On sexiness: Are you goddamn kidding me?
I meant to respond to Steven ING a long time ago; unfortunately, I'm a slovenly mess with zero personal accountability. My unvarying response to life’s smallest challenges is to gasp, start...
Category: Sex
Fellatio and fruit bats: sexual harassment vs. academic freedom
When is sexual harassment not sexual harassment? When it pertains to the rights of an academic to discuss the sex life of fruit bats with a colleague. Add a cry for understanding, a wail of academic...
Mother’s Day: What are we really celebrating?
Today is Mother’s Day and restaurants and florist shops are on overdrive, trying to keep up with the consumer-driven holiday we have created to celebrate motherhood. In advertising, I have seen...
Donna Simpson: feederism is abuse
From Twitter to “The View,” the story of Donna Simpson's attempt to become the fattest woman in the world has made its rounds. The Daily Mail reports that Simpson is 42 years old and is a...
Writer’s Admonishment
Trailing scandal like a scarf, She's lost you neatly in the crowd. And that was the easy part. Today, people ask you for your signature. Last night, you autographed her collarbone. You should really...
I disagree with Mistress Matisse on women-only spaces
Recently, famous blogger and columnist Mistress Matisse addressed admissions standards at women-only sex parties. Surprisingly, this is a rather thorny issue. Some folks allow only “cisgendered”...
“Big Love” can mean all kinds of love: gays on HBO’s hit show
“Big Love,” which airs Sunday nights on HBO, is the story of a family trying to follow The Principle (i.e fundamentalist Mormon beliefs) in modern-day Utah. Because "Big Love" centers on a...
The weird elitism of “the personal is political” saps our strength
Has the old battle cry “The personal is political” been taken too far or perhaps, too literally? More importantly, have our politics descended into a form of narcissism, of trying to purify...
Ireland: sex crime nation
2009 was a watershed year for Irish sexual politics – but not in the sense that we usually understand the term. What we have seen is the intense politicisation of sex. Ireland has never had a...
Cleaving, sexism and polyamory: dirty talk on Julie Powell
Julie Powell has lead a charmed life. A former government desk-slave who turned to cooking and writing in a bid for a more exciting life, she took on the task of cooking her way through Julia...