Lady Parts, Painful Sex, and the Vulva Story We Should’ve Heard Sooner

What if painful sex, tampon pain, or persistent vulvar discomfort wasn’t something to silently tolerate or dismiss with “just relax”? In this episode of Labia Logic, Drs. Ashley Fuller and Meredith McClure are joined by filmmaker Bonnie Gross, creator of Lady Parts, a comedy inspired by her own experience with vestibulodynia and chronic vulvar pain. Together they explore why vulvar pain is so often misdiagnosed or minimized, how conditions like vulvodynia, pelvic floor dysfunction, and recurrent infections can overlap, and why patient experiences deserve to be taken seriously from the start. This conversation blends medicine, storytelling, and advocacy to highlight one message: pain is real, and you deserve answers, care, and relief.