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Tag: sexuality
Feminists used to reject magazines like Cosmo, now we’re told to celebrate them as empowering
After pressure from the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, Walmart removed Cosmopolitan from its checkout stands. N…
INTERVIEW: Dr Meagan Tyler on the way sex therapy reinforces compulsory heterosexuality and how we can push back
Meghan Murphy speaks with Meagan Tyler about the way sex therapy, sex advice, and self-help books for women normalize ma…
‘If someone is into you, you don’t have to chase them around the apartment’
Five feminists weigh in on questions and controversies surrounding the Aziz Ansari accusations.…
No, Teen Vogue, the backlash to your anal sex article was not rooted in homophobia
Teen Vogue is not ‘woke.’ Also, stop saying ‘woke.’…
7 tips for avoiding anal sex with men who’ve spent too much time on the internet
Hello and welcome to Your Progressive Future, where leftist media lectures women on how best to suffer through painful a…
The not-so-unexpected challenge of new mothers: Dealing with entitled men
New mother? Feeling stressed or challenged due to the fact that you grew then expelled a human being out of your body an…
The Modern Mumma’s ‘quickie’ is nothing to feel good about
After being sexually harassed endlessly for weeks, Mel Watts, who runs the blog, The Modern Mumma, succumbed to her husb…
Emily Ratajkowski & Naomi Wolf team up to sell Playboy Feminism
What could be even more provocative than an interview with a naked lady talking about the innate empowerment of self-obj…
Sex & Zika: On contraception and the coital imperative
It has been hard to miss the growing media coverage of the Zika virus. With a possible link between the infection of pre…
PODCAST: The Sex Myth
Our culture places a lot of emphasis on sex. We’re given the impression everyone’s doing it all the time and…
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 a…
Madonna’s ‘sexuality’ should be more advanced than a 20-year-old’s
Madonna has spent her career molding an image of herself as a boundary-pushing, sexuality-embracing, rebel pop star. She…
Can ‘maintenance sex’ ever be gender neutral?
Ah, “maintenance sex.” That good old fashioned idea that we are obligated to satisfy our partner’s sex…
The notion that it's ok for disabled men to pay for sex is rooted in misogyny and ableism
When I read Emily Lazatin’s Huffington Post article about a new Vancouver-based prostitution agency catering toward disa…