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January 2017

January 04, 2017

Snake Spouses and Feminine Symbols in Japanese Folktales Part 6

Finally, the end of this very long and dense paper! Also known as, "what's the...

January 03, 2017

Snake Spouses and Feminine Symbols in Japanese Folktales Part 5

Why do female snakes go blind in Japanese folktales? What does vision have to do...

January 02, 2017

Snake Spouses and Feminine Symbols in Japanese Folktales Part 4

When we talk about snakes and feminine sexuality, there's more to it than the dreaded...

January 01, 2017

Snake Spouses and Feminine Symbols in Japanese Folktales Part 3

Snake husbands are bad news in Japanese folktales. REALLY bad news. Don't ever marry a...

December 2016

December 31, 2016

Snake Spouses and Feminine Symbols in Japanese Folktales Part 2

Here we get into the nitty-gritty of snake symbols: aggressive phallus, devouring womb, or what?...

December 09, 2016

On Belly Dance and Feminism

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

December 08, 2016

#FolkloreThursday: Folk Religion/Vernacular Religion

Every religion conceptualizes the intersection of the human and the divine differently. This is why...

December 07, 2016

Why I Hate the Naturalization of Femininity, and You Should Too

Let's make it seem like women's bodies are self-contained vessels of naturally-occurring perfection! That's a...

December 03, 2016

Of COURSE I’m a Folklorist Studying Emotional Labor

When we talk about folklore as the social glue that holds communities together, it brings...

December 01, 2016

#FolkloreThursday: Folk Dance

Folk dances are traditional cultural dances, which means they convey traditional values that people hold...

November 2016

November 24, 2016

#FolkloreThursday: Foodways

Studying food is fun, because food is delicious. But it also gives us insights into...

November 23, 2016

Ideas To Supplement the “Total Abortion Ban” Proposal in Indiana

If Indiana's leaping straight to a total abortion ban before giving comprehensive sex ed a...

November 13, 2016

Glimpses of Sexual Entitlement in the History of Sex Education

Sexual desire has been normalized (for white heterosexual men) in the sex education of the...

November 10, 2016

#FolkloreThursday: Occupational Folklore

Every career has its informal education, slang, and stories. We call it occupational folklore, and...

November 03, 2016

#FolkloreThursday: Rite of Passage

If you've heard the saying things come in threes, this is especially relevant when studying...

October 2016

October 29, 2016

Unethical Pelvic Exams: The Reason Behind At Your Cervix Documentary

It's not uncommon for medical students to learn invasive procedures on unconscious patients. This documentary...

October 28, 2016

Berkeley, Nostalgia, Moving Forward

I'm nostalgic for Berkeley like whoa. At the same time, the news that I'll be...

October 24, 2016

Is Belly Dance for Cis Het Women? Part 2

Does intersectionality play a part in how belly dance and belly dancers are perceived? You...

October 23, 2016

Is Belly Dance for Cis Het Women? Part 1

Is there anything inherently "feminine" about belly dancing? If so, does that obligate us to...

October 12, 2016

Gaslighting

I'm glad that gaslighting has entered the conversation about relationship dynamics. But what does it...

October 10, 2016

Stop Saying “Female” As A Noun

If you call human women "females" on a regular basis and you're not a scientist,...

October 08, 2016

Why the Language of Porn Addiction Matters

Has anyone else noticed concept-creep when discussing porn and sex addiction? How we use language...

October 04, 2016

What I Believe About Sex

Very little sex knowledge is worth having faith in. My atheist and scholarly principles guide...

October 03, 2016

Responsive vs. Spontaneous Desire

We live in a culture that normalizes spontaneous arousal, which means everyone with a different...

October 02, 2016

Everyone’s Arousal Works Like This. Yes, Everyone’s.

Do you know how your SIS & SES work relative one another? What am 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 30, 2016

The Importance of Context (for Sex, Not Folklore)

Context means something different when it comes to arousal. Yes I just made a sex...

September 29, 2016

#FolkloreThursday: Family Folklore

Family folklore is like social glue, except it's often invisible because it feels so normal...

September 27, 2016

The Must-Read Emotional Labor Document

If you think you've read up on emotional labor, and you haven't read this, well,...

September 20, 2016

How My Atheism and Feminism Inform Each Other

What do marriage equality and sex education have in common? A lot, if you're coming...

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