Tag Archives: Sex & Gender

Sex & Gender are something we need to reclaim for ourselves, figuring out how we want to define ourselves in the world. This section focuses on sex, women’s issues/feminism, relationships, body issues and more.

PTSD: Post Traumatic Sex Disorder

Because I apparently have to stop working every 15 minutes to check blogs and social networking, I found myself reading about an ex-sex-worker coming out in an interview about her experiences. The write-up was on Bust.com and the writer  opened with her abhorrence at the interviewer’s ignorance, who took the typical talk-show “oh my god, [...]

How Feminism Has Changed Relationships

I was in highschool during the turn of the millennium, it was a time when a classic-put down for my age group had suddenly become lost. Slut was a word that sounded powerful, that one might cut up from a magazine to proudly paste onto her decoupaged notebook, a word she might see emblazoned in [...]

Safewords vs. Communication

The first time I had anal sex, it was a decision made out of the self-assertion that I was open minded and adventurous in bed. The whole dialogue that influenced this decision was entirely in my mind. When this partner suggested anal, I wanted to do it do it for him—and after a mini frenzy [...]

Ask Rabbit: Sharing Sexual Desires & Needs

Dear Rabbit White,
My boyfriend and I have been in a relationship for the past three years and recently moved in together. There is a five year age gap between us (he’s older).
When we first started dating, he had very little sexual experience and it was incredible fun to have sex with someone who didn’t have [...]

Jilling Off

There is something in the past of my relationship that I’m not proud about, but I’ll go ahead and say it: I used to feel a tinge of jealousy when Ned would masturbate. It wasn’t full on anger, or even conscious envy, but it was there. Of course I could come up with a million [...]

Living with Living Together

Boy meets Girl–or Boy and upon a drink bought and sheets tossed in, something happens. Getting to know one and other goes past the one night stand hump, past the few weeks emergency-stage and into the territory of relationship.  Then, it can become a time-bomb ticking away to that one day. In mine and Ned’s [...]

The Asexual Dynamic

My Story on Asexuality is live on Sexis!
“…If appearances of asexuals on the daytime talk show circuit has shed light on anything, it’s that asexuality is a hot-button topic. “There’s a fascinating phenomenon,” says Jay. “If I talk about my asexuality, it suddenly puts the spotlight on the sexuality of the person I am talking [...]

Gray Areas of Sexual Consent

Rape is an unwieldy word. It is pointed, weighty, the air of a threat seems inherent. Images of back alleys and shadowy figures are inevitably conjured. Date rape has it’s own precise picture as well, the backseat of a car with a nice looking guy — crying, screaming “no.” So when I gritted my teeth [...]

Little Plastic Rings: The Ethos and Eros of Foreskin Restoration

An article that was written a while ago has finally gone live! This piece is on foreskin restoration, a DIY technique to manually restore foreskin lost to circumcision.
“On the L in Chicago, an average thirty-something man sits quietly in his seat. Suddenly a little plastic ring falls out from his pant leg and rolls along [...]

Podcast: David Jay’s Asexual Perspective on Intimacy

Show Notes
Asexuality is the lack of sexual attraction. Asexuals are not anti-sex, they just could not care less about having it. David Jay is the founder of AVEN (Asexual Visibility and Education Network) and is arguably the person who single-handedly whipped together the asexuality movement.
In this segment the basics about asexuality are not covered, what [...]