TW: This episode includes references to self-harm and disordered eating.

ALLY HENSLEY is a writer, speaker and advocate, who has built a global community for girls and women living with the rare disorder she was born with. Her story and content has spread across the world, but she is sooo much more than “the woman born without a vagina.”

Since the age of 16, when she began the journey to ‘create’ her own vagina canal — without surgery – she has been on a path to body love and sexual acceptance. She is also Amy’s best friend — a friendship forged by uncensored honesty.

On today’s episode, Amy and Ally talk about:

• How ‘creating’ her own vagina (mostly in her own bedroom!) impacted her relationship with her body and sexuality.
• Why she kept her condition a secret for years, and why she finally decided to ‘out’ herself.
• The upsides and downsides of advocacy.
• How it feels to be told your true story is too ‘confronting’.
• Infertility and how they navigate the ‘baby divide.’
• How a ‘boob selfie’ became a symbol of healing.

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Follow Ally on Instagram @ally__hensley and watch this space for when her book launches into the world. You can also read her writing on Contently at https://achensley.contently.com/

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