sex

Sexy kids' toys go to the dogs.

Kelsey Wallace — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:01:55 -0500

I know it might make me sound like a crotchety old lady, but the toys being made for kids these days give me the creeps. From Bratz dolls to this Peekaboo poledancing kit, toys marketed to young girls in particular seem to be taking a turn toward the sleazy. What ever happened to the halcyon days of furry, nonsexual stuffed animals?

And speaking of sex

Debbie Rasmussen — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:41:31 -0400

A new publication about sex/sexuality in Pakistani society from a feminist and gender-inclusive perspective has entered the publishing world. Read Bitch contributor Sarah Seltzer's interview with Chay magazine founders Kyla Pasha and Sarah Suhail in the current issue of INTHEFRAY magazine, an online magazine focused on identity and community.

And now for a sexy conference

Debbie Rasmussen — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:28:14 -0400

This weekend, June 13th to June 15th is Sexy Spring, Minneapolis's radical, sex/body positive, sex education skill-share and conference.

The event is focused on exploring the ways sex, sexuality, relationships, our bodies, and our choices affect our lives. It's a weekend full of workshops, discussions, play, demonstrations, crafting, art shows, communal meals, telling stories, and sex/body performances and dancing.

Busting the "Technical Virgin" Myth

Miriam Wolf — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:07:25 -0400

For months now, articles about our "hook-up culture" have touted the fact that teens have been engaging in oral and anal sex instead of vaginal sex so that they can still call themselves virgins. The trouble is, it turns out that so-called fact is actually a myth.

Tree So Horny

Kyla — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 03:00:00 -0400

What you think about Fuck for Forest, a Berlin-based website that lets subscribers watch videos of environmental activists doing the nasty, depends in part on what you think about porn as a whole. If you think it’s liberating, empowering, and fun for the folks involved, then you can feel good about supporting an organization that channels its massive earning potential toward worthy antideforestation efforts—unlike regular internet porn, the dollars you spend aren’t paying for the gold plating on some smarmy webmaster’s hot tub.

Hog Heaven

Kyla — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:00:00 -0400

You’ll recognize the female silhouette that leans against the title on the cover of Ariel Levy’s new book, Female Chauvinist Pigs. She’s the girl who in recent years has made the move from the mud flaps of big rigs right into pop culture, gracing trucker caps, baby tees, and gold necklaces as an emblem of sexy, empowered womanhood. Or at least that’s what she’d like you to believe.

Student Counsel

Kyla — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 03:00:00 -0400

Everything’s bigger in Texas, or so the saying goes, and that may be truest in the realm of sex-education controversy. Texas, which has one of the nation’s highest rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, has also been at the forefront of abstinence-only education in public schools since 1995, when then-governor George W. Bush signed the curriculum into law.

Bitch Reads #2

Kyla — Fri, 01 Mar 1996 00:00:00 -0500

Defending Pornography
by Nadine Strossen

Ok, I agree with all of Strossen’s major points: that censorship is in general the enemy of feminism; that pornography is impossible to define; that “pornography” can be positive; that no government can be trusted not to use its power against those it is ostensibly supposed to be protecting. Above all, “Far from advancing women’s equality, this strong tendency to equate any sexual expression with gender discrimination undermines women’s equality” (p. 24).

Talkshows

Kyla — Fri, 01 Mar 1996 00:00:00 -0500

Talk shows are the scariest thing on the planet today. You think I’m exaggerating, don’t you? Think about it: not only are they the lowest common denominator of American pop culture, but they’re also—because they’re in the form of “real” people talking about their “real” lives—taken to be some measure of truth.

Are You Ready for the Sex, Girls?

Kyla — Mon, 01 Jan 1996 00:00:00 -0500

Kids has been hailed as a film that breaks the teen-movie mold and shows a long-hidden side of young life. But, while it may be more graphic and harsh than other movies, it basically covers the same ground: voracious young male sexuality. The only innovative element of the movie—an honest portrayal of female sexual pleasure—is conflicted at best.