Do you feel like men/women/yourdesiredsexpartner look at you like a friend instead of potential mate because of your size? Do you feel like you [...]
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After the smashing and unexpected success of this week’s what if wednesday, What IF: I Start Making Sex a Priority? I have decided that the topic certainly warrants some major elaboration. For example? I didn’t even broach the topic of masturbation in the original post, and, well, ahem, masturbation is kind of crucial. Now as [...]
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Now – if you’re new here, welcome to Medicinal Marzipan, where no topic is off limits and where TMI is both frequent and expected. Please, keep reading. Haha. Well now that we’ve gotten THAT disclaimer out of the way, lets discuss. I am a busy girl. I am busy moving and shaking and making insane [...]
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Man, oh man. I’ve been feeling like a sucky blog mommy this week. It’s hot. I’m tired. I’m too bored to do anything but watch SVU and Friday Night Lights on megavideo. I’ve been working my ass off finishing my financial aid, and if you’ve never seen the line at the Vieques post office you [...]
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I’m not a big fan of using quotation marks excessively, but as I’ve been thinking about this post all day, several thought have occured to me. I meant this to be a post geared towards women who fall outside of the increasingly small sociocultural window of acceptable body weight. I was thinking of girls who [...]
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Several of the links that I shared in this week’s body loving blogosphere targeted reasons for females having decreased libidos, and while there are many different conjectures for why this may be, one in particular interests me: impaired body image. Other demons include stress, financial woes, fluctuating hormones, and health issues, however, I think that [...]
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Dear Marzipan, I’m about to become a 25 year old virgin who has never been in a real relationship. And I feel like the biggest failure. Sex isn’t something I take casually because I’m a very vulnerable person (aren’t we all at the core?). Having never been in a relationship makes me feel unlovable/ugly/dumb/fill-in-the-blank-internal insult. [...]
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