Rhys Phillips

Lately, I’ve found myself wanting to write about human papillomavirus (HPV). I know this can feel like a confronting topic for some people. For those who aren’t sure what it is, HPV is a predominantly sexually transmitted virus passed from one person to another through skin-to-skin contact. Most of the time, it causes no symptoms at all, and many people carry it without ever knowing. In most cases, infections clear up on their own within two years 1 . About 10% of the time, HPV can lead to...

TW: discussion of sexual assault I had coffee with a friend recently, who talked about her first relationship. “We were both quite young,...

I have ADHD. One interesting thing about ADHD is that those diagnosed with it have often been found to be more highly sensitive to the...