Recent Posts Tagged With 'sexuality'

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  Posted on Thursday April 30th, 2009 at 18:49 in family, MEN, girls, sexuality

  On Fresh Air yesterday, British journalist Kathy Marks spoke with Terri Gross about her new book, Lost Paradise, a nonfiction account of the child abuse sex scandal on Pitcairn Island. Pitcairn Island is a British outpost in a remote part of the Sou...

• Men, watch out! Lesbians are stealing your women!

  Posted on Thursday April 2nd, 2009 at 17:55 in sexuality, magazines, lgbtq

  A few days ago, my father directed my attention to an article by Mary A. Fischer in this month's Oprah Magazine. The article's entitled, "Why Women Are Leaving Men for Other Women," and my dad's of the opinion that Oprah's paving the way for her own ...

• Penetration?

  Posted on Monday February 16th, 2009 at 21:40 in sexuality

  I really don't like the word "penetration" when it pertains to sex. It suggests so much stabbing and unwillingness on the part of the penetratee. Like if you're taking someone inside your body, you're just lying there while they stick something into ...

• Dollhouse, some answers and more questions

  Posted on Monday February 16th, 2009 at 12:14 in sexuality, television

  Earlier today, Jacyln over at Bitch Ph.D., posted a compelling series of questions about Whedon's Dollhouse. And I just responded to her post with an absurdly long comment, so I thought I would replicate it here, bringing my answers to her questions ...

• The Orgasm Gap

  Posted on Saturday February 14th, 2009 at 13:16 in sexuality

  Just in time for Valentine's Day, check out this interesting article by Hannah Seligson over at The Daily Beast about "the orgasm gap": Women are shattering political glass ceilings, surpassing men in the workforce, and even winning Indy-car races. ...

• Sex Work and Privilege

  Posted on Friday February 6th, 2009 at 11:20 in sexuality, labor

  There have been a couple of interesting and definitely provocative posts on sex work in the blogosphere in the last week. What else is new, right? This time, though, I'm joining the discussion.Renegade Evolution does a good job of answering some of b...

• Sexuality Feminism

  Posted on Saturday January 31st, 2009 at 18:46 in sexuality

  I’ve been struggling, like many feminists interested in sexuality, with the issue of self-identification. I am clearly neither an anti-porn feminist nor a sex-positive feminist. I very much enjoy porn, but I think its trends and messages are extrem...

• What is Feminist Sex?

  Posted on Saturday January 24th, 2009 at 18:15 in sexuality

  Wow, so I've been REALLY bad at blogging for a while. A lot has changed for me over the course of the last few months. I'll have a lot to say about sex work and feminism in the next few weeks, but it's taken a while to solidify my thoughts into writi...

• Musical Androgyny

  Posted on Sunday January 11th, 2009 at 21:18 in music, sexuality, lgbtq

  The Cliks are one of the most fascinating bands in existence - the lead singer, Lucas Silveira, in particular.Here's why:As someone who thinks she knows enough about music to write about it, I haven't actually been listening to popular music for very...

• Male Authenticy

  Posted on Monday January 5th, 2009 at 20:45 in music, life, sexuality

  (A surprise visit to relatives ate up all of my writing time this weekend, so instead of anything remotely original, this post turned into an impassioned rant. My apologies.)I'm really pissed at this thread. Specifically, at the person in the thread ...