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July 2021

July 08, 2021

My New Fairy-Tale Research: All Queer, All the Time

Ah, summertime, when academics everywhere finally get to work on our research. Mine, I realize,...

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...

February 2021

February 21, 2021

If American Belly Dancers Protested Colonialism As Much As Our Dance’s Sexualization…

If you've ever chatted with a belly dancer from the U.S., you've probably heard some...

January 2021

January 22, 2021

I’m Quietly Disengaging from Sex Education

When I started embarking on a path to learn more about sex education & incorporate...

December 2019

December 26, 2019

The #MeToo Take Two Panel at #AFSAM19 (Part 2 of 2)

Part of grappling with sexual assault from a folklorist's perspective means taking into account how...

July 2019

July 11, 2019

Why I’m Obsessively Reading About Misogyny

Understanding misogyny is a grim topic, but a necessary one, as I struggle to make...

June 2019

June 12, 2019

Opposing Veterans’ Rights & LGBTQ+ Rights Is Dumb

In a rare rant-style post, I take down the already-dubious logic of some silly thing...

March 2019

March 13, 2019

Dear Democrat Women: I Will Vote for You, But Please Stop Terrorizing Sex Workers

I see a lot of excitement about Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris running for president...

January 2019

January 22, 2019

Sex Is Not Contagious (Part 2)

Sexual arousal does not leap from person to person like a virus, duh. But what...

January 14, 2019

Sex Is Not Contagious (Part 1)

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

January 02, 2019

The Impact of the American Plan

The anti-sex-worker bias seen in the American Plan dovetails with forced sterilization and medical experimentation,...

January 01, 2019

The American Plan and World War I

We can blame war for a lot of things; among them is America's decision to...

December 2018

December 22, 2018

Consent Is Not A Contract

After teaching about sex education for a semester, my students and I had a lot...

October 2018

October 25, 2018

The American Folklore Society Meeting 2018 #AFSAM18

I've been attending AFS for about 15 years, and while it's always a fun and...

October 20, 2018

Two Reasons for Men to Hate Women

While I’m thrilled that we’re finally having an extended conversation about violence against women on...

October 08, 2018

If You Dislike Toxic Masculinity, Try On Hegemonic Masculinity

I am glad to see so many more people using the phrase toxic masculinity, due...

September 2018

September 29, 2018

Normalize Being Trauma-Informed in a Time of Kavanaugh

I want to tell people to normalize trauma, as in information about trauma and discussions...

September 04, 2018

Happy World Sexual Health Day!

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

August 2018

August 25, 2018

In Addition to Teaching 4 Colleges Classes I’m Teaching an Online Class about BDSM!

There's a lot of teaching in my future. Good thing I enjoy it and am...

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 27, 2018

Somatophobia

One of the concepts I teach whenever I get the chance to is somatophobia. Its...

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...

May 2018

May 30, 2018

Why I’m Cool with Pair-Bonding But Not Enforced Monogamy

Speaking out against enforced monogamy doesn't mean you're anti-monogamy; it's entirely possible that many people...

May 29, 2018

Find a Better Insult Than “Gender Studies Doesn’t Exist” When Arguing about Gender

As a folklorist I'm not new to people insulting the area I chose to study,...

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 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,...

December 26, 2017

Why Conceptualizing Sex as Commodity Dooms Consent

I doubt anyone actually means to make sex out to be an object, which men...

December 23, 2017

Fed Up with Complicit Women? Consider Why They Buy in to the Patriarchy.

For all the thought-provoking and vulnerable #MeToo posts, some posts lament women who go along...

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