thanks again alternet! below, an excerpt from sex pill for women article: Even though Boynton declined, Boehringer-Ingelheim invited her to write a paper for the British Journal of Sexual Medicine. “They had clear instructions about what they wanted me to say and how this would set the scene that HSDD was a prevalent and distressing [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sex’
sex pill for women: big pharma trying to profit from another made-up illness?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged advertising, exploitation, pharmaceuticals, power, sex, sexuality on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
we need better sex-ed!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged education, sex on May 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
yeah!!!! The theme for this Sex Ed class shifted from the “You’re going to be a fat, knocked up 15-year-old with visible, terminal lesions all over your nether-regions’ to ‘You’re going to go away to college, be sexually assaulted by a masked assailant who will never be caught, and subsequently be left for dead in [...]
Representations of Sex/uality
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged advertising, brown university, exploitation, feminism, gender, images, language, media, objectification, power, relationships, sex, sexism, sexualization on March 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Or, alternatively titled: “Making the Brown Sex Week 2010 Poster” (This is a cross-post from the SHEEC blog/my blog) My goals were that the poster: Wouldn’t imply a certain relationship status Wouldn’t be objectifying and just like any other ad on TV Wouldn’t be heteronormative (and ideally not homonormative, either, which is…not easy to do–most [...]
Talking Trans
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children, cultural shame, gender, identity, intersexuality, pronouns, sex, trans issues on January 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Hey folks. So I posted this link on the facebook a while ago after I saw it on Feministing: I think it provides a great overview about trans and genderqueer identities (it’s not perfect). Our language doesn’t provide much room for gender flexibility, as you might have noticed. It’s a little awkward, if not, impossible [...]
Penetrator, not the penetratee, no?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged homophobia, penetration, power, sex on October 12, 2009 | 40 Comments »
My friend showed me this article. If you practice penetrative sex, are you usually the penetrator? If so, would you be okay with being penetrated? If not, then maybe that means that you think of penetration as degrading, when you are on the receiving end. Which means that you should stop penetrating the people you [...]
A Conversation About George Sodini
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged sex, violence, violence against women on August 17, 2009 | 13 Comments »
I just had a debate with a friend about George Sodini. It was prompted by an article he linked to his profile, with a caption saying “you might find this disturbing. or thought-provoking.” It was a short but good conversation and I hope you’ll give your take on it, and on the George Sodini incident [...]
patriarchy is everywhere
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cultural shame, identity, patriarchy, power, relationships, sex, sexualization on February 3, 2009 | 24 Comments »
In this post, you will find: some incendiary thoughts to promote discussion. i do believe in these ideas, but i’m open to changing my opinions if compelling arguments are offered. and a bunch of personal revelations. for me, it is about time to come out with it! Patriarchy is everywhere. Example follows in #2. Men [...]
