Monthly Archives: September 2010

by request: to the teenage boy in your life

Posted on 09/29/2010 by

Dear Heterosexual Teenage Boy, I’ve never been a teenage boy myself, yet I have a lot of sympathy for the difficulties inherent in being flooded with testosterone and not having any idea what to do with it. I can appreciate … Continue reading →

Posted in contraception, STIs | 13 Comments

this shit saves people’s lives

Posted on 09/25/2010 by

Have you seen Dan Savage’s It Gets Better project? To begin with, Dan Savage’s column, Savage Love, is the best sex advice column in the history of the universe. His contributions to This American Life are highlights of an already … Continue reading →

Posted in sexual politics | 4 Comments

why some penises are curvy

Posted on 09/19/2010 by

Here’s another one of those things I forget people don’t know. I like penises on principle. I like clitorises too. In fact, I think the whole phallus situation is pretty swell, if you’ll pardon the expression, and worthy of celebration. … Continue reading →

Posted in anatomy | 21 Comments

emily thinks about foreplay

Posted on 09/15/2010 by

So I did this radio interview last night about foreplay? In prepping for it at first I was like, “What the hell is there to say about foreplay?” But then I got going and it turns out I have any … Continue reading →

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sexual assault prevention at a women’s college – WITHOUT victim blaming

Posted on 09/09/2010 by

So I was presented with this problem: Put together a sexual assault prevention program for a women’s college. Now, a large proportion of the sexual assault that happens among college students is actually perpetrated by men – not all of … Continue reading →

Posted in sexual politics | 101 Comments