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Popaganda: Redefining Dating

by Sarah Mirk
June 22, 2017 at 3:39pm
How many more trend pieces can you stomach on the theme of “Millennials Killed Traditional Dating”? There’s this idea in our culture that this generation has fundamentally changed dating—for the worse. That we’re getting away from “traditional” dating and into some terrible uncharted... Read more »
Em & the Fates

New Music Monday: Em & the Fates Subvert the Male Gaze in “Prey”

by Evette Dionne
June 19, 2017 at 3:07pm
Em & the Fates have been using a combination of live instrumentation, harmonies, and modern feminist lyrics to build a growing fan base. Read more »

American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus

by Ana Valens
June 6, 2017 at 12:01pm
What is a hookup, anyway? That’s exactly where Lisa Wade comes in with her new book, American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus. Read more »

The Pleasure Dome: Conversations with My Sex Toys

by adrienne maree brown
May 17, 2017 at 9:46am
On intimacy, honesty, and queerness: A conversation between our pleasure columnist adrienne maree brown and sex toys. Read more »

Nerve Endings Signals New Beginnings for Trans Erotica: Tobi Hill-Meyer Transforms Narratives in Trans Erotic Lit

by Ana Valens
April 24, 2017 at 1:39pm
In Tobi Hill-Meyer’s anthology collection, Nerve Endings: The New Trans Erotic, 30 writers set out to create a new way to think about transgender erotica by grounding the genre in how trans people actually have sex. Read more »
Garance Marillier in Raw

Girl, You'll Be a Cannibal Soon: "Raw" Joins the Horror Coming-of-Age Canon

by Dahlia Balcazar
April 18, 2017 at 11:24am
Justine is zombie-like in her desire for flesh, and Garance Marillier is parfait in the role, contorting her body and face with a propulsive drive to attack and eat humans. Read more »

Oh Joy Sex Toy: Puppy Play

by Erika Moen
April 4, 2017 at 10:45am
Oh Joy Sex Toy is a weekly NSFW comics series that graphically explores sex and sexuality. This week, learn all about puppy play. Read more »

Oh Joy Sex Toy: Tenga Flip Zero Review

by Erika Moen
March 29, 2017 at 11:18am
Oh Joy Sex Toy is a weekly NSFW comics series that graphically explores sex and sexuality. This week: a review of the new Tenga Flip Zero. Read more »
a young south african woman stands in front of a painting of bananas

Color and Desire: Lady Skollie's Politics of Lust

by Maneo Mohale
March 1, 2017 at 11:32am
“I want [audiences] to see a different version of a woman of color from South Africa than they thought possible.” Read more »

Oh Joy Sex Toy: The Nova Rabbit Vibrator

by Erika Moen
January 10, 2017 at 11:09am
Oh Joy Sex Toy is a weekly comics series that graphically explores sex and sexuality. This week: a review of the Nova rabbit vibrator! Read more »

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The Dramatic History of American Sex-Ed Films

by Sarah Mirk
June 17, 2014 at 10:29am
In 1948, in a seventh grade classroom in Eugene, Oregon, a teacher dimmed the lights and flipped on 16mm projector. A film called Human... Read more »

Why You Should Pay for Porn

by Casey Quinlan
April 29, 2015 at 7:27pm
If you’re a progressive middle-class individual, chances are you think about where your food comes from. Maybe you try to buy shoes that are... Read more »

Tina Belcher's Sexual Revolution

​​​​​​​Tina Belcher, an animated teenaged girl. She wears glasses and has black hair with bangs.
by Gabrielle Moss
May 6, 2014 at 11:57am
Tina Belcher breaks all the rules of network sitcoms. That's why she's wonderful.  Read more »

In a Bizarre 1976 Comic Book, Spider-Man Fought the Villain of Misleading Sex Education

by Sarah Mirk
April 23, 2014 at 3:52pm
Last week, I came across a very strange comic book: in 1976, Planned Parenthood teamed up with Marvel to publish a one-off comic in which... Read more »