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...
View ArticleKink, 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...
View ArticleMemes 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...
View ArticleSex 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...
View Article“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...
View ArticleMatt 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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleEnough, 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...
View ArticleQuick 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,...
View ArticleOn [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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