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November 2016

November 15, 2016

Bigotry In My Backyard

When hate crimes are starting to happen somewhere you've called home, it's a wake-up call....

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 12, 2016

We All Process Differently (And That’s Okay)

Emotional processing takes work. So does activism. Here's what the two have in common: a...

November 10, 2016

#FolkloreThursday: Occupational Folklore

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

November 09, 2016

We’re Stuck Sharing This Country, So Let’s Not Eradicate Each Other, Okay?

Many of us are vulnerable & we know it. In order to coexist, we're asking...

November 08, 2016

2016 Election Round-Up

I'm about ready to tap out, but before I do, here are some election facts...

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 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 09, 2016

The Social Fallacies of Subcultures

Are you operating under any of these social fallacies, regardless of your level of subcultural...

September 2016

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...

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 10, 2016

Emotional Labor and Gender

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

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 28, 2016

Where Stereotypes about Bisexuality and Human Rights Clash

You can't tell if someone's bisexual just by looking at them or by looking at...

August 27, 2016

Sex Shouldn’t Be About “Getting Away with It” (But Here’s Why It Is)

Needing to get away with having sex is problematic, but pervasive in America. Sometimes this...

August 26, 2016

Implications of the FDA Blood Donation Policy

We humans don’t do absolutes very well & thus it makes little sense to me...

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 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 29, 2016

Racism, Bodies, Folklore, and Surveillance

In a society that privileges vision above all the other senses, does the encroaching surveillance...

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 20, 2016

If You Can Understand Fantasy Football, You Can Understand Systemic Racism

If you can analyze statistics for your sports-enjoyment purposes, I wonder why you're not doing...

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...

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