Category Archives: V-Card Diaries

V-Card Diaries: Ellie “We was at his house lying on his bed when let’s say ‘things happened’ “

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from Ellie in London, whose first time having sex wasn’t great, but after a year in a relationship it still felt special. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I am female, 15, [...]

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V-Card Diaries: Sarah “Does lesbian sex mean you’re a virgin forever, because there isn’t neccessarily any penetration?”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from Sarah in New Jersey, who started thinking differently about hymens, penis-in-vagina sex and virginity after reading “The Purity Myth.” If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I’m an 18-year-old woman (I still [...]

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V-Card Diaries: Moise “I gave oral once and that is the only sexual intercourse I’ve had.”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from Moise in Canada, who is tired of rejection and has set some serious prereqs for penetration. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: My name is Moise–or Moses in English. I’m a [...]

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Meet Judy and Libby, our two newest bloggers

You’ll be seeing a couple of new author names on this blog this spring and summer: Judy P. and Libby F., both currently interns here at Trixie Films. They’ve been doing great work on “How to Lose Your Virginity” behind the scenes for the last several months. Now, Judy will be writing weekly posts on [...]

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V-Card Diaries: Ellen “We made cookies, talked, and eventually made our way upstairs and had some fun.”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from Ellen in Pennsylvania, whose first time wasn’t what she’d planned but was a learning experience. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I’m 17, female, and I live in southeastern Pennsylvania. How do you [...]

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V-Card Diaries: Tokimina “I’m dating other men, but we have both remained virgins, waiting for each other.”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from Tokimina, who is 20 years old and ready to have sex with her long-distance love. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I am a Mexican 20-year-old girl. And to my dismay, a [...]

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V-Card Diaries: S “I don’t know why oral sex seems so casual to me, while losing my virginity seems like a huge deal.”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from S in Pennsylvania, who feels like society is telling her she’ll regret it if she doesn’t wait. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I’m female and 16, from Pennsylvania. How do you [...]

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V-Card Diaries: AC “When I think about first times, I remember putting his hand under my shirt in a hotel room.”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from AC in Illinois, who took things slowly with her long-distance boyfriend. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I’m a 21-year-old female college student in Illinois, USA How do you define virginity?   [...]

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What was your first time like? What do you think it will be like? Take our V-Card Diaries survey!

UPDATE APRIL 15th AFTERNOON: After an intense two days, we created a prototype from your data. Check it out here! Please help us continue to collect data as we refine our project. Based on your answers and feedback, this data is guiding us as we shape the final interactive questionnaire for the app. Your responses [...]

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V-Card Diaries: E “As a feminist, I feel like I’m supposed to be above the concept of ‘virginity.’ “

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from E, a feminist writer in search of a tantalizing story to call her own. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself:  I’m a nerdy, feminist, twenty-something, cisgender woman in the U.S. How do [...]

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V-Card Diaries: Emma “People wondered how I could even “lose my virginity” without a penis involved”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from Emma in Vermont, who is 24 and now regularly gets “healthy doses of fingernail-free lovin’.” If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I’m a 24-year-old female living in Vermont. How do you [...]

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V-Card Diaries: Kate “I’m a 23 year old virgin and it makes me feel like a circus freak”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from 23-year-old Kate in the San Francisco Bay Area, who finally feels sexy and is tired of waiting. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: 23, Female, SF Bay Area How do you [...]

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V-Card Diaries: B “I blurted out that I was a virgin and that I wanted to have sex with him, cause I’m awkward like that”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from B, a 42-year-old living in Detroit, Michigan, whose first time was with a bad boy who joined the marines a week later. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I’m 42, female and [...]

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V-Card Diaries: Nikki “After this experience, I decided to leave my Jehovah’s Witness religion”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from Nikki in Miami, who is 24 and used to make her Barbie dolls have sex with each other. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I am a heterosexual 24-year-old female in Miami, [...]

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V-Card Diaries: Nora “I come from Germany and I was always very ashamed to still be a virgin”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from Nora in Germany, who is 23 and had satisfying sex with herself before she had sex with another person. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I’m 23 and I come from Germany. [...]

