March 2012
MARGINALIZED & ALIENATING: [Trigger warning] On... →
fox-power:
As a sex- and body-positive person, I know that there is nothing wrong with having consensual sex with whoever you want, and that human bodies are beautiful. As a survivor of rape, anything even vaguely connected to sex causes guilt and fear, and that my body is a source of weakness and…
“I am a feminist, and because I’m a feminist I critique every medium of media I...”
– Courtesy of fuckyeahsexeducation I couldn’t reblog this since it was a response to an ask, but really… major love for FYSE. (via kwilder)
February 2012
“I am a feminist, and because I’m a feminist I critique every medium of media I...”
– Courtesy of fuckyeahsexeducation I couldn’t reblog this since it was a response to an ask, but really… major love for FYSE. (via kwilder)
The Girl Who Normalised Non-Monogamy: Incidental... →
lscribbens:
Around 27 million copies of the books comprising Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy have been sold worldwide to date. People everywhere have been reading and absorbing themes of systematic violence against women, financial corruption, social exclusion… and ethical non-monogamy.
A summary. Journalist Mikael Blomkvist, the central protagonist, works for Millennium magazine, edited by...
48 states now have out LGBT elected officials →
projectqueer:
By Denis Dison
Last week’s news that Southhaven, Miss., Mayor Greg Davis informed a local newspaper that he is gay means just two U.S. states remain on the list of those with no openly LGBT elected officials–Alaska and South Dakota.
That doesn’t mean these states aren’t served by LGBT elected officials, just that none have self-identified publicly either in speeches or...
“There is a feeling of being threatened by things that aren’t “normal,” and a...”
– C.K. Ferrier (in “Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out”)
Ironically Un-Cool: Okay, I'm going to make a huge... →
ariaasacura:
JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS NEVER BEEN IN A SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIP DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY ARE NOT BISEXUAL.
This also applies to those who have ONLY been in same-sex relationships.
Get this right people!
Bisexuality is the SEXUAL ATTRACTION to both sexes!
This does not mean you have to have…
mellita io!: From Gender and Language: Theory and... →
From Cosmopolitan, ’In the session’ advice column, January 1999
Q: I find it difficult to stay faithful to a man. When I embark on a relationship, I make it clear I want it to be ‘open’. I don’t think I could ever be monogamous, even though I’m sure that’s what I should be in the future. Is…
Sorrow Songs: Invaluable resources for healthy... →
sorrowsongs:
I’m polyamorous, kinky, and queer. There’s a lot of info out there for straight, monogamous, vanilla relationships (not all of it good, mind you, but a lot of information).If you’re like me, though, you might be confused and want advice, and being young (or not so young) and living an alternative…
Fauxgress Watch: “Born This Way” →
robogreifer:
Queer people do not need to offer excuses or defend their own existence. If one could become queer by simply waking up one morning and deciding to become queer, for a day, for an hour, it wouldn’t change the fact that being queer is just as good, as valid, as worthy, as being straight. Providing straight people with reasons or excuses for our queerness simply confirms their...
Hallelujah to the Ace: Sex Ed →
hallelujah-to-the-ace:
Today, I went to an Advanced Queer Sex Ed workshop that my organization put on. (With Scaredlittleboy, who I ranted with regarding this topic.) We started the advanced workshop because everyone was so bored with last semester’s Queer Sex Ed 101, which mostly involved putting on condoms and safe…
“The emphasis on sex that currently permeates our public life attest not to our...”
– Ellen Willis, No More Nice Girls (via genderconfusion)
“Essentially, the idea of a “slut” is a myth told to women to keep them in their...”
– The Slut Myth (via seancing)
“Female horniness in the popular imagination is rare. Admittedly our idea of male...”
– The Pervocracy: From slutty to horny. (via sexisnottheenemy)
“Sex will always be an exciting mystery to children, they’ll always want to know...”
– Steven Moffat (via tinysprout)
“The truth is, any sex act can be done incorrectly, against our will, or by...”
– Courtney Trouble | Queer Porn Icon | The Truth About Fisting. (via sexisnottheenemy)
“Sex-positivity is the belief that sex and sexiness are… okay. It’s the belief...”
– The Pervocracy: Sex-Pozzie. (via sexisnottheenemy)
“I often feel that, in so many areas of what we might call progressive politics...”
– CN Lester (The beauty myth and me… « a gentleman and a scholar)
“Obscenity is a curious criminal offence, and many would say that it now has no...”
– David Allen Green (Obscenity law in doubt after jury acquits distributor of gay pornography)
“Society’s wariness toward sex is highlighted by contrasting it with the greater...”
– Nadine Strossen (from ‘Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex and the Fight for Women’s Rights’)
“I think women are encouraged to be into sex, but we’re encouraged to be into sex...”
– Clarisse Thorn (Interview with a sex-positive feminist — Feministe)
“Upon turning sixty-five, I recognize that casual sex has often been as intimate...”
– Stanley Siegel (In Defense of Casual Sex | Psychology Today)
10 Wasted Minutes.: A friend asked me a couple... →
10wastedminutes:
A friend basically asked me a couple months ago why I’m such a feminist. Specifically a pro-choice, sex positive, anti-rape culture type feminist. We were applying for a grant to start an anti rape culture art project (because we’re edgy like that) and she said, “Why does it matter to you?” I…
Just Me, Just Me by Shel Silverstein
nicolebonaccorso:
Sweet Marie, she loves just me
(She also loves Maurice McGhee).
No she don’t, she loves just me
(She also loves Louise Dupree).
No she don’t, she loves just me
(She also loves the willow tree).
No she don’t, she loves just me!
(Poor, poor fool, why can’t you see
She can love others and sill love thee.)
indeed: i think the most disgusting part of the... →
frillysparklybutts:
i think the most disgusting part of the virgin/slut dichotomy is that if a woman has a lot of sex partners, it’s assumed that she’s “dirty” and will get pregnant immediately.
honestly. if she’s having sex often, don’t you think she’d be aware and be more careful?
and even if she doesn’t, it’s…
reading polyamory forums and the like.
kingreason:
It’s so interesting, I wish it was more mainstream, like there were tv shows and stuff with these kinds of relationships. Monogamy is not the only stable loving committed relationship model and more people should know it! Well there is sisterwives, but they sort of just make that family into this big joke, which is really too bad.
I don’t know yet if I would want to try it, because...
