Billie Eilish on the joys of self-pleasure: ‘I should have a Ph.D. in masturbation’

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with Rolling Stone, Billie Eilish reveals that masturbation is one of her secret obsessions.“TMI, but self-pleasure is an enormous, enormous part of my life, and a huge, huge help for me,” said Eilish, 22, whose third studio album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” is due May 17.“People should be jerking it, man.

I can’t stress it enough, as somebody with extreme body issues and dysmorphia that I’ve had my entire life.”Overcoming those body issues, Eilish has learned to love herself — au naturel — by masturbating in front of a mirror.“Partly because it’s hot, but it also makes me have such a raw, deep connection to myself and my body, and have a love for my body that I have not really ever had,” she said. “I got to say, looking at yourself in the mirror and thinking ‘I look really good right now’ is so helpful.“You can manufacture the situation you’re in to make sure you look good,” she continued. “You can make the light super dim, you can be in a specific outfit or in a specific position that’s more flattering.

I have learned that looking at myself and watching myself feel pleasure has been an extreme help in loving myself and accepting myself, and feeling empowered and comfortable.”Then for the mic drop, Eilish quipped, ‘I should have a Ph.D.

in masturbation.”Of course, Eilish — who just won both the Song of the Year Grammy and the Best Original Song Oscar for her “Barbie” ballad “What Was I Made For?” — made headlines last year when she revealed that her sexuality included being attracted to women.“I’m attracted to them for real,” Eilish told Variety.Then, at the Variety Hitmakers event in Los Angeles last December, Eilish was asked if she meant to come out with that statement.“No, I didn’t,” she said on the red carpet.