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March 2021

March 19, 2021

(The New) The Body Is Not An Apology

As a body scholar and feminist, I hunger for ways to explore and inhabit our...

June 2018

June 29, 2018

Bringing It Back to the Body

Teaching a class about the body is, obviously, an embodied experience. I found a great...

May 2017

May 16, 2017

The Tough Work of Loving Your Body

The more I think about it, the more I liken self-acceptance to a yoga or...

January 2017

January 22, 2017

8 Rules for Playing Well with Others (in Dance and Life)

Having danced for more than half my life, I've had the opportunity to form some...

January 14, 2017

That Old Feminist Bait-and-Switch

Hate getting reeled in by hotness only to get snapped at for objectifying women? I...

December 2016

December 09, 2016

On Belly Dance and Feminism

Being a belly dancer and being a feminist are not mutually exclusive. This seems obvious...

November 2016

November 04, 2016

The Dark Side of Dance

The potential to use dance for good outweighs the potential to use it for bad......

October 2016

October 21, 2016

How I Got into Belly Dance

Belly dance grabbed me young. To this day I'm still not quite sure why I...

October 01, 2016

Men and Women: The Same Parts, Organized Differently

Destroy the gender binary. We're all unique snowflakes that share a common origin (thanks, homology).

September 2016

September 26, 2016

It’s Just as Rude to Ask about Someone’s Teeth as Their Weight

If you ever get the urge to comment on someone else's teeth, then unless you...

September 05, 2016

Genitals, Stigma, & Shame (or why camel toe needs to die in a fire)

Genital shaming needs to stop, and that starts with awareness of our language use &...

July 2016

July 19, 2016

How Fat is Too Fat? (Part 4)

If you complain about the impact of fat bodies on our social system, you need...

July 18, 2016

How Fat is Too Fat? (Part 3)

I err on the side of blaming social stigma for the limited roles available to...

July 17, 2016

How Fat is Too Fat? (Part 2)

Is it "activism" to push back against the hateful messages aimed at fat people? Apparently...

July 16, 2016

How Fat is Too Fat? (Part 1)

Am I too fat? Are you too fat? If you’re a fat studies scholar, you...

July 15, 2016

As a Body Scholar, I Can’t Not Talk about Fat

Body topics that I study – from idealized beauty to aging to sexual function –...

July 14, 2016

My Top Ten Sex Books

As a sex educator/scholar, my top ten sex books are pretty darn nerdy, packed with...

July 13, 2016

Syphilis in the Social Sciences Classroom

Join me to nerd out about the impact of syphilis on Western history Because that's...

July 10, 2016

There’s Not Only Two (My Sparks Talk)

Oh, dualism, one of my fave things to deconstruct. Bring on the cultural and historical...

July 08, 2016

What You Need to Know about Artists Consenting to Sexual Objectification

Women are conditioned to equate being objectified with being sexy, which is unfortunate, but I'm...

June 2016

June 20, 2016

Is it X-Phobic If You Don’t Want to Have Sex with…?

Society conditions our arousal triggers, so is not wanting to sleep with someone who's been...

June 17, 2016

The Revealing Clothing Series: A Male Viewpoint (Guest Post)

In this guest blog, we hear about one man's take on women wearing revealing clothes,...

June 08, 2016

A Personal Reason to Wear Shorts

Despite being a pretty fit person, I have a not-so-great relationship with my thighs. And...

June 07, 2016

My Family Made Sex Normal, and I’m So Grateful

It's possible to normalize sex, gender, and bodies in a family setting. I know this...

June 06, 2016

Why We Need Adult Sex Ed Month

If you come from a religiously conservative background, adult sex ed can help you detox...

June 05, 2016

Why Do Women Wear Revealing Clothes? Part 2

Who do we get to slut-shame and victim blame without consequences? That depends in part...

June 04, 2016

Why Do Women Wear Revealing Clothes? Part 1

Why do women wear revealing clothes? I dunno. Maybe they're exercising. Maybe they like it....

June 03, 2016

That Time Someone Called the Police on Me in Belly Dance Attire

If you don't get the police called on you for making art, you're doing it...

May 2016

May 30, 2016

I Dislike Porn, But I Defend Its Existence

We don't have a lot of longitudinal research on porn, so remind me again why...

May 25, 2016

Woodhull’s Sexual Freedom Summit 2015: Best Conference Ever

The information we exchange and obtain at sex educator/activists conferences benefits people and changes their...

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