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Eight participants – most of them ‘lesbian first-timers’ – are invited to shed shame and revel in pleasureGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEight women are lying in a room in a mansion in Mount Martha, a wealthy suburb an hour out of Melbourne. Their heads are in the middle of the circle, their bodies splayed out like a multi-pronged sundial. Slowly, as Jordana Ezra guides them, they insert a finger into their vaginas. As they breathe, they push a pressure point.“Go to noon … press in, breathe,” she says. “And now, three o’clock.”Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

Dolphins circled their capsule after it landed off the coast of Florida.

Dolphins circled their capsule after it landed off the coast of Florida.

The debate has sparked a wider dilemma about the broader purpose of welfare

The debate has sparked a wider dilemma about the broader purpose of welfare

The debate has sparked a wider dilemma about the broader purpose of welfare

Laws in the Isle of Man to let terminally ill adults end their own lives are in the last stages of debate.

Laws in the Isle of Man to let terminally ill adults end their own lives are in the last stages of debate.

Laws in the Isle of Man to let terminally ill adults end their own lives are in the last stages of debate.

Increasing numbers of young people are using the drug, experts say. The health impacts can be catastrophic.

Increasing numbers of young people are using the drug, experts say. The health impacts can be catastrophic.

Increasing numbers of young people are using the drug, experts say. The health impacts can be catastrophic.