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September 2016

September 18, 2016

Workaholic Missives: My Life is Not Always Interesting

Work is work is work, which applies regardless of how fascinating my work is. But...

September 16, 2016

Indiana Continues to Screw Up with Gender and Hurt People

Simply because a problem affects a minority of citizens rather than a majority doesn't mean...

September 14, 2016

Study on the Gendered Division of Housework

Domestic labor is expected more of women than of men, regardless of salary differences. This...

September 11, 2016

Kin-Keeping and Worry-Work

Maintaining family connections through sending letters & planning get-togethers is emotional labor, and often highly...

September 10, 2016

Emotional Labor and Gender

Do men get told to smile as often as women do? Nope, and that's thanks...

September 09, 2016

From Disorder to Sexual Health: Treating Out of Control Sexual Behavior (1/2)

What happens when we characterize "sex addiction" as a problem rather than a disorder? A...

September 07, 2016

A History of (Hyper-)Sexuality, Volume I: An Introduction (2/2)

Historically & today, the imagination is thought to fuel sexual pleasure but put its user...

September 06, 2016

A History of (Hyper-)Sexuality, Volume I: An Introduction (1/2)

Tune in to learn about Enlightenment discussions of sexual pleasure, over-heated uteruses, novel-reading, & sexual-moral...

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 &...

August 2016

August 23, 2016

Act Like a Man: Sexuality and Masculinity in the 21st Century (Woodhull Session 2)

Masculinity is taught as an all-or-nothing identity, an ideal which it's impossible to actually fulfill....

August 22, 2016

Sex Science in an Hour

Got an hour? Listen to this podcast to have your mind blown by Emily Nagoski,...

August 20, 2016

What Women Deserve

If you ask people what women deserve, you might get different answers. But watch how...

August 19, 2016

Sexual Trauma in Modern Maternity Care (Woodhull Session 1)

The trauma that can occur during a normal hospital birth might have long-lasting consequences for...

August 17, 2016

Woodhull’s Sexual Freedom Summit 2016

Once again, some of the best & brightest sexuality educators & activists gathered at Woodhull...

August 15, 2016

The Courage to Discuss Consent Violations

Consent violations are sadly common, but what should you do immediately after? Dr. Jen offers...

August 10, 2016

Where’s the Advice to Teenage Boys?

If we're going to talk about sexual consent and pleasure, we also need to talk...

August 07, 2016

I Work With Sexuality, But I’m Not Immune To Sexual Harassment

Sometimes, on The Internet, there's a fine line between accidentally clicking on sexual materials &...

August 06, 2016

Information Is Not An Invitation

Sharing information about my life as part of my educational mission does not mean I...

August 04, 2016

Of Witches, Butter, Breasts, & Sex

Legends about witches who extract dairy from their neighbors' cows are freaky, but also point...

August 03, 2016

Objectifying Women to Save Them is Problematic (But Not New)

Objectification isn't new, but it keeps rearing its oh-so-prettily-framed head in advertising, the media, and...

August 02, 2016

In Order to Fix Professional Boundaries, We Must Revolutionize the Meaning of Sex

"Normal" has many meanings, and until we stop conflating them with ideas about being a...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

#FolkloreThursday: Folk Speech

When you use language, you engage in folklore. Whether or not you've examined your folk...

July 24, 2016

Take-homes from the AASECT Winter Institute on Trauma

Trauma fragments people, and as a result fragments their narratives. What are some strategies to...

July 23, 2016

Workaholic Missives: No, I Don’t “Just Want To Chat”

Guess who hates small talk? Me (and probably every other introvert I know). So don't...

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 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 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 12, 2016

On “Woman” as a Category

What makes a woman a woman? I’m reading My New Gender Workbook by Kate Bornstein right now,...

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