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July 2016

July 01, 2016

Introducing the Case for Sex Ed

As an educator, I'm offended at what's being passed off as sex education in public...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

Addressing Zika Means Talking About Sex

It's not like Zika virus impacts pregnant women or anything like that, right? Oh, wait...

June 28, 2016

Stigma & Sexuality

Sex acts and identities are stigmatized in a number of ways, which has serious consequences...

June 28, 2016

My Kinkly Post for #AdultSexEdMonth is Live!

I don't often share sex tips, and these tend more to do with communication and...

June 27, 2016

The Dilemma of Confronting Abusers Who Do “Good Work”

However high the quality of your work, you're not doing "good work" if you are...

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 22, 2016

There Is No Such Thing As Backward Porn Addiction

Porn addiction is a sketchy concept... but to try to flip it and shame women...

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 17, 2016

The Revealing Clothing Series: A Male Viewpoint (Guest Post)

In this guest blog, we hear about one man's take on women wearing revealing clothes,...

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

Not All Religion Is a Cancer, But If It’s Part of the Problem, It Must Be Part of the Solution

If your religion participates in the dialogue making LGBTQ folks out to be misguided, gross,...

June 13, 2016

Post-Tragedy Right-Wing Statements Predictably Blame Victims

Denying a group basic humanity, and staging even nonviolent protests against them, is one end...

June 11, 2016

Pride, “Straight Gays,” and Heteronormativity

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

June 11, 2016

Weapons of Mass Seduction

Does any discussion of sexual acts count as sex-positive? This game from the makers of...

June 10, 2016

Blogging, Academe, & Academic Blogging as Platforms for Voices

How can I as a Patheos blogger use my platform to curate the voices and...

June 07, 2016

My Family Made Sex Normal, and I’m So Grateful

It's possible to normalize sex, gender, and bodies in a family setting. I know this...

June 06, 2016

Why We Need Adult Sex Ed Month

If you come from a religiously conservative background, adult sex ed can help you detox...

June 05, 2016

Why Do Women Wear Revealing Clothes? Part 2

Who do we get to slut-shame and victim blame without consequences? That depends in part...

June 04, 2016

Why Do Women Wear Revealing Clothes? Part 1

Why do women wear revealing clothes? I dunno. Maybe they're exercising. Maybe they like it....

June 03, 2016

That Time Someone Called the Police on Me in Belly Dance Attire

If you don't get the police called on you for making art, you're doing it...

June 02, 2016

Why Speak Out About “Mild” Sexual Harassment

Speaking out against harassment is enough to incite violence in some cases. And this is...

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 30, 2016

I Dislike Porn, But I Defend Its Existence

We don't have a lot of longitudinal research on porn, so remind me again why...

May 29, 2016

Sex Positivity and Sex out of Context

Sex positivity should be, essentially, a Choose Your Own Adventure story, with as many delicious,...

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 24, 2016

Sex Positivity Outside the West

In the U.S. a lot of the sex-positive movement is responding to specific historical influences...

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...

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