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End of Gender: Boys Will Be Girls Will Be Boys

Social Commentary post by Malic White, Submitted by Malic White on April 17, 2012 - 2:14pm; tagged sex, sex education, stereotypes, teen pregnancy.

Teen birth rates in the U.S. have hit an all-time low.

Much of the conversation has revolved around this: in a generation with greater freedom to break free from gender norms, "boys will be girls" and "girls will be boys."

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PETA: Enough with the sex and the vegetables and the "shock tactics" already! WE GET IT.

Social Commentary post by Kelsey Wallace, Submitted by Kelsey Wallace on February 15, 2012 - 3:11pm; tagged PETA, Rage, sex.
PETA isn't content to restrict its sex-sells messaging to the porn site, either. The latest campaign features a woman walking down the street in her bra and underwear in a neck brace, a result of rough (like, put your head through the wall and land you in a neck brace rough) sex with her newly vegan boyfriend. Is this a PSA for sexual assault? No. It's PETA's attempt to shock us into adopting a vegan diet (or making our partners eat vegan, thus giving them the skills to leave us neck-braced and dazed enough that we forget to wear clothes to the grocery store). Because PETA thinks we should want sex to end in a neck brace, I guess?

Offensiveness of this ad aside (read more about the ways it normalizes violence against women in this post from New Black Woman), this and other similar PETA spots are just plain fucking lazy (heh). Next time they might as well skip the ad altogether and instead make a SEXXX PORN BOOBS VEGETABLES HOT BRAS word association game. Oh, wait...
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Double Rainbow: A Peek at Autism Speaks

Social Commentary post by Caroline Narby, Submitted by Caroline Narby on January 17, 2012 - 2:40pm; tagged autism, Autism Speaks, disabled sexuality, queer, sex.

Autism Speaks is an easy, easy target. And a literally huge one—it's the largest and best-funded autism "awareness" and "advocacy" (I kind of want to just call it "autism-themed") organization in the world. Autistic self-advocates rip into Autism Speaks every day because of the organization's silencing and dehumanizing rhetoric, and its focus on "curing" autism rather than dedicating its resources to practical support for autistic people. I thought I'd comb through the resources on their website to see information they might offer regarding sex, gender, and sexuality.

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Isn't He Lovely: Male Bisexuality Doesn't Exist...Oh, Wait, It Does!

Social Commentary post by CristenConger, Submitted by CristenConger on October 21, 2011 - 10:56am; tagged bisexuality, isn't he lovely, sex, sexuality, studies.

poster for humpday the movie showing to white shirtless men wearing jeans and looking at each other with their arms crossedDesigner Tom Ford once told Details magazine: "There’s one indulgence every man should try in his lifetime. If you’re straight, sleep with a man at least once, and if you’re gay, don’t go through life without sleeping with a woman."

Gucci's sartorial savant could—pardon the following phrase—"get away with" that—pardon the following adjective—"edgy" quote since he's an out gay man. Having already wandered away from the heteronormative fold, of course it's fine for him to explore both male and female physical contact. A straight guy saying that? Whoa, buddy, you've gotta be gay. Because male bisexuality doesn't exist, right? Oh, wait.

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Isn't He Lovely: The Myth of the Superior Penis

Social Commentary post by CristenConger, Submitted by CristenConger on October 10, 2011 - 10:05am; tagged isn't he lovely, male body image, penis, sex.

hbo hung promotional image of a white man's arm pulling up the sock on his left legAs feminists, I think it’s easy to forget that for all of the misrepresentations and misinformation delivered to us about what vulvas and vaginas "should" look like and how they "should" respond to sexual contact, equally tall tales about penile look and length abound.

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The H-Word: What the H?

Sex and Sexuality post by Melissa Petro, Submitted by Melissa Petro on October 3, 2011 - 12:11pm; tagged melissa petro, sex, stigma, The H-Word, work.

mannequin in window wearing a lace teddy holding an american flagWelcome to the H-Word, a series dedicated to evaluating, challenging, and re-presenting sex worker portrayals in the media from a feminist, pro-sex worker (though not necessarily pro-sex work) stance. If that seems contradictory or impossible, keep tuning in. Besides my perspective, this column will present first-person stories from individuals across the country and from all areas of the industry sharing a part of their story and describing their experiences. Sex workers speaking for themselves, about themselves?! It is not so radical an idea—why, straight white guys have been doing it since the beginning of time!

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Sexual Inadequacy: SNL and K-Y

Sex and Sexuality post by GarlandGrey, Submitted by GarlandGrey on September 8, 2011 - 12:17pm; tagged K-Y Intense, lesbian, Lubricant, Orgasm, sex.

Last week K-Y released an ad featuring two ladies talking about their sex lives, and lubricant, and "special moments" represented by tasteful coital fireworks. They are both sitting on their bed in drab, comfortable clothes. And they have the following exchange:


(.doc transcript here)
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Bitch Popaganda: Our Humps Edition

Audio post by Kelsey Wallace, Submitted by Kelsey Wallace on July 15, 2011 - 2:25pm; tagged Ann Powers, Bitch Popaganda, Black Eyed Peas, Erica Jong, podcasts, sex, Wilfred.
Popaganda logo, black and pink capital letters

It's time for another episode of Bitch Popaganda! Tune in as Ann, Kjerstin, and Kelsey discuss Erica Jong's Times op-ed "Is Sex Passé?," Ann Powers article for NPR "Pop's Punching Bag: Hating the Black Eyed Peas" (and how we feel about the Peas in general), and the new FX show Wilfred.



Transcript on the way soon!
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Sex and the Fat Girl: I Touch Myself

Sex and Sexuality post by Tasha Fierce, Submitted by Tasha Fierce on April 13, 2011 - 2:55pm; tagged fat acceptance, fat sex, sex, Sex and the Fat Girl.
On Facebook today, Marilyn Wann shared an article on CNN.com about the health benefits of touch. She added "If being fat makes a person 'untouchable,' then that's a powerful confounding variable for claims about weight and health." I definitely agree, and of course media don't present fat people as worthy of physical contact particularly of a sexual nature. However, I think we do need to recognize that sometimes we shield ourselves from anticipated rejection by shunning the desire for touch, which is in and of itself unhealthy. It's not always that no one wants to feel the tactile pleasures of your body. We have to open ourselves up to receiving the sensory experience of intimate touch, which requires us to feel safe not only with a partner but with ourselves. Unfortunately, society doesn't make this an easy job.
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Sex and the Fat Girl: Ask a Fat Girl #1

Sex and Sexuality post by Tasha Fierce, Submitted by Tasha Fierce on February 28, 2011 - 3:19pm; tagged Ask a Fat Girl, fat sex, fat sexuality, sex, Sex and the Fat Girl, sexuality.
Here's my first installment answering your questions for the "Ask a Fat Girl" series. I thought it would be fun to record my answers by audio and include a transcript. Enjoy!

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