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JULY <strong>2019</strong> #ISSUE 6<br />
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DEYAH MAGAZINE<br />
DEYAH<br />
AFRO/CARIB MUSIC | LIFESTYLE | CULTURE<br />
CONTENTS<br />
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11<br />
15<br />
18<br />
22<br />
26<br />
27<br />
30<br />
34<br />
EVENT BUZZ<br />
ONE FAMALAY CONCERT<br />
RICHIE SPICE<br />
FLYING THE FLAG OF CONSCIOUSNESS<br />
BUSINESS<br />
PROUD & GIFTED<br />
SOCA BUZZ<br />
CREDABLE (RELEASE DE RIDDIM)<br />
EVENT BUZZ<br />
MS DESIRE AND FRIENDS<br />
CHARTS<br />
UK HYPE REGGAE/DANCEHALL TOP TEN<br />
FATFIB FASHION<br />
SUMMER MUST HAVES<br />
HEALTH<br />
ORAL LICHEN PLANUS<br />
SEXPRESS<br />
SEXUAL SATISFACTION (PT1)<br />
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DID YOU KNOW - CARNIVAL<br />
In the later 50s Claudia Jones an event at the St Pancras Town hall to recreate<br />
the Caribbean carnival experience for immigrants in the Uk. This was also to help<br />
relieve the tensions of the race issues.<br />
1. Notting Hill is the second largest in the world. Rio de Janeiro, sits at 1st place<br />
2. Notting hill carnival was first held in 1966. This was started by Rhaune Laslett<br />
it was called the Notting Hill fayre, but the mother of carnival is considered to be<br />
Claudia Jones.<br />
3. Notting Hill requires over 40,000 volunteers and in excess of 9000 police<br />
officers to man the parade every year<br />
4. There are over 1 million attendees at Notting hill each August Bank Holiday. (last<br />
bank holiday of August)<br />
5. Costumes come in different sizes shapes, style and colour and Every year there<br />
are around 17,000 costumes on display.<br />
6. Bands Aka Masquerade bands get pretty big they take a lot of co-ordination.<br />
and planning. There are some 70 plus bands and each Mas Band can hold between<br />
30- 300 people.<br />
7. Sundays traditionally is kid’s day a more family orientated day, the crowd is<br />
usually much smaller and on Monday is adult day.<br />
8. There are 60 plus performing stages, steel pan bands and sounds systems and<br />
food stales.<br />
9. Dutty Mas - oil, paint and powder J’Ouver. J’Ouver is normally on the first day of<br />
Carnival (Carnival Sunday) 6am dutty mas starts.<br />
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EDITORS NOTE<br />
The gauntlet has been thrown down and the race is now in full heat.<br />
It’s <strong>July</strong> and the heat in the UK is rising, Carnival in St. Lucia is ending now,<br />
Rotterdam is in fully swing. What does carnival mean to you, to the UK, to us that<br />
are from the islands with Soca flowing through our veins.<br />
Like the four seasons, Soca seems to be a season in its own right. A music not<br />
recognised as a genre, just a seasonal music that brings the festivity with it like<br />
Christmas or Birthdays once a year.<br />
CREDITS<br />
Writers:<br />
AC Christie - @ilovecarnival - christieac4@gmail.com<br />
Mr Wondah - allgoodnsweet@yahoo.co.uk<br />
Abbie Tiny Samuel - @tinyhoudini – abbie.samuel139@hotmail.co.uk<br />
SexPress – sexpress@deyah.co.uk<br />
Janice Fletcher - janice.25@hotmail.co.uk<br />
Tricia Blake - tricia@divachoice.co.uk<br />
Lisa Brown - browncoachpr@gmail.com<br />
Chantelle Ldn<br />
Photographers:<br />
Bampson @bampson1<br />
JiggadPhotography - @jiggadphotography<br />
Shapshutta - @sharpshutta_photos<br />
Trinis In London - @trinisinlondon<br />
Designer: Yomi - yomeyusuf@gmail.com<br />
Creatives: Escapism 360, @Nlpr_studios – Tricia Blake<br />
Fashion:<br />
Tricia - @Divachoice_ceo<br />
Sasha - @makeupby_sasha<br />
Dancehall Honies:<br />
Shoot MUA<br />
Charts: Epik Jones - @epikjjones - epikint@gmail.com<br />
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ONE FAMALAY CONCERT<br />
Written by: Alvaro Barrington x Socaholic x Colours Carnival<br />
What inspired the One Famalay Concert?<br />
Art is always who we are. It’s about community – sharing ideas through music,<br />
dance, painting, performances. I grew up first in the Caribbean and then in a<br />
Caribbean American community in Brooklyn, and have studied art for over twenty<br />
years, including at the Slade here in London. On my first visit to London, I stayed<br />
with my Jamaican aunt and extended family. My practice is always concerned<br />
with celebrating communities in the way that they celebrate themselves, and the<br />
diverse cultural languages in which we celebrate ourselves, so I am responsive to<br />
both carnival and the millions who celebrate it as I do, also those of us who love<br />
