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June 2016

June 25, 2016
Nobody's perfect, but if you've got compromised ethics in one arena of life, I'm going...
June 24, 2016
Are you stuck pleasing others in your life? Do you think that correlates to whether...
June 23, 2016
What puts the "folk" in "folklore"? Certainly not an ethnocentric history of scholarly ick... no,...
June 22, 2016
Porn addiction is a sketchy concept... but to try to flip it and shame women...
June 22, 2016
Whether you love or hate Obama, he just made a powerful statement about sexist double...
June 21, 2016
If someone says you've harmed them, you can either argue, or you can apologize. Guess...
June 20, 2016
Society conditions our arousal triggers, so is not wanting to sleep with someone who's been...
June 19, 2016
Is it ever comfortable to wonder how much you've internalized the misogyny of our culture,...
June 18, 2016
Sex-positive Westerners can try to "save" others but it's still an act of colonialism. This...
June 17, 2016
In this guest blog, we hear about one man's take on women wearing revealing clothes,...
June 16, 2016
In 1846, the British scholar William Thoms coined the word "folklore" in a letter to...
June 15, 2016
Binary gender is a fiction. But the idea that gender is a cultural construct that...
June 14, 2016
If your religion participates in the dialogue making LGBTQ folks out to be misguided, gross,...
June 14, 2016
A single misogynist (or homophobic, or transphobic, or racist) comment usually isn't enough to cause...
June 13, 2016
Denying a group basic humanity, and staging even nonviolent protests against them, is one end...
June 12, 2016
If you violate someone's boundaries but claim to have had good intentions, that's nice...but doesn't...
June 11, 2016
With Pride this weekend, I wonder: is "straight gayness" a thing? Is it useful as...
June 11, 2016
Does any discussion of sexual acts count as sex-positive? This game from the makers of...
June 10, 2016
How can I as a Patheos blogger use my platform to curate the voices and...
June 09, 2016
Dismissing an aspect of folklore or culture as trivial is not only patronizing, but also...
June 08, 2016
Despite being a pretty fit person, I have a not-so-great relationship with my thighs. And...
June 07, 2016
It's possible to normalize sex, gender, and bodies in a family setting. I know this...
June 06, 2016
If you come from a religiously conservative background, adult sex ed can help you detox...
June 05, 2016
Who do we get to slut-shame and victim blame without consequences? That depends in part...
June 04, 2016
Why do women wear revealing clothes? I dunno. Maybe they're exercising. Maybe they like it....
June 03, 2016
If you don't get the police called on you for making art, you're doing it...
June 02, 2016
Speaking out against harassment is enough to incite violence in some cases. And this is...
June 02, 2016
We all have personal narratives; as such, they're one of the most democratic forms of...
June 01, 2016
Even if my blog persona name were ten times sexier, that wouldn't mean that I...
June 01, 2016
What do religious studies scholars, folklorists, and sex educators chat about on a podcast? Listen...
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