Has the gay rights movement become more conservative than radical? Julie Bindel, the author of a new book that tracks th…
Tag: heterosexuality
Surprise! Teen girls are having anal sex because they're being pressured into it
My first boyfriend was pissed that I wouldn’t have anal sex with him. Not just because he, you know, wanted to try…
Let’s make ‘androsexism’ a thing we talk about
We already have lesbophobia, I think we need to add androsexism to our dictionary of words to describe the, shall we say…
The gays are everywhere
If I were to announce that this is a post about the woes of queer youth in the countryside, I can be fairly sure most pe…
On feminism, writing, and doing womanhood wrong
The problem with romance is that it seems to give me writer’s block. I can’t explain why it happens, but it …
Can men and women be ‘just’ friends? My interview with Sam
Earlier this month ago I began a little project based on the frequently asked question: “Can men and women be ‘just’ fri…
Can men and women be 'just' friends? My interview with Amy
Earlier this month ago I began a little project based on the frequently asked question: “Can men and women be ‘just’ fri…
Can men and women be ‘just’ friends? My interview with Daniel
A couple of weeks ago I began a little project based on the frequently asked question: “Can men and women be ‘just’ frie…
Can men and women be 'just' friends? An interview with my lady-friend, Chris
The third interview I did for this series was with my friend Chris; a 27 year old bisexual woman who is in what she call…
Facials, feminism, and performance: On f**king men in a patriarchy
As feminists, sleeping with men is always going to be a little fraught. Not getting to the actual act, per se — ju…