to go to galleries and museums to see paintings. Working together with Socaholic<br />
and Colours Carnival allowed us to create an experience that links communities<br />
and ideas. The concert is one kind of experience because it’s short, packed, and<br />
relatively small. Carnival is another: it’s massive, two days long, a lot of bodies and<br />
energy. You probably will lose your friends but find new friends. The show at Sadie<br />
Coles HQ is on for nearly two months. It is another way of viewing the paintings<br />
in relative quiet with your own thoughts. You can get deep into your thoughts<br />
with the paintings. All these experiences are valuable and touch on the different<br />
ways we process art and community. The paintings are the beginning of a fourshow<br />
run about the life of Marcus Garvey and his relationships to London, the<br />
Caribbean and New York. It’s the first chapter, so it starts with birth, sex, nurturing<br />
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and family (famalay) which is the first relationship we have in the world. One of<br />
the challenges is that galleries often have mostly white viewers and I’m talking<br />
about a black man and black relationships, and I think there are responsible ways<br />
to share these ideas and stories. I knew I needed to go to black folks in a way that<br />
allows them to become part of what’s happening, to be in the conversation. And<br />
Caribbean folks celebrate carnival so it was my job to reach them in a space that<br />
is organic to the culture, which we are doing in a delicate collaborative manner.<br />
The people who have made the choices – like who performs, where we perform –<br />
are folks whose careers are centred around carnival. We’ve used our resources to<br />
make it happen. The overall experience, from the concert to carnival to the show,<br />
hopefully, highlights the exchanges formed in a multicultural city like London while<br />
at the same time acknowledging the long history of those exchanges. At the same<br />
time as Garvey was looking at Africa while studying here in London, Gauguin was<br />
visiting Martinique, Picasso was looking at African sculptures, Matisse was visiting<br />
Harlem to listen to Jazz. Many of the elements of Africa can be found in Carnival,<br />
they were all finding new ideas, passing on old ideas through exchanges, through<br />
making, although in a specific cultural context. An underlying story in the paintings<br />
is Anansi the spider, mixed with Louise Bourgeois’s spider, who then becomes a<br />
stand-in for my mom (as the spider was for Bourgeois) and my mom’s relationship<br />
with my dad, giving birth to me, remarrying my stepdad ten years later, and then<br />
them having my brother.<br />
Alvaro Barrington, <strong>2019</strong><br />
How has the response been like for the event?<br />
It has been Phenomenal, people are genuinely blown away as they never saw it<br />
coming! I guess keeping something like this a secret was exciting for all those<br />
involved and now that it’s out there the response has been nothing but positive<br />
- putting on a concert of this magnitude with headline artists in their own right<br />
and making it as accessible to as many people as possible is the biggest and most<br />
important factor and I feel like we are accomplishing that.<br />
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What’s the target audience of the One Famalay Concert?<br />
We do not feel like we need to preach to the converted as we already have an<br />
amazing community that are absolutely die-hard soca fans - they go far and<br />
wide, travel not only up and down the country but also into the UK for our<br />
spectacular Notting Hill Carnival so putting on a concert of this calibre feels<br />
especially important to try and push this concert to as many people as we possibly<br />
can outside of the soca scene. We desperately want this genre of music to be<br />
appreciated and recognised globally, by opening this up to a wider audience we<br />
begin to elevate our culture, art and music which leads to exciting opportunities<br />
being opened to everyone.<br />
Will this event become a yearly event?<br />
You will have to wait and see!<br />
What sets this concert apart from other events like it?<br />
That would be telling, we do not want to give away too much but think BIG! We<br />
are going for WOW-factor not only on the line-up but also on the curation of the<br />
concert itself. We are aiming to leave concert-goers in awe, invigorated and talking<br />
about this for years to come.<br />
