The fact that I feel that this movie is going to stir up even MORE biphobia in the queer community. For some reason, we as a community tend to exclude bi folks as being queer, as if them having a relationship with a cis-man (bi women) or cis-woman (men) makes them “less” queer. Now, while Jules never openly identified as bi, her sexuality was clearly a bit more fluid that just “lesbian/gay,” as she openly enjoyed sex with Paul. So basically, we have a queer or bi acting woman on screen, cheating on her lesbian wife with a man. Which seems to be the issue that is ALWAYS brought up when biphobia rears its ugly head; don’t date bi-women, because they’ll leave you for a man. [...]
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4 years ago, I emailed Audacia Ray and Jamye Waxman. I’m sure the letter was slightly more eloquently written, but each of them boiled down to: “Hi. You are a sex-positive feminist who works with adults, sex workers, people in the adult industry, and more. I want to grow up to be like you — how do [...] This is win. It is so much win.
That said, I really prefer the term marriage equality over same sex marriage or gay marriage. Why? Because not everyone who wants the ability to marry identifies as gay (lesbian, queer, bi, or a couple with a trans person who now identifies as straight), and unless you’re [...] Today, I’m flying to Pittsburgh, PA, for the annual conference of AASECT; the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists. I’m a bit nervous. I’ve never been before. Why? Because I often feel quite a bit of a black sheep in the field. Because I teach adults about how to add a variety of pleasure to [...] Because I have. Catherine Toyooka is a little fireball of awesome. I met her last week when she was in Tempe to speak at Fascinations about how to Love Your Boy Now By Finding Your Fabulousness. I’m so excited to have gotten to participate in her workshop. From self reflection to analysis of media imagery, she taught a [...] There is a new lube study out there, that the media has really picked up on. According to it, and the media, water-based lube used during anal sex is dangerous, and IF one is to use lube at all, they should use silicone. I think that this study, and the hype around it, is dangerous itself. I [...] When I chose to go to grad school for sexuality education, I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted to do with it. Perhaps work for Planned Parenthood, or work in schools. Then as I went through grad school, I realized I wanted to branch out to “alternative” sexuality education. I wanted to work with people beyond [...] Sadly, my quest to queer (and plus-size-ify) Say Yes to the Dress has ended, and I’ve refunded the donations I’ve gotten (unless I was told to keep them for other purposes, like Sexually Able). Why? Well, originally, I told them I had a $1000 budget (twice what I was expecting to pay, but worth [...] The other day, I twittered something about how I was having trouble finding the right red corset/skirt/bustle combo, and jokingly suggested that I go onto Say Yes to the Dress to have them help me. Some of my followers thought it was a great idea, and so I half-jokingly applied online, making it clear that I [...] Hey all! As you may remember, I was working (and still am) on an anthology about sexuality and disability, tentatively titled Sexual Ability. I posted a Call for Submissions, I had people repost it, but got very few essays. For the life of me, I couldn’t figure out why. Similar anthology calls were getting dozens [...] |
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