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/