You have a very star-studded line-up, any more surprise the fetter can look<br />
forward to?<br />
Oh, we are full of surprises, so all I can say is to stay tuned!<br />
Where can we find more information about One Famalay - The Carnival Concert?<br />
and most importantly where can we buy tickets?<br />
Links for the event: onefamalay.co.uk, Ticket Tailor, Ticketmaster<br />
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RICHIE SPICE<br />
Written by: Mr Wondah<br />
What’s been the biggest challenges you face on your mission?<br />
The biggest challenge is getting the words out, but it’s becoming a little easier with<br />
social media.<br />
You hail from rack hall and I understand you came from a very musical family?<br />
Yea, Rack hall St. Andrew. Spanner Banner, Pliers from Chaka Demus and Pliers and<br />
Snatcher lion we are all family.<br />
Was it inevitable for you to gravitate towards music based on your background?<br />
Well, Yes, I’m born into a house old that these activities are taking place so<br />
eventually it’s going to be a natural progression for one to just gravitate into.<br />
Earth a run red, topped the Billboard charts in 2004, racked up in excess of 5<br />
million views on YouTube and announced you to the world, what’s the creative<br />
history behind that song?<br />
I recorded the song for some time, then it got released and the feedback was great.<br />
everyone was wandering who sing the song as there was no face to it but whenever<br />
I performed the song I would get great response, you could tell people felt the<br />
energy. Then we linked up with 5th element. That’s when we got a video done so<br />
people could put a face to the song and then we formed a management team and<br />
they helped to propel the song even more.<br />
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Before you became a house old name, you toured with Rita Marley, Everton<br />
Blender and Chaka Demus and Pliers through Europe and USA back in the mid<br />
90s. Is this the reason live performance is such a big part of you?<br />
Well I would say yes, Because, doing a thing over and over the years, the more you<br />
grow, the more you learn the more you do it the more you get used to it and better<br />
at it.<br />
Youths dem cold is a very socially conscious song, what inspired that song?<br />
Well, that was just a natural vibration, you see where the youth’s suffering in the<br />
street, you see the lock of parenting, you see the youths out there cleaning car<br />
glass and begging, some are under age, those things are not too good for the<br />
future generation. So, as we see these things we try to address them and as we<br />
don’t get the opportunity to speak with those in charge we put it into music so<br />
they can still here our cries and get the message.<br />
You’ve share the stage with some elite names in music, world wide, what is your<br />
most memorable experience on stage?<br />
Most memorable experience, I went to Norway to perform once and I really got<br />
frightened while preforming, In the middle of the performance the people started<br />
running towards the stage even the band left the stage, I held my ground, I didn’t<br />
know where to run to and it was a good thing as it was just love the people was<br />
showing.<br />
At times it seems Dancehall is over shadowing Reggae; did you sit down an say<br />
right I’m going to concentrate on consciousness and spreading conscious music<br />
because the fans and the world needs to this music?<br />
Well, I am who I am, Whatever I do comes from within, I don’t plan these things,<br />
these are just natural expressions and vibrations, A natural mystic as the king would<br />
say.<br />
Trouble in the world on the first born riddim is a very social conscious song. How<br />
did that song come about?<br />
Well, I mean that song came about from reflecting on the all that was and is<br />
happening out there in the world, all the pollution, the breaking down of the ozone<br />
layer, the greed etc. all these things happening and no one seem to be looking out<br />
for the next generation coming, all these things are trouble.<br />
Marijuana Pon De Corner that’s another one?<br />
Yes-man, lol, now you talking about the healing of the nation, the world is crying<br />
out for medicine and there’s no other medicine like the herbs, you can extract all<br />
these medicine from it to treat all types of ailment’s.<br />
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One sky, one light, two hearts, one night, a<br />
sample from the single beautiful life which<br />
features Canadian singer Kathryn Aria. The<br />
