Does Hooking Up Lead to Relationships?
There’s a new study out that takes a look at relationship quality in a variety of different scenarios. Here’s how the press has responded: I. Tracy Clark-Flory, Salon: Surprise! Hookups Can Lead to Love That one-night stand might turn into a perfectly happy relationship, a new study warns II. Kay Steiger, Feministe: Another Defense of [...]
The Cracking Foundation of Sex Positive Feminism
Do we think the ladies have gone too far with the sex positive feminism? I mean I know they’re all down with the pornography and the shaved pudenda and what not, but do we really think this is the path to liberation? Hank Moody I’ve been claiming that the walls of Sex Positive Feminism are [...]
I Earned a Denunciation from NOW!
Sex is chemistry, and it’s never casual. Helen Fisher, Professor of Biological Anthropology, Rutgers University My post criticizing Jaclyn Friedman’s piece My Sluthood, Myself resulted in a real (and still ongoing) debate among myself, my readers, and the sex-positive feminist community. Or as Jessica Valenti describes them, “the feminist badasses.” As of now, the comments [...]
Deconstructing the Sluthood of Jaclyn Friedman
Last week, Jaclyn Friedman wrote a post for Feministe which immediately went up on Jezebel as well. Thanks to the readers who sent me the link. Entitled My Sluthood, Myself, it generated quite a bit of buzz and many very interesting comments on various blogs. Ms. Friedman cites numerous personal motivations for writing the piece, [...]
Why Feminists Want You to Get Herpes
Tracie Egan and Moe Tkackik *SHUDDER* In the comment section of my recent post about the psychology of STD transmission, reader Ex New Yorker pointed out that over at Jezebel the conversation looks very different: Go to jezebel.com Type “herpes” in the search box. And you’ll see tons of threads where the message is the [...]
Is Marie Claire’s Rich Santos an Ignorant Beast?
Marie Claire has a dating blogger named Rich Santos, and I find his bits kind of sweet and charming. And he’s very honest. Too honest, sometimes, as in TMI, and he’s not always, er, PC on the feminism front. Well, over at Jezebel, they’ve been none too pleased with Mr. Santos lately. They’ve got a [...]
