is known (and beloved!) for using her platform to start this very type of conversation. “It's my whole mission in life at this point is to de-stigmatize anything having to do with that they make and the way that they're treated,” Philipps tells Glamour.“The fact that social media bans certain words like period, clitoris, vulva, deeming them too sexual is outrageous to me,” she continues. “Why is it so scary, especially for people without vaginas and vulvas, for us to [talk about them]?
Does it have to do with the fact that if and know and stand in our truth that they feel it takes away something from them? Probably, but it doesn't.
So we have to all just continue to say 'vulva.'”As for why Philipps thinks the vulva has been left out of health and skin care conversations up until this point? “There's a real lack of ,” Philipps says. “For a long time there was a lack of information, period.
It wasn't as researched or studied because, for well, a myriad of reasons. We don't need to get into the ”Philipps has started to make vulva care a part of her daily regimen. “I started thinking about the fact that I spend so much time, money, and care on the things that I put on the skin on my body.
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