My takeaway: Joanna, you look like Dakota Johnson. It is a Good Thing.

We really need to talk about how LIVID Heather was at being kicked out of the department store. I thought her eyes were going to pop right out of her head. Her disbelief at having experienced such a travesty was by far the highlight of the episode for me.

I think so Joplin’s negative feelings about her appearance had no basis in reality. She was a pretty young woman and very gifted. Williams is talented enough to convey her vulnerability.

And it turned out that she and Luke were in a pretty committed relationship when she got pregnant and HAD JUST BROKEN UP. It didn’t occur to you to call your ex-partner of many months to tell him you were pregnant AND KEEPING THE BABY? Yo, fuck you Anna. And then sued him for trying to be a parent to a kid he met 3…

Anna was literally the most evil character in the show. Who the fuck has a problem with their kid meeting their other parent’s fiancee? They weren’t just knocking boots a couple times a week.

Fucking April. FUCKING ANNA. Anna was the asshole in the kid story, not Luke.

Freud was a hack.

No, but that’s the point.

Nope. This isn’t really the same thing. It’s not just pain, it’s literally the thing (tampon, peen) can’t get in. It’s the vagina clenching to basically make a wall to prevent penetration. Which is involuntary and drinking or drugs (unless it’s the fun suppository of muscle relaxants and analgesics that I have to use…

This is something that needs to be talked about a lot more. I’m still struggling with dyspareunia at age 51, unable to be in a relationship because of it. (Yes, PiV matters to a lot of people. It’s one thing not to want it. It’s another thing entirely not to be able to do it.) I’ve used dilators successfully (muscles…

I’d just like to comment that it can get better. For many years, I suffered through very painful intercourse with several partners and avoided sex for many years after that before figuring sex out. I’m not sure what changed, but I am 99% sure it was a psychological change rather than a physical one.

Some of the comments are pretty rude. Like...wtf?

Huh, I didn’t expect the reactions to this to be so dismissive or mean. This sounds like a super shitty problem and I’m sorry you have to deal with it. One of my friends used to have vaginismus and it was no joke.

What the hell is with the comments to this piece? Was it crossposted to Gizmodo, or is this just the result of the Gawker migration?

I would not be at all surprised if Rihanna was capable of pumping her arm up and down and instantly sprouting additional hair, like a Cabbage Patch Doll. Her style defies biology.

Black girl magic.

Those are loc extensions that she got installed. And they legit look fly as hell.

look, some people, including me, love patchouli oil and weed. it was a compliment in my book

Seriously, someone on here earlier was doubting that, “HOW COULD SHE BEG FOR HER LIFE IF SHE WAS GAGGED? IT’S ALL MADE UP!” Like, really?