Tag: C.K. Egbert

BDSM FAQ (Frequently Asserted Quibbles): Part 3

Note: This post as well as the links and resources contained in this post may contain graphic descriptions of violence against women. “What about aftercare?” The mere fact of aftercare should clue…

BDSM FAQ (Frequently Asserted Quibbles), Part 2

Note: This post as well as the links and resources contained in this post may contain graphic descriptions of violence against women. “BDSM is not really abuse.” BDSM proponents promote the illusion…

BDSM FAQ (Frequently Asserted Quibbles): Part 1

Note: This post as well as the links and resources contained in this post may contain graphic descriptions of violence against women. Inspired by Meghan’s post on burlesque and the work of…

Defending the ‘TERF’: Gender as political

The philosophy and race class, for which I was serving as a teaching assistant, had just discussed the metaphysics of race.  One day I stood in front of my students and asked:…

Eve’s punishment rebooted: The ideology of natural birth

There’s something pornographic about the way we depict childbirth. A woman’s agony becomes either the brunt of a joke, or else it is discussed as an awesome spiritual experience. One of the…

Why consent is not enough

Consent is the magical fairy dust which turns rape into sex; trafficking into free speech; and sexualized abuse, torture, and subjugation into sexual liberation — or so many people claim. Many “sex-positive…