song combines your strongest themes, love<br />
and consciousness, you used nature to reflect<br />
the love between a man and a woman. That<br />
shows vision. What is the creative history of<br />
this song?<br />
My friend from element music group<br />
introduced me to Kathryn, she’s from Canada,<br />
I listened to her and she as a unique vocal and<br />
mine is somewhat different as well, so we put<br />
these two together and based on the feedback<br />
of the people that’s what they want to hear.<br />
In the same breath give thanks to the I dem<br />
that support and play these types of music so<br />
the people can hear it because in these times<br />
these are what the people need to listen, the<br />
promotion of Love and oneness.<br />
I understand there a new album in the works how is that, going what can we<br />
expect?<br />
Well its finish we are just trying to pull it out the pipeline, we also have some<br />
features, Chronic, Catherine, Dre Island likewise. It’s a great album touching the<br />
usual subjects love oneness, social issues of course the herbs and a feel-good vibe<br />
for some skanking.<br />
How can people keep up with you find out what’s going on where you are going<br />
to be next?<br />
All they have to do is link me on Instagram and Twitter One Richie spice that’s<br />
number one. Just link me there and everything will come up.<br />
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BUSINESS<br />
PROUD & GIFTED<br />
Written by: Tricia Blake<br />
How did you get into your line of business?<br />
Research showed the lack of businesses showcasing Inspirational young people, so<br />
I created one.<br />
How long as your business been running?<br />
The business has been running for 10 months now.<br />
What has been the highlight of your business?<br />
Surprising someone with my Award, then seeing their reaction was priceless.<br />
What advice would you give to someone getting into the business?<br />
You have to believe in your brand 1000% and never get put off by people’s<br />
opinions.<br />
What inspired you to get into the business?<br />
The lack of people recognising Young People, inspired me to do it.<br />
Given the opportunity to cook at a 5star restaurant what dish would you prepare?<br />
I would prepare a traditional Antiguan dish of sweet potato dumplings with salt<br />
fish but I would give it my own twist and finesse. As it is important to maintain our<br />
traditions we can just revamp them for current times.<br />
What advice would you give to your 14-year-old self?<br />
Learn as much as you can, live life and live with no fair.<br />
If you weren’t doing this line of business what else would you be doing?<br />
Another business supporting Vulnerable People & Juveniles in police custody.<br />
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What is the one change you would implement in<br />
your industry, given the chance and why?<br />
I would implement more positive coverage<br />
celebrating young people’s achievements, why?<br />
There is currently too much negative news about<br />
our youths.<br />
Where do you see yourself and the business in 5<br />
years?<br />
I’d like the Business to be in a position to<br />
recognising a young person by, presenting them<br />
with an award 7 days of the week, and receive<br />
worldwide recognition.<br />
Myself = Key figure empowering a younger<br />
generation.<br />
How can you be contacted/socials?<br />
Email info@proudandgifted.co.uk Tel: 07506310044.<br />
Socials: proud and gifted on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, YouTube.<br />
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SOCA BUZZ<br />
WITH CREDABLE<br />
(RELEASE D RIDDIM)<br />
Written by: Abbie Tiny Samuel<br />
One of the places you’ve dj’ed at recently was Ibiza Soca, how was your<br />
experience?<br />
It was really great. Thinking about it I wondered how they can make it better but<br />
I had an amazing time and top it off they brought Machel [Montano] as a surprise<br />
artist.<br />
You have Dj’ed at Ibiza Soca for the last 3 years?<br />
Yes, Ibiza Soca started 3 years ago so I’ve been there from the start. It’s been great,<br />
we just do our thing. This is the first year we dj’ed at the boat party which was<br />
crazy. Our boat was crazy! We teamed up with DJ Spice (Team Soca) and it was<br />
a nice mix of people from different countries. We usually play 100% soca and we<br />
don’t like to repeat tracks.<br />
What was your favourite theme party?<br />
It had to be the carnival theme party because I love to play mas.<br />
