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I like how this article tried so hard to not use the word "douche"

There's an entire industry dedicated to keeping women "fresh" down there.

Just spend five minutes in the feminine hygiene section of any major supermarket.

Next to important and necessary sanitary products like pads and tampons, you'll find a sizeable selection of deodorants, wipes and "intimate washes" designed to maximise "odour control" and maintain "lasting freshness".

Aside from being unnecessary, and in some cases, harmful, feminine care products tend to reinforce harmful ideas about vaginal discharge that it is undesirable, if not unnatural, says Deborah Bateson.

"The feminine hygiene industry is, for profit, really shifting norms about what's normal," said Dr Bateson, associate professor at Sydney University and medical director of Family Planning NSW.

"Many women feel very anxious about something that's very normal, and [are made to] feel that we should all be smelling of rose petals or something."

Vaginal discharge plays an important role keeping the vagina healthy. Not only does it act as a lubricant during sex, it also works as a protective shield to keep infections away.

"It's important [women] know that vaginal discharge is normal, and that it's normal to have odour associated with it," Dr Bateson told ABC podcast Ladies, We Need to Talk.

By tinkering with the delicate balance of bacteria in the vagina, it's easy to disrupt the vaginal microbiome and orchestrate the perfect conditions for an infection to flourish (which usually produces changes to vaginal discharge).

Instead of using products to minimise or conceal bodily functions, Dr Bateson said it is best to work out your "own normal" (spoiler alert: it varies) in order to know when something has gone awry.

Theres no doubt Taylor Swift is one of the busiest women in music. The 29-year-old has been working non-stop ever since she broke onto the scene when she was just 15 years old. Since she released her debut album in 2006, Swift has gone on to sell millions of albums, sell out concerts around the world, and win 10 Grammy Awards.

But with such a busy schedule, a girl needs a little downtime every now and then. Swift has revealed that she loves to watch Netflix and hang out with her cats, and on a recent visit to The Ellen Show, the singer revealed what shes really into on Netflix right now.

When it comes to her favorite TV shows, Swift doesnt hesitate to list what she currently loves. In fact, there are so many right now that she had to stop herself before she went on too long. Swift named Downton Abbey, Killing Eve, and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy among her top favorites.

Outside of the previously mentioned shows, Swift is a huge fan of Game of Thrones. But this isnt new news to longtime Swifties. Swift previously revealed that she was so obsessed with the popular fantasy show that it found its way into her music.

Swift began watching the show in 2016, managing to stay away from most spoilers. She said by the time she was working on her Reputation album that she was completely obsessed. She told Entertainment Weekly, These songs were half based on what I was going through, but seeing them through a Game of Thrones filter, she continued, Look What You Made Me Do is literally Arya Starks kill list.

The singer even admits that the show has affected her songwriting, My entire outlook on storytelling has been shaped by [Thrones] the ability to foreshadow stories, to meticulously craft cryptic story lines, she says. So, I found ways to get more cryptic with information and still be able to share messages with the fans.

When asked about her favorite movie, Swift told DeGeneres that she is currently loving the movie Someone Great. The movie was released on Netflix this year and stars Gina Rodriguez, Brittany Snow, and DeWanda Wise.

The movie is about a young woman who has recently broken up with her boyfriend and is struggling to move on. She relies on her friends to help her get through her heartache and focus on her future.

Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg on Thursday hammered President Trump for in the past saying he had bone spurs to avoid being drafted into the Vietnam War, saying he faked the disability.

Well, I have a pretty dim view of his decision to use his privileged status to fake a disability in order to avoid serving in Vietnam, Buttigieg, an Afghanistan War veteran, said during a livestreamed interview with The Washington Post.

Yeah, at least not that one, he doubled down when asked if he thought the condition was faked. This is actually really important because I dont mean to trivialize disability, but I think thats exactly what he did.

The South Bend, Ind., mayor has shot to national prominence in recent months following a media blitz that has included various interviews with national outlets as well as more niche publications.

Buttigieg, who is competing against more than 20 other Democrats for the party's presidential nomination, has also gone after Vice President Pence, suggesting he held homophobic views and hitting his tenure as Indiana governor, claims the vice president has rejected.

While still polling well behind front-runners like former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Buttigieg has risen in national and statewide polling and has raked in millions of dollars in campaign donations.

Democrats have criticized Trump over his claims of bone spurs to avoid the Vietnam War draft since he began campaigning for president in 2015.

Trump defended his medical claim in 2016, telling The New York Times a doctor "gave me a letter a very strong letter on the heels" to give to draft officials.

Reports later emerged that a New York podiatrist may have given Trump the diagnosis as a favor to Trump's father.

ZannoL posted...

He was like, I cant be with you until you love yourself, I cant see you love me more than you love yourself.

Wait are we pretending this isn't an asshole thing to say to someone?

She's definitely not that pretty. Is her acting good tho?

She's so damn ugly.

Sophie Turner said goodbye to Sansa Stark on Sunday with the "Game of Thrones" finale and she revealed that she also almost said farewell to her now-husband, Joe Jonas, before tying the knot.

The actress, who began work on "Game of Thrones" when she was just 13 years old, said that growing up in the public eye made her incredibly insecure about her appearance.

Being in the age of social media when thats happening, I think I would be a much saner person if I hadnt been documented from 13 your most awkward, uncomfortable, unsure-of-yourself years, Turner, 23, told The Sunday Times (via People). Thats something I really wish hadnt happened.

Suddenly, everyones metabolism slows down at 17, 18 and then thats documented my skin and everything. People commenting on it," she said. "I was too aware of my body at a young age. And it just kind of took over my mind, it was all I would think about. Calorie counting, everything: 'Oh, Ill just eat nuts today.'

That drove Jonas, 29, away, she revealed.

He was like, I cant be with you until you love yourself, I cant see you love me more than you love yourself. That was something, him doing that, she said. I think he kind of saved my life, in a way.