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May 2021

May 19, 2021

My Personal SFF Canon: Weirdo Feminist

The spring semester is over but my brain is still melted from it and the...

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...

January 2019

January 14, 2019

Sex Is Not Contagious (Part 1)

One of the biggest anxieties around sex education is the fear that if kids learn...

December 2018

December 20, 2018

How I Survived a Challenging Semester: Equal Parts Kindness & Boundaries

The workload alone was almost too much for me - and then there was the...

September 2018

September 04, 2018

Happy World Sexual Health Day!

Yes, there's a day dedicated to sexual health worldwide. What does sexual health mean to...

July 2018

July 04, 2018

Being a Beacon

On America's Independence Day, I'm reflecting on the idea of being a beacon: of optimism...

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...

June 13, 2018

Should I Live-Tweet Peterson’s Talk in My City?

Fans of Jordan Peterson are complaining that I haven't adequately given him a chance to...

June 07, 2018

Trans Tales & Queer Witches: Sex-Positive Images & Resources in Folklore

Do folklore and sex positivity go hand in hand, or does folklore only give us...

April 2018

April 21, 2018

The #TriangleSCI Proposal On Risk in Sexual Scholarship I Desperately Want to Write

This year's #TriangleSCI conference is themed around overcoming risk, which is exactly what scholars studying...

January 2018

January 10, 2018

Sometimes We Commodify Intimacy, and That’s Okay

Is intimacy inherently better when it doesn't have a dollar amount attached to it? I...

January 02, 2018

Positive Sexuality Conference, Here I Come!

Sexuality conferences are the best. Getting to present at a new one, put on by...

December 2017

December 27, 2017

To Be Clear: By Sex-As-Commodity I Don’t Mean Sex Work

I believe it's crucial to distinguish between conceptual models of sex and actual sex work,...

August 2017

August 13, 2017

Comparing Physical and Emotional Pain

I had to learn to push my body enough to train, but not enough to...

July 2017

July 10, 2017

Teen Vogue Knocks It Out of the Park on Masturbation

Misinformation and stereotypes abound when it comes to masturbation. I'm glad that publications like Teen...

July 02, 2017

Asserting Boundaries Isn’t the Same as Shaming Someone

I work on boundaries, and I study shame... can and do they intersect? Sure. But...

June 2017

June 28, 2017

If You Can’t Respect Me as a Belly Dancer, Can You Respect Me At All?

There are pictures of me on the internet with my belly showing. GASP. The indecency!...

June 21, 2017

Polyamory and Stigma

Research shows that being polyamorous isn't all frolicking amongst one's multiple sexual partners. The risk...

June 20, 2017

Big Fish, Small Fish; Red Fish, Blue Fish

It’s bizarre to go from being a big fish in a small pond, where the...

June 16, 2017

Relationship Style Terms: CNM vs. Polyamory

Among sexuality scholars as well as practitioners, there’s an ongoing debate about how to identity...

May 2017

May 21, 2017

Here, Have a Lube Guide

I recommend this lube guide to friends all the time, and it finally occurred to...

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...

May 03, 2017

Conference All The Things in 2017

It's taken me a few years to deal with academic burnout, but I feel like...

April 2017

April 28, 2017

What If Porn Is Less Harmful Than What We Think About Porn?

Two very different studies reach similar conclusions: that one's beliefs about one's interactions with porn...

April 26, 2017

Sex: Questions of Quality and Quantity

Are Americans having less sex than they used to? And if so, is this a...

April 14, 2017

The UC Berkeley Folklore Archive Podcast: Folking Around!

The new Folking Around podcast has a theme song, y'all. A THEME SONG. Composed for...

February 2017

February 24, 2017

My Folklore Roundtable Lecture

There's so much to say about sex in fairy tales, and I only have an...

February 14, 2017

Sex Therapists on “Fifty Shades” and BDSM

With the new 'Fifty Shades of Grey' sequel movie set to release around Valentine's Day,...

January 2017

January 30, 2017

I’ve Stopped Weighing Myself and I’m Pleased as Punch

I'm a body scholar, but also - surprise! - an embodied being. There's no scale...

January 14, 2017

That Old Feminist Bait-and-Switch

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

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