Did you learn anything new from Djing at Ibiza Soca this year?<br />
Me personally I’m always thinking about what I’m playing, I might review what I’ve<br />
played, see how other people play, and see the crowd’s reaction to songs being<br />
played.<br />
Your known for doing the Zig Zag dance, which you did at one of the parties.<br />
How did you learn how to do it?<br />
My boy Raph showed me how to do it at Toulouse carnival earlier this year. I already<br />
kind of had a dance in my head but when the track came on I was getting ready to<br />
do it, then he joined in and naturally we created the dance. Raph originally started<br />
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off the dance in Trinidad but it really picked up when we were in Toulouse when<br />
everyone started joining in.<br />
You are apart of Release D Riddim, how did that start?<br />
Release D Riddim started on 7th April 2007. We were going to a lot of fetes<br />
and weren’t hearing songs we thought should had played. We spoke to Martin<br />
Jay about it and he said if you want to hear those type of songs do something<br />
yourselves. On 7th April 2007, we had our own fete for the first time it was £1 entry.<br />
It was successful and became a weekly event. We then had an event called ‘Red<br />
Eye’ that went on all night from 10pm to 6am with no repetition of songs.<br />
Apart from Djing, what other projects are you doing as part of Release D Riddim?<br />
We have a mas band that’s been going on for 6 years, we also organise packages<br />
for people and we take them to carnivals if they want to experience it, we arrange<br />
their accommodation etc. The next trips we’re doing are Barbados, Grenada,<br />
London (Notting Hill Carnival) and then Miami.<br />
What is your role within the Release D Riddim Mas band?<br />
I originally started off as a band leader and would help out at the mas camp for<br />
Dragons before we had our own band. Now that I’m one of the mas owners I mainly<br />
oversee everything that happens but still help out where I can.<br />
What other weekenders have you done this year?<br />
This year has been really busy. We did Caribbean weekender in the UK - we get<br />
brought in to play soca. We did Touolouse carnival, Hollywood, there’s been so<br />
many. We do private parties and play at other events too.<br />
What’s the toughest crowd you’ve had to deal with?<br />
It depends on what I’m playing. At soca parties I don’t have to worry, private parties<br />
can be a bit more difficult. Recently I played for an Indian family so made sure I was<br />
up to date on the Bhangra and make sure I had all of the tunes but they were also<br />
requesting songs which made it easier - I even took the opportunity to throw in<br />
some Chutney soca.<br />
What events do you have coming up for the rest of this year?<br />
Rotterdam carnival, Crop Over, Quencher boat cruise in Barbados, a fete called<br />
DRUM at a club called Bananas in Grenada, Dreamland Jouvert in London, Miami<br />
and then Uber Soca Cruise.<br />
How can fetters and promoter contact you, book you or just keep updated with<br />
what you are doing?<br />
You can follow me on: Instagram Credable1, Facebook Credable Stephen,<br />
Twitter – Credable, Also follow Release D Riddim on all socials.<br />
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EVENT BUZZ<br />
MS DESIRE AND FRIENDS<br />
Written by: Abbie Tiny Samuel<br />
What inspired the Ms Desire and Friends<br />
event?<br />
I’ve always wanted to do a concert like<br />
this, but the timing has never been right.<br />
This year just felt like the right time. I’ve<br />
built an extensive catalogue, have my<br />
own band and so ready to perform for<br />
everyone that has been supporting me<br />
over the years.<br />
What as the response been like for the event?<br />
The response has been fantastic. Better than I even expected. The ticket orders are<br />
coming in and I couldn’t be happier.<br />
What’s the target audience Ms Desire and Friends?<br />
The target audience is anyone who loves soca music and loves and appreciates of<br />
live music.<br />
What can attendees expect at this your 1st headline show?<br />
It will be night filled with good vibes, great music and lots of talent from my<br />
musical friends!<br />
What sets your show apart from other events like it?<br />
The authenticity. I’m not here trying to make my concert the best thing for the<br />
Nottinghill Carnival season. I’m just here trying to entertain and connect with my<br />
fans from my heart to theirs; and I think that’s what will set it apart.<br />
