Category Archives: sex

Writer’s Admonishment

By Feature Writer | Published: March 2, 2010
You don't want to start any new chapters now
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I disagree with Mistress Matisse on women-only spaces

By Feature Writer | Published: February 10, 2010
Transgendered individuals are part of the larger alternative community – by necessity.
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“Big Love” can mean all kinds of love: gays on HBO’s hit show

By Renee Martin | Published: February 4, 2010
People need to see themselves represented in order to understand that they are not alone.
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The weird elitism of “the personal is political” saps our strength

By Sarah Jaffe | Published: January 10, 2010
You cannot buy your way out of the climate crisis one Burt's Bees product at a time.
Also posted in Business World, feminism, north america, politics | Tagged , | 7 Comments

Ireland: sex crime nation

By Feature Writer | Published: January 4, 2010
The Irish media continues to take the soft option of blaming the Catholic Church, an act which lets the state off the hook.
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Cleaving, sexism and polyamory: dirty talk on Julie Powell

By Feature Writer | Published: December 18, 2009
Of course, infidelity and PETA-worthy descriptions of dismembered animals aren’t for everyone.
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Rethinking Work: sex work as labor

By Sarah Jaffe | Published: December 4, 2009
No one ever wanted to save me from being a waitress the way they wanted to save my best friend from being a stripper.
Also posted in Current Affairs, Society, feminism, north america | Tagged , | 6 Comments

Belle de Jour, a.k.a. Brooke Magnanti: the science of sex work

By Feature Writer | Published: November 19, 2009
Magnanti claims she doesn’t object to the concept of “hookerdom,” yet she does not once refer to herself as a “hooker.”
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The time to hesitate is through: female sexuality in the age of Stupak

By Sarah Jaffe | Published: November 13, 2009
The good girls won't need abortion coverage, and the bad girls deserve to spend their own money on it, damnit!
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Letterman scandal: class and gender issues we’re not talking about

By Renee Martin | Published: October 30, 2009
Women who are poor cannot afford to simply walk away from a job, no matter how painful it is for them continue.
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