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July 2016

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 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,...

July 11, 2016

I Gain Nothing By Excluding You

How many years of feminine socialization are required to make a woman? I don't have...

July 10, 2016

Changing Your Conditioning Sucks But Sometimes You Gotta

You don't get to be smug about deconditioning yourself from one toxic worldview (theism) simply...

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 04, 2016

We Need to Disentangle Gender From Sex (The Case for Sex Ed Part 4)

Rigid gender roles disempower everyone & contribute to rape culture. We can address them through...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

Help Fund the Gender Series on Youtube!

As a teacher I want more/better resources on gender. This Kickstarter is one way to...

June 25, 2016

How You Do Anything Is How You Do Everything (Or, Why Political Sex Scandals Matter)

Nobody's perfect, but if you've got compromised ethics in one arena of life, I'm going...

June 24, 2016

On Power & Pleasing

Are you stuck pleasing others in your life? Do you think that correlates to whether...

June 23, 2016

#FolkloreThursday: Folk Group

What puts the "folk" in "folklore"? Certainly not an ethnocentric history of scholarly ick... no,...

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 19, 2016

Evaluating Androcentrism in My Life

Is it ever comfortable to wonder how much you've internalized the misogyny of our culture,...

June 15, 2016

Rethinking the Sex-Gender Connection

Binary gender is a fiction. But the idea that gender is a cultural construct that...

June 14, 2016

The Impact of Sexist Microaggressions

A single misogynist (or homophobic, or transphobic, or racist) comment usually isn't enough to cause...

June 11, 2016

Pride, “Straight Gays,” and Heteronormativity

With Pride this weekend, I wonder: is "straight gayness" a thing? Is it useful as...

June 09, 2016

#FolkloreThursday: The Triviality Barrier

Dismissing an aspect of folklore or culture as trivial is not only patronizing, but also...

June 02, 2016

#FolkloreThursday: Personal Narrative

We all have personal narratives; as such, they're one of the most democratic forms of...

June 01, 2016

Why Being Sex-Positive, Sexy, or Anything in Between Doesn’t Mean You “Deserve It”

Even if my blog persona name were ten times sexier, that wouldn't mean that I...

June 01, 2016

I’m Interviewed on The Bad Orthodox Podcast!

What do religious studies scholars, folklorists, and sex educators chat about on a podcast? Listen...

May 2016

May 31, 2016

Is Calling Someone “Cis-Het” Derogatory?

When you put cisgender and heterosexual together, you get cis-het: someone whose life experience has...

May 27, 2016

My SAR Experience (Told In Memes)

When's the last time you sat around watching porn with 30+ colleagues? All in service...

May 25, 2016

I’m a Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit Blogger for 2016!

I'm incredibly enthusiastic about the activist and educational work that happens at Woohull's Sexual Freedom...

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...

May 23, 2016

If You’re For Trans-Discriminatory Policies, You Should Be Ashamed to Call Yourself a Christian

If you believe your God would be in favor of basically drop-kicking trans and non-binary...

May 20, 2016

Are Children More Likely to be Molested in Bathrooms vs. Churches?

Bathroom abuse is rare, and sexual abuse in churches is rampant for a variety of...

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