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Poly-Baiting: Why We Need a More Inclusive LGBTQ Movement

by Vivienne Chen Anti-LGBTQ campaigners have often used the issue of polyamory–or rather, a twisted media presentation of “polygamy,” which is distinct from ethical nonmonogamy and polyamory–as a...

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Kink, Race, and College: A Discussion with Mollena Williams

by Vivienne Chen Note: An honest, open, frank conversation about sex, race/ethnicity, and kink is about to follow. If you are comfortable with this, proceed. If you are uncomfortable with this, you are...

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Memes and Microaggressions

by Briyana Davis When I first saw “Shit Girls Say,” I didn’t get it. The video was just a guy in a blond wig, saying random things I’ve heard a lot of people say, including my parents, my brother, my...

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Sex Ed in the US

by Katharina Roesler A few days ago, my friend Jane[1] and I were discussing a transgender boy she knows and the relationship he has been in since before his FTM transition.  Jane noted his decision to...

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“Everyone is Beautiful?”

by Stephanie Ochoa A common mantra of the body positivity movement is, “Everyone is beautiful.” While this idea sounds like a refreshing alternative to the body hate that accompanies overvaluing...

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Matt Bomer is Gay, I Guess

by Richard Gadsden So, Matt Bomer came out, I guess… As some of you may know, on February 11, 2012, Matthew Bomer, star of White Collar (a USA Network television series), received a Steve Chase...

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What If Love Is Only Approximately Equal To Love? Objectùm-Sexuality and the...

by Richard Gadsden Early this month, a British morning show did an interview with Amanda, a young woman who had recently ended a 10-year relationship with a drum kit and was now in a long-distance...

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Enough, Already: Deconstructing the “Hookup Culture”

Does it count as a “hookup” once his socks are off? by Vivienne Chen  I am sick of hearing about “Princeton’s hookup culture.” I don’t like talking about it, mostly because these conversations are...

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Quick hit: porn actresses aren’t “damaged goods”

Actresses in the porn industry have more self-esteem, feel more supported, and are no more likely to come from a background of childhood sexual abuse than otherwise employed women of the same age,...

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On [Rich, White] Republican Women: Not A Paradox

Margaret Fortney (author of “What Princeton Women Want”) wrote an op-ed for the Tory about Republican Women. Mark Fillmore asked me for my response to it. I decided to keep my response to the main...

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