Relationships
A New Origin: Joan Morgan Changes the Narrative of Black Women’s Sexuality
Finding and sustaining pleasure is crucial to living a good feminist life.
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Less Fear, More Queer: What’s Missing from a New Book on Sex, Shame, and Christianity
Shameless gives queer people little space to talk about their own visions of healthy, spiritual sexuality.
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Unfit for the Altar: Black Women Make Their Own Marital Rules
We are often the providers, protectors, and bosses. This, we are told, is why Black women are half as likely to marry as our white... Read more »
I Thought My Immigrant Mother Would Never Accept My Queerness. I Was Wrong.
It was the most devastating moment of my 26 years on this earth, that phone call.
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Who Is Valentine’s Day For?: Finding Space Beyond Hetero Holiday Traditions
Carving out space for LGBTQ-specific V-Day observance requires mainstreaming a sanitized version of queerness.
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The Weird and Wild World of Reddit Relationships
It’s not surprising that people turn to the internet for relationship advice.
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Remembering When Reno Was the Divorce Capital of America
In the 1930s, the city of Reno, Nevada, shined like a beacon of hope to the unhappily married.
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Best Friends Forever: 11 Ways to Celebrate Galentine’s Day
Galentine’s Day is way better than Valentine’s Day.
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Golden Girls: Galentine’s Day, from Lady Friends to Shine Theory
Galentine’s Day reflects a long-standing desire to express love in new ways, no matter how much of a premium society puts on the old forms.
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Touch Too Much: Let’s Talk about Consent beyond Sex
Even within social-justice circles where we regularly espouse the necessity of consent and the importance of teaching it, we rarely talk about touch separate from its relationship to sex.
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