Josey Vogels, My Messy Bedroom. October 2, 2008. Dry spells are hard. Suddenly, 18-year-olds don't seem like such a bad idea, and grey hair is more carefully considered.
Christopher White, American Sexuality Magazine. September 27, 2008. There are many ways of helping young people navigate these years of sexual exploration. Just don't forget you were once a teen yourself.
Liz Langley, Alice the Goon AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. September 26, 2008. We all need a little sex-ed -- despite what the abstinence-only crown thinks.
Greta Parry, PopMatters. September 25, 2008. Though 1980s beach films seem objectifying and antifeminist, they offer a utopian space where class and gender hierarchies begin to dissolve.
Greta Christina, The Blowfish Blog. September 16, 2008. Everyone can learn something from the kind of sex that isn't overwhelmingly defined by one partner's "performance."
Katherine Anne Forsythe, American Sexuality Magazine. September 15, 2008. A 25-year-old with a firm six pack might be fun to look at and know how to satisfy himself. But what about satisfying you?
Brave New Films, Planned Parenthood Federation of America AlterNet: Video. September 13, 2008. Fighting back against the McCain campaign's latest distortions.
JoAnn Wypijewski, The Nation. September 12, 2008. McCain needed Sarah Palin, icon of sex -- not gender -- to recharge his potency and the cultural oomph of the right.
Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check. September 5, 2008. The sordid, trashy teen drama "Gossip Girl" offers a much smarter and more useful take on teen sexuality than the Republican platform.
Karen Dolan, AlterNet. September 3, 2008. I wholly believe in educating my child about contraception. But given that he is 7, I could have waited a few years for that particular talk.
Cheryl Saban, Huffington Post. August 21, 2008. A mind-boggling variety of torture devices have been contrived throughout history to make women more 'attractive' to men.
Malcolm Harris, National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. August 19, 2008. I wonder what right-wingers and the media would do if someone in the U.S. tried to devote an entire day to sex.
Shere Hite, On The Issues Magazine. August 12, 2008. Decades after the publication of the Hite Report on Female Sexuality, society still clings to outdated notions about women and sex.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. August 8, 2008. Another day, another alarmist report by the PTC decrying immorality on television.
Josey Vogels, My Messy Bedroom. July 28, 2008. Sarah Katherine Lewis' new book connects the dots between food, sex, and our relationships with our bodies.
Sue Katz, Consenting Adult. July 23, 2008. Gina Ogden's new book knocks down false assumptions about women’s sexual dysfunction by actually listening to women.
KaeLyn, Feministe AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. July 23, 2008. "Legalization and support of sex work can open the door to helping the sex/adult industry become safer and healthier for sex workers."
General JC Christian, Jesus' General AlterNet: PEEK. July 15, 2008. So says the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, going against lower courts who had ruled nothing in state law banned necrophilia.
Lauren Wissot, Spout Blog. June 20, 2008. Five movies that would make for a wonderful addition to those abstinence-only programs George W. loves so much.
Ellen Goodman, Washington Post Writers Group. June 20, 2008. Retrofitting women to make them sexually attractive and "marriageable" is more than a Hollywood fad. It's life or death for many.