One last note about sex, stories, and the whole ‘Jesus as cockblocker’ thing.
**Trigger Warning** In regards to the post “Jesus Was Such a Cockblocker” Let me start by saying I apologize if some of you found the language used in it triggering. I think there was an attempt to use humor to lighten a discussion of a difficult story and issues, and that humor didn’t translate well. [...]
...read moreHow can you have sex when you don’t even know what sex is?
Working at Planned Parenthood, I tend to get a lot of questions about sex and sexual health. I’ve met people at parties and had them tell me about their crabs. I’ve had folks I just met at a bar, only half-jokingly, ask about a rash they had in their nether-regions. And I’ve become the resident [...]
...read moreQueer Virginity
Not a story per se, but Miriam over at Feministing has a great post about being queer and the concept of virginity.
...read moreHotel rooms are where all the best sex happens anyways.
To everyone who’s been leaving their stories in the comments, thank you so much. They’re all so different — some are heartbreaking, some are funny, some are blase, and all are definitely worth the read. I know a lot of you have been talking about how inaccurate the idea of virginity is, and how it [...]
...read moreYour virginity is a delicate flower, and if you give it away it will wilt and die.
Let me start by saying I LOVE all the comments that these posts have been getting, and thank you to everyone that has been sharing their stories so far. Particularly, on my last post, Kim brought up an issue with the idea of virginity itself, and just why we make it so damn precious. And [...]
...read moreOn being totally ok with losing your V-card.
Once a friend of mine got her hands on a whole library of sex ed tapes from around the world, and held a viewing party at her house. There were two: the first, an abstinence-happy 1980s piece of work (featuring one of the Coreys!) that warned you were like a delicate flower, and each time [...]
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