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A Precious Gift from us to you on Valentine’s Day

Roses are red, Violets are blue, We hate the silencing, shaming heteronormative sexual culture at large, But we love you! Just for you, we’ve created a shiny and new way to share what you’ve done, haven’t done, or may be doing at this very minute. Try it! Thanks to our contributors, we’ve collected over 140 [...]

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V-Card Diaries: Kerri “It helped me accept my sexuality and break away from the abstinence-only viewpoint”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from Kerri in the Southern Appalachiams, who is 22 and even though her relationship ended she doesn’t regret the experience. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I’m 22. I attend a small private [...]

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V-Card Diaries: Ruth “Our first time was a bit awkward, but we laughed it off and tried again”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from Ruth in Iowa, who is 22 and knew she had found the right person to have sex with almost immediately. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I’m a 22-year-old female college senior [...]

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V-Card Diaries: Lucy “Sex is too mainstream nowadays, so I’m waiting until I’m in my 20s to lose my virginity”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from Lucy in London, who is 16 and  happily virginal. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I’m a 16-year-old girl from London. How do you define virginity? Virginity is the act when you [...]

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V-Card Diaries: Dan “My mother’s last words before college were ‘Remember, Dan, gentlemen don’t take virgins.’ ”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from Dan in the Bay area who wants a sexual culture with more honesty and reason. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I’m 63, male, living in the San Francisco Bay Area. I [...]

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V-Card Diaries: Jessie “I literally feel like throwing up thinking about it. I clearly wasn’t ready”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from Jessie in Arizona, whose bad feelings about the first time she had sex makes her wish she’d done things differently. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I’m 21 now but my story [...]

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V-Card Diaries: Katherine “I just needed to open up my mind a bit to realize that sex isn’t a dirty thing”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from Katherine, a 19-year-old woman in Arizona whose changing ideas about sex made her more comfortable having it. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I am 19-year-old woman from Arizona. How do you [...]

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V-Card Diaries: Paul “I’m shy and socially awkward, and still happy to be a virgin at 29″

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from Paul, a 29-year-old man in Atlanta, who believes that staying a virgin has helped him avoid STIs. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I am a 29-year-old male that lives in Atlanta, [...]

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V-Card Diaries: Hannah “Everyone at my high school was a virgin. I almost believed sex would never happen for me.”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from Hannah, a 23-year-old woman from Norther California who had sex for the first time two weeks into her freshman year. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I’m a 23-year-old female from Northern [...]

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Re-Post from Scarleteen: “Like a Virgin: What Having Sex and First Time(s) Have Meant to Me”

Our latest V-Card Diaries was originally published at scarleteen.com and the writer has asked to remain anonymous. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. I’m 23 years old. Depending on who you ask, I’m a single woman or a wife, “sex-crazy” or sex-positive, [...]

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V-Card Diaries: Selina “I’m adept at solo sex but society doesn’t count that as real sex”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from Selina, a 24-year-old woman from London who feels like an outcast because she is still a virgin. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I’m a 24-year-old woman from London. How do you define [...]

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V-Card Diaries: Pure Ant “I’m inexperienced and scared to death of being in bed with a woman”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from Pure Ant, a 51-year-old man from Australia who questions his manhood because he has never lost his virginity. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I’m a quiet guy, 51 years old, from [...]

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V-Card Diaries: YesIAm24 “For years I was scared out of my mind about sex. Not just scared but downright phobic”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from YesIAm24 in  New Orleans . She wrote us *right after* having sex for the first time–after being scared for years–and she really enjoyed it. YAY! If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I [...]

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V-Card Diaries: David “I got to know other females, but they put me straight into the Friend Zone”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from David, a 57-year-old man from Australia, who wonders how couples have managed to create relationships. If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I’m male, 57-years-old, from South Melbourne, Australia. How do you define [...]

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V-Card Diaries: Vannessa “Although we’ve had steamy make out sessions, it never turned into me swiping my V-Card”

Our latest V-Card Diaries comes from Vannessa, a 21-year-old woman from California who was happy she waited for the right guy to ‘swipe her V-Card.’ If you want to tell your story, go to our submission form. We’d love to run it in this blog. Tell us about yourself: I’m a 21-year-old California girl & college [...]

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