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.
What It's Like to Hook Up With Someone in Your Uber Pool
Three anonymous women open up about getting lucky in their Uber Pool ride shares.
5 Women Share What It’s Like to Use a Butt Plug
"Once you experience an orgasm with one in, you never want to have an orgasm without one."
Connecticut Is the Horniest State, Apparently
California and Nevada are next on the list, according to this new survey. And at the very bottom, Missouri and Indiana.
5 People on What It's Like to Have Sex with a Mask On
"We had to just jump into the part where we were both completely naked except for our masks"
11 Zoom Confessions That’ll Have You Double-Checking Your Mute Button
Do not pee on a call. I repeat, do NOT pee on a call.
Here's How to Master Reverse Cowgirl
Regular cowgirl sex walked so that this position could run.
Don't Panic, but There Might Be a Condom Shortage Coming Soon
A Malaysian company that produces 1/5th of all condoms in the world has had to shut down production for a week.
5 Women Get Super Honest About Their BDSM Lifestyle
“I enjoy being choked, bound, spanked, and bitten and exploring breath play.”
5 Women Discuss What It’s Really Like to Squirt in the Bedroom
“It felt like a huge pressure was building up and then...released.”
25 Anal Foreplay Tips You Probably Can't Live Without
You warm up before you work out, and you do anal foreplay before you go for anal sex.
Duck Has So Much Sex That His Penis Rots Off
Even with his penis surgically removed, Dave the duck is still trying to get it on.
Some Couples Are Having Threesomes to Forgive Cheating, New Study Finds
It's a slippery slope—proceed with caution.
I Had an Adult Circumcision and I Totally Regret It
A guy who's had sex while cut and uncut tells all.
29 Things to Know About Getting a Penis Piercing
Ejaculating, peeing, and condoms will never be the same.
4 People Get Real About Golden Showers
"It can really bring you closer in a relationship."
3 People Explain What It Means to Be Aromantic
For one, being aromantic isn't the same thing as being asexual.
What It’s Really Like to Have a Threesome
“I think so many woman are actually interested in it and are the ones who initiate it.”
It Turns Out That Quite a Few Americans Have Had a Condom Break on Them
Of 1,000 Americans surveyed, 41% said they had lost or broken a condom during sex.
13 Women Describe What Makes an Attractive Dick Pic
Hint: They shouldn’t be unsolicited.
7 Women Get Real About What Anal Sex Feels Like
They didn't hold back.
These Chocolate Penises Are the Ultimate Gag Gift
It's completely anonymous.
20 Men Try to Describe What an Orgasm Actually Feels Like
"That feeling you get when you crack your knuckles, except all over your whole body."
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 music.
4 Women Explain What It's Really Like to Peg a Partner
"Having a guy underneath you, with the gasping and groaning, is spectacular."
9 Women on What Doggy Style Sex Feels Like
"It feels primal and animalistic, raw and sexy."
Here's What It's Really Like to Have a Small Penis
Some positions are a LOT better than others.
What Happened When These Women Had Threesomes With Their Best Friends
Does it always have to get awkward?
3 Women Reveal What It's Like to Have Nipple-Only Orgasms
Yes, they're real, and yes, they're spectacular.
3 Women Discuss What It's Really Like to Ejaculate During Sex
"I didn’t even know it was happening until the sheets were soaked underneath me."
I Have a Foot Fetish, and Here's What My Sex Life Is Like
"Foot jobs are awesome, but they're not the only thing you can do."
10 Things to Know About Toe Sucking
It's also called "shrimping."
4 Guys Get Real About Being Uncircumcised
"I always wondered why porn penises looked different."