At age 14, I (finally) hit puberty and, like all teenagers, was curious about my changing body — especially my genitals. So naturally I jumped onto Google to see what a “normal” vagina looked like. There I found articles like ‘The 5 Different Types of Labia’, which suggested getting a hand-held mirror, squatting down and getting to know what kind of labia I had. Of course, I immediately grabbed a compact mirror from the bathroom and locked the door. Squatting down with my undies around my ankles, mirror in hand, I studied myself briefly, then swallowed shame and disgust as I shoved the mirror back into the drawer.
I’d never watched porn so I’d never really seen another vagina, but I knew enough to know that my genitals weren’t “perfect”. The
