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Vera Papisova

Former Wellness/Trauma Editor

Vera Papisova is an award-winning journalist and was the former wellness/trauma editor for Teen Vogue, with a focus on bodies, feelings and relationships. She was the first Teen Vogue editor to publish a same-sex kiss and is the founder of the first sexual assault awareness campaign at a Condé Nast publication called #NotYourFault. Her work spans sexual and reproductive health, mental health, trauma, drug education, and identity-based human rights. In addition to copy-editing medical journal articles and research papers as an editor’s assistant for Massachusetts General Hospital, Papisova has written for Women’s Health, GQ, Vogue and Vice.
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Photographer Sarah Bahbah Opens Up About Surviving Sexual Abuse

"The stigma around child sexual abuse is very real."
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The Catholic Church Should Take Notes From Pope Rihanna

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Selena Gomez's Beauty Evolution Through the Years

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Thank You Cecile Richards

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"It's not your fault. No matter what you wore."
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"I looked at sex as an obligation."
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I Talked to 54 Women at Coachella. They All Said They Had Been Sexually Harassed

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Politics

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Hannah Hart Gets Real About Sex, Masturbation, and Porn

“Girls masturbate too.”
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Sexual Health + Identity

These Are the Best Vibrators to Get Your Friends for the Holidays

Give the gift of self pleasure.
Mental Health

How to Get 3 Free Months of Therapy Right Now

For sexual assault and domestic violence survivors.
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Health

8 Illustrators Show What They REALLY Think of Their Boobs

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Fitness

What It's Like to Have a SLEEPOVER With Nina Dobrev

We had the BEST time.
Mental Health

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"Eating disorders are serious but treatable illnesses."
Sexual Health + Identity

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"There's this visual, this blood in your panties that you're supposed to see, that you never see."
Sexual Health + Identity

Doctors Are Performing Genital Surgery on Intersex Kids — and It's NOT Ok

"You have to decide for yourself."
Sexual Health + Identity

This Is PROOF Your Body Doesn't Have to Be Male or Female

Not all bodies are binary.
Sexual Health + Identity

How I Found Out I Was Intersex at 17

"For me that was a new life."

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From food cravings to binge watching.
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Fitness

These Workout Clothes Will Actually Make You WANT to Go to the Gym

Cute workout gear equals the best motivation.
Sexual Health + Identity

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"Boys will be boys" is not OK.
Sexual Health + Identity

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“There’s no escaping it.”
Sexual Health + Identity

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