Tag Archives: Sexuality
The Wednesday Weigh-in: Dirty Girl Masturbating Edition
Tweet As a long-time masturbation enthusiast and firm believer that respect for autonomous female desire could actually, like, save the world, this article on Dirty Girl Ministries, which aims to cure women of masturbation and porn “addictions,” makes me so sad. As others have said, a group that believes all “sexual thought” (yes, even that [...]
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Necessary scientific study proves existence of bisexual men
TweetThis headline from the New York Times is full of win: “No Surprise for Bisexual Men: Report Indicates They Exist.” Thank you science! A study released in 2005 suggested that male bisexuality didn’t exist – men who claimed to be bi were actually gay. I’m sure the fact the study authors advertised for participants in [...]
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Older women, blacks unhappy with their portrayal in films
Tweet Some new research provides definitive proof of what many media watchdogs and feminists have been saying for awhile: media representation matters, and especially in regards to portrayal of sex and sexuality, certain groups seem to continuously get the shaft (NO pun intended, I swear). In this case, older women and black people expressed the [...]
A few thoughts on the nature of feminist lovin’
Tweet As much as I resist a commercialized expression of love, I can’t resist an opportunity to reflect on the nature of it. Valentine’s seems like a bit of a provocation, eliciting my feminist commitment to reclaim and reframe all those hearts, roses, and tired cliches in favor of a radical, conscious, and liberatory love. [...]
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What my Christian fundamentalist upbringing taught me about periods