February 2012
11 posts
“I see a lot of arguments, from progressive feminists and right-wing prudes...”
– Pandora Blanke (porn, like sex work, defies easy generalisations | Spanked, Not Silenced)
“Just as young people need scientifically accurate sex education to keep them...”
– Jessica Mack (Women can be independent and intimate | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
“What we need to let ourselves do is acknowledge that sex is a big deal for some...”
– Libidos, Assumptions, and Miscommunication | No, Seriously, What About Teh Menz?
January 2012
36 posts
“I often feel that, in so many areas of what we might call progressive politics...”
– CN Lester (The beauty myth and me… « a gentleman and a scholar)
“A recent Boise State University study of 484 heterosexual women showed that...”
– Rachel Kramer Bussel (Our fantasies say less about us than we think | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk)
“Sex education should focus not just on the mechanics of heterosexual sex and how...”
– Simone Webb (Underage sex isn’t automatically a problem | Comment is free | The Guardian)
“It’s highly flawed to talk about the impact of “pornography” on young people as...”
– Pandora Blake (porn, like sex work, defies easy generalisations | Spanked, Not Silenced)
“People don’t necessarily know what they want. That’s okay. Sometimes you don’t...”
– On Good Consent, Part One | No, Seriously, What About Teh Menz?
“We have this entire culture that’s telling people that there’s One Right Thing...”
– On Good Consent, Part One | No, Seriously, What About Teh Menz?
“Klein argues that “the normal pushing and shoving, pluralistic conflict-driven...”
– Tracy Clark-Flory (The GOP’s bizarre war on sex - Salon.com)
“Obscenity is a curious criminal offence, and many would say that it now has no...”
– David Allen Green (Obscenity law in doubt after jury acquits distributor of gay pornography)
“What I hope for is a country that sees women as whole human beings whose...”
– Jessica Valenti (via feministhistorian)
December 2011
33 posts
“Society’s wariness toward sex is highlighted by contrasting it with the...”
– Nadine Strossen (from ‘Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex and the Fight for Women’s Rights’)
