Carina Hsieh, MPH
Deputy Features Editor
Carina Hsieh, MPH, is the deputy features editor of Women’s Health. She has more than a decade’s worth of experience working in media and has covered everything from beauty, fashion, travel, lifestyle, pets, to health.
She began her career as an intern in the fashion closet at Cosmopolitan where she worked her way up to Senior Sex & Relationships Editor. While covering women’s health there, she discovered her passion for health service journalism and took a break to get her Masters in Public Health. Post-grad school, she worked as a freelance writer and as The Daily Beast’s first Beauty, Health, and Wellness Reporter.
Carina is an alum of the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Yale School of Public Health. She and her French Bulldog, Bao Bao, split their time between Brooklyn and Connecticut. She enjoys reformer Pilates, (slow) running, and smelling the fancy toiletries in boutique fitness class locker rooms.
Everything to know about face sitting (AKA ‘queening’) — and what women really think about it
Time to take the throne, queens
6 best CBD lubes of 2025 for better, wetter sex
Let’s just say these bbs are hiiiiighly rated
How to fix a yeast infection – and keep them from coming back
Here’s exactly which remedies to rely on... and which you should never ever try
Is it safe to use a vibrator during pregnancy?
We asked some doctors for you
What it’s really like to have a threesome with your bestie
Does it always have to get awkward and ruin the friendship?
Here, let us help you perfect those sexy selfies
Cue the flame emojis
So, your partner’s snoring could be taking years off your life
The receipts to this revelation may be old, but the proof still stands.
PSA: Please don’t try to vacuum your period out or you’ll end up in hospital
This viral tweet is unfortch not a joke.
A new survey has found the most romantic proposal spots in the world
Yep, being at home counts!
"I went to a sex party I found on the Internet and it was hilariously awkward"
There was a circle-jerk set to Carly Rae Jepsen.
Here's how it can be possible to be friends with an ex
You know a romantic future isn't possible, but why should you cut them out of your life completely?
11 women who caught their partner secretly using dating apps
"He legitimately tried to tell me 'Mandy Bumble' was just her last name."
6 people on what it's like to be sapiosexual
You might have seen the term popping up on people's dating profiles.
"I am so happy to be unique" - What it's really like to be intersex
"I play the role of male, knowing that I am biologically neither male nor female."
9 books that will heal your broken heart after a breakup
Stop dwelling and start reading...
"I think I'm bad in bed - and it's killing my relationship"
It's killing my relationship.
The 7 best hookup apps for when you don't want something serious
Yep, hookup apps are not the same as dating apps.
Why you should do your date's birth chart the first time you meet them
It's how I reeled in my current partner.
How popular are your breakup habits?
Would you rather be ghosted or like, fully dumped?
This LELO suitcase is the most extra box of sex toys you've ever seen
There's only 1,000 of them, so you better click this link RTFN.
12 hot spots on a male body you really should know about
Y'know that dip under the ankle? Erogenous zone.
8 women on what "pregnancy brain" really feels like
Mumnesia is real.
5 people get very real about being into BDSM
"Giving up my freedom (consensually!) is the best break from reality."
Sex club regulars in their 20s get real about what it's like
"It's a big myth that sex parties are a free-for-all."
9 women on what it's really like to poop during childbirth
"I just remember seeing the nurse scoop it up and throw it away, as if she dropped something on the floor while cooking."
10 tweets that perfectly nail how consent actually works
In case you needed a reminder.
11 mothers on what breastfeeding really feels like
"It's almost like when you can finally pee after holding it in too long."
3 women get real about what it's actually like to use a butt plug
Because Fifty Shades Freed did not get it *totally* right.
A guide to the most memorable sex toys from the Fifty Shades series
Even if having sex in a helicopter isn't a financial option for you, you have choices.
7 women get real about what pregnancy sex feels like
That second trimester, though.
4 people get real AF about golden showers
"It can really bring you closer in a relationship - would you let just anyone urinate on you?"
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New data from Pornhub and xHamster have some revealing insights.