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On AlterNet: sex

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "sex"

Don't Take Relationship Advice From Facebook

Don't Take Relationship Advice From Facebook

Amelia, The Frisky. November 20, 2008.
According to the Facebook ads surrounding my profile, I'm in dire need of a relationship and a diet. My male friends get no such advice.

Does Overexposure to Sex Make Us Jaded?

Does Overexposure to Sex Make Us Jaded?

Greta Christina, Greta Christina's Blog. November 13, 2008.
No. It rids us of our puritanical discomfort with healthy expressions of sexuality.

Why Do Women Often Feel Colder Than Men?

Why Do Women Often Feel Colder Than Men?

Kate Wighton, The Independent UK. November 10, 2008.
New research is suggesting that we all feel the cold differently.

How the Economy Is Affecting Your Sex Life

How the Economy Is Affecting Your Sex Life

Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee. October 30, 2008.
Softening up, going down, losing firmness -- it seems sex and the economy have more in common than language.

The Pornograph-izing of Sarah Palin

The Pornograph-izing of Sarah Palin

Cara, Feministe AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. October 29, 2008.
Strip club look alike contests and the 'Nailin Palin' porno by Hustler are not in good fun.

The Pornograph-izing of Sarah Palin

The Pornograph-izing of Sarah Palin

Cara, Feministe AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. October 29, 2008.
Strip club look alike contests and the 'Nailin Palin' porno by Hustler are not in good fun.

Why Relationship Sex Is Boring

Why Relationship Sex Is Boring

Esther Perel, Huffington Post. October 22, 2008.
The very things that nurture love -- comfort, stability, safety -- can extinguish sexual desire.

Obama vs. McCain: Progressive Voter Guide to Sex and Relationship Issues

Obama vs. McCain: Progressive Voter Guide to Sex and Relationship Issues

AlterNetOctober 17, 2008.
A guide to how Obama and McCain compare on gay marriage, LGBT adoption and sex education.

What's It Like Being a Sex Writer?

What's It Like Being a Sex Writer?

The FriskyOctober 17, 2008.
Sex writer Lux Alptraum talks about why sex -- and writing about it -- will never be boring.

Sex Economy Goes Limp

Sex Economy Goes Limp

JoAnn Wypijewski, The Nation. October 17, 2008.
Lesson from the crash: for the rich, happiness used to be an expensive erection away. Now, everybody's fucked.

Why Everyone Loves Hot, Smart Older Women

Why Everyone Loves Hot, Smart Older Women

Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee. October 10, 2008.
The word "desperation" has disappeared from the definition of "cougar"; words like smart, successful and funny have taken its place.

Are Dry Spells Character Building?

Are Dry Spells Character Building?

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.

How to Talk to Teens About Sex

How to Talk to Teens About Sex

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.

Top 5 Most Sexually Educational Movie Moments

Top 5 Most Sexually Educational Movie Moments

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.

Sex on the Beach: What 80s Bikini Comedies Tell Us About Gender and Class

Sex on the Beach: What 80s Bikini Comedies Tell Us About Gender and Class

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.

What I Learned from Lesbian Sex

What I Learned from Lesbian Sex

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."

Why I'd Rather Sleep with a Man over 50

Why I'd Rather Sleep with a Man over 50

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?

Planned Parenthood Rips into McCain for Sex-Ed Smear Campaign

Planned Parenthood Rips into McCain for Sex-Ed Smear Campaign

Brave New Films, Planned Parenthood Federation of America AlterNet: Video. September 13, 2008.
Fighting back against the McCain campaign's latest distortions.

Sex Is McCain's Political Weapon

Sex Is McCain's Political Weapon

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.

Bush Administration Officials Lived Lives of Sex, Drugs and Oil

Bush Administration Officials Lived Lives of Sex, Drugs and Oil

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. September 10, 2008.
There was a fraternity house atmosphere inside the Denver Minerals Management Service office.

McCain's Latest Attack: Sex, Lies, and Videotape

McCain's Latest Attack: Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Hilzoy, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. September 10, 2008.
McCain has a new attack video out that sinks to an all new low.

What Republicans Can Learn from

What Republicans Can Learn from "Gossip Girl"

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.

How My 7-Year-Old Learned About Pre-Marital Sex from John McCain

How My 7-Year-Old Learned About Pre-Marital Sex from John McCain

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.

Planned Parenthood Reaches Out to Teens, Angers Adults

Planned Parenthood Reaches Out to Teens, Angers Adults

Simcha, The Frisky. September 2, 2008.
Planned Parenthood's "Take Care Down There" is being attacked by conservatives as too glib.

The Things Women Go Through to Attract Men ...

The Things Women Go Through to Attract Men ...

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.