Ah, “maintenance sex.” That good old fashioned idea that we are obligated to satisfy our partner’s sex…
Tag: heterosexuality
PODCAST: Has the gay rights movement ‘lost its teeth?’ Julie Bindel on her new book, ‘Straight Expectations’
Has the gay rights movement become more conservative than radical? Julie Bindel, the author of a new book that tracks th…
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…