Puberty Archives

Too Small, Too Bouncy, Or Sagging: Can Women Ever Stop Worrying About Their Breasts?

When my breasts first arrived, I didn’t quite know how to handle the sudden puberty-induced baggage. As they grew ambitiously in high school into the 36D terrain, I developed a hunch to make them less conspicuous. I thought I’d stop worrying about them in my 30s, but now we are fighting gravity together.

Sangeetha Bhaskaran July 15, 2016

POV

How I Made Up with Make-up

Had puberty not been so cruel, would I have chosen differently? Would I have bothered with “interesting” if “hot” were available?

Kameswari Padmanabhan July 4, 2016

First Person

My Father Sexually Abused Me as a Child. But I Still Can’t Hate Him

I was 12 when my father first touched me inappropriately. It took me reading about Lolita, more than a decade later, inciting and luring her stepfather into intimacy to realise that my first experience of any form of sexual pleasure came from my own father.

Vaishnavi March 30, 2016