Posts Tagged pleasure

Mother India
By Reina Gattuso • 8 years ago

Pleasure in the Time of Nationalism

A version of this piece was first given as a talk at the St. Stephen’s College Gender Studies Cell in Delhi University North Campus, India. It’s written in the context of the ongoing Indian student movement for the right to dissent, which began as a protest of the arrest of several student activists from Jawaharlal Nehru University under a colonial-era sedition law for supposed “anti-national” activities. You can follow Feministing’s coverage of the movement here.

A version of this piece was first given as a talk at the St. Stephen’s College Gender Studies Cell in Delhi University North Campus, India. It’s written in the context of the ongoing Indian student movement for ...

amber rose walk of shame
By Maya Dusenbery • 8 years ago

Watch: Amber Rose takes us on a utopian “walk of no shame”

Continuing to be a vocal advocate against slut-shaming, in this new Funny or Die video, Amber Rose takes us on a “walk of no shame” in a utopian world where women’s sexual pleasure is celebrated, not policed. 

Continuing to be a vocal advocate against slut-shaming, in this new Funny or Die video, Amber Rose takes us on a “walk of no shame” in a utopian world where women’s sexual pleasure is celebrated, not ...
By Lori Adelman • 12 years ago

Microbicide Gel That Prevents HIV Could Also Increase Sexual Pleasure!

Remember that awesome microbicide gel that was found to be 39% effective in reducing HIV but was facing funding difficulties? The gel contains the drug tenofovir, an antiretroviral drug used widely in the treatment of HIV, and is designed to be used vaginally both before and after penile-vaginal penetration. HIV and women’s groups were hailing its development as a big and positive step in the fight against the epidemic.

Well, it turns out that fighting HIV isn’t the only thing this gel is proving to be good at!

From the South Africa Press Association:

“Efforts to cut the risk of women contracting HIV could have an interesting side effect — sexual pleasure. This emerged…during a previous study involving another gel ...

Remember that awesome microbicide gel that was found to be 39% effective in reducing HIV but was facing funding difficulties? The gel contains the drug tenofovir, an antiretroviral drug used widely in the treatment of ...