What are some of the attractions people can look forward to?<br />
People can look forward to the guest artists, which will be revealed over time and<br />
they can also look forward to hearing all their favorite Ms Desire songs; old and<br />
new.<br />
Where can we find more information about wet it up and buy tickets?<br />
You can get tickets from www.desireandfriends.eventbrite.co.uk – tickets are free!!<br />
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FABFIT<br />
FASHION<br />
summer must haves<br />
written by Tricia Blake<br />
Photo by DeMorris Byrd on Unsplash<br />
We are in the middle of festival season, not to mention all of the day parties and<br />
the ultimate Street Festival Notting-Hill Carnival!!<br />
We have you covered with some of the hottest trendy fashion pieces to fit any<br />
summer party occasion……..take a look<br />
Playboy x Missguided Green<br />
Tropical print mesh playsuit £25<br />
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Neon Orange Satin Caged<br />
Bralet £18<br />
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Venus Reversible Vest<br />
£39<br />
divachoice.co.uk<br />
Fringe White High Neck<br />
Festival Dress £26<br />
isawitfirst.com<br />
Zara Marie Swimsuit/Body Suit<br />
£30<br />
divachoice.co.uk<br />
Zara Light Blue Ripped Shorts<br />
£19.99<br />
zara.com<br />
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HEALTH<br />
ORAL LICHEN PLANUS<br />
By Janice Fletcher - Qualified Dental Nurse<br />
I really do hope you are all enjoying the summer weather. In this month’s health<br />
issue I will be looking at an oral health disease called Lichen Planus. Did you know<br />
that there are still a lot of people within our society who are so unaware of “What is<br />
Lichen Planus?”<br />
Lichen Planus is a long lasting disease that can<br />
affect the mouth and sometimes other areas of<br />
the body. It presents itself in the form of an itchy<br />
rash. The affected areas are usually the mouth<br />
(oral Lichen Planus), arms and legs, nails and<br />
scalp, vulva, vagina and penis. The exact cause is<br />
unknown however the condition is not infectious<br />
and does not run in families. Approximately 1-2%<br />
of the population worldwide is affected by this<br />
disease. However Oral Lichen Planus is more<br />
common in females. Oral Lichen Planus predominantly occurs in adults older than<br />
40 years, although younger adults and children can be affected. There is however<br />
no known cause of the disease in most patients. However it may be a sign of mild<br />
weakness in the body’s immune system although patients with Lichen Planus are<br />
always well. Lichen Planus can be caused by a reaction to medicines such as pain<br />
killers, diabetic treatment, high blood pressure tablets and a number of other<br />
medications.<br />
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Lichen Planus is usually diagnosed by a doctor or a dentist if it’s Oral Lichen Planus<br />
by examining the rash and asking about your symptoms. A biopsy is usually carried<br />
out before a full diagnosis is made. Lichen Planus usually turns up as a white patch<br />
in the lining of the mouth, especially the cheeks, tongue and gums. Sometimes pain<br />
can be experienced with this condition. Emotional stress and spicy food or citrus<br />
fruits can often cause symptoms to worsen.<br />
There is no single treatment that will cure it completely; however treatments are<br />
available such as steroid creams and ointments to help manage the symptoms. It<br />
only needs to be treated if you are in severe pain. If corticosteroids are not effective<br />
in treating patients symptoms you may be prescribed a medication to supress the<br />
immune system. Topical corticosteroids help to treat the inflammation and redness<br />
caused by the Lichen Planus. Mild treatment of Lichen Planus will not require<br />
treatment however a mouthwash not containing alcohol is used to numb the mouth<br />
thus making eating easier.<br />
USEFUL TIPS Can I stop myself getting Oral Lichen Planus?<br />
As the cause is usually not known it is impossible to stop it. To avoid the risk of<br />
serious disease of the lining of the mouth:<br />
• Do not smoke<br />
• Don’t drink large amounts of alcohol<br />
• Do have a diet with plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables.<br />
• Regular brushing of your teeth and tongue twice a day with a fluoride<br />
toothpaste<br />
• You have your teeth, gums and cheek checked regularly to spot any changes<br />
in the lining of the mouth.<br />
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SEXPLORATION<br />
SEXUAL SATISFACTION (PART 1)<br />
By SexPress<br />
Sitting in a restaurant on a night out eating food with friends is something I<br />
try to do on a regular basis. As usual it wouldn’t be a night out if the subject of<br />
relationships and sex don’t come up and sexually satisfaction was the main topic.<br />
What was revealed was that a few women at the table, had issues with not being<br />
sexually satisfied by their partners. This is a common theme and trust me they are<br />
not alone. There are too many women out here finding themselves with men who<br />
are not willing to put in the effort in making sure their woman is sexually satisfied.<br />
Now let’s make it clear, I’m not talking about the side chick, or the one night stands,<br />
we will go into that another time, but these are supposed to be the bonified. the<br />
one who you go home to after a long day, the one who you have kids with , pay the<br />
bills with, cooks your dinners and makes sure your clothes are washed. But let’s be<br />
fair, if you haven’t stated what works for you sexually in your relationship then how<br />
will he know. We as women, need to also take some responsibility here too.<br />
The time you have with me is a short, but I’m aiming for it to be sweet, lol.<br />
When having sex, you want someone to buss opened those chains, while releasing<br />
the woman in you. So here are two basic ways you can take more responsibility and<br />
try and make your sexual experiences a little better.<br />
1. Be vocal about your sexual desires.<br />
In some cases we don’t know what we like sexually and that’s OK. I’m sure there is<br />
something that you would prefer your partner to do more of or there is something<br />
that you would like to try (We can talk about explorations another time.) so let<br />
him know, but be realistic, don’t take the piss. I MUST MAKE IT CLEAR, I know<br />
us women can go on brutal at times, so be mindful of how you address this<br />
conversation. State how you feel, without being negative and meet your partner in<br />
the middle, Rome wasn’t built in a day. For example you could say , I love it when<br />
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you……….. Do you know when you do this it drives me crazy………… I always think<br />
about ……. or it gets me horny when…….., have you ever wanted to try………..etc. This<br />
is to minimise your other half feeling disheartened or that your bashing his ego, so<br />
be gentle. Ask what he may want to change in the bedroom, this may also give him<br />
the chance to air what his likes and dislikes also. If talking about sex isn’t normal<br />
for you both, start with small statements. Be mindful of when you’re having these<br />
convos, avoid when he has just gotten in from a long day, when he is rushing to go<br />
somewhere, this is not the time. Maybe try a date night or when it’s just you two<br />
at the dinner table, the key is that you’re telling him what you want, not what you<br />
don’t want.<br />
Talking about what works for you isn’t selfish, rude, or anything negative. when<br />
everyone gets what they want, everyone is happy and performs better.<br />
2. Pay attention.<br />
Give your partner a few sessions to build his confidence and put things into action.<br />
Let him find his way into doing what you like, he needs to find his grove. When he<br />
does start making progress, make sure you acknowledge it and say how much you<br />
enjoyed it. Nothing worse than not being praised for making change, especially<br />
when someone asked for it and it went unnoticed. If you feel that he’s attempting<br />
to do what you like and maybe not doing it how you like it, then maybe guide there<br />
hand or move your body to the right place to support. OK JUST TO BE CLEAR….<br />
IF YOU WANT HIM TO GIVE YOU ORAL DON’T SIT ON HIS FACE WITHOUT HIS<br />
CONSENT, IT DON’T WORK LIKE THAT. Just try and be subtle in your actions,<br />
unless they ask you to be blatant.<br />
Let’s start speaking and exploring our sexual selves more, we only have one life<br />
and sex is a big part of it for most of us. All those nerve ending were placed in the<br />
clitoris for a reason, so lets put them to good use. lol<br />
Part two we will look at some of the repercussions of not being in a sexually<br />
satisfying relationship and the problems that it can bring. For both of you……<br />
Send messages, questions, etc @ sexpress@deyah.co.uk<br />
Sexy tunes of the month:<br />
Lucky Daye - Try your fire, Summer Walker - Grave<br />
Enjoy,<br />
SexPress XxX<br />
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