" >The Fetishization of Virginity
What is virginity? Many people only know it by its loss, which is identified as a penis entering a vagina for the first time. But what if you’ve had oral sex? Or an anal sex? You can get a sexually transmitted infection without “losing” your virginity. So it’s not about health. You can have an … Read more
Welcome to My Basement: Chik-Fil–Olympics-Sextacular.
Once again I returned to the delightfully cluttered and scary basement of Philly’s own professional man of leisure, Johnny Goodtimes, for another edition of Welcome to My Basement for the Philly Post. If you haven’t seen us in action before, check out previous episodes here. Today we chat about Chik-Fil-A’s stance against gay rights and the … Read more
Power of Poetry
It’s National Poetry Month, y’all! It’s an art form where words are delicately chosen to convey intense emotional ideas and rhythmically released to maximize their impact, which has sadly not always gotten enough attention. Today I’ve chosen a small handful of powerful works by a few random artists that touch on a variety of topics … Read more
Every F-ing Day of My Life
As much as we may strive to be empathetic, it is not always easy to understand why people make the choices they do. Even if we can theoretically comprehend why someone could feel entitled enough to control and batter their partner, it can be a challenge to figure out why the abused person doesn’t….just…. leave. … Read more
The Bedroom Commandments
Spirituality and sexuality have a long, complicated entanglement. It’s not that they’re not meant to be together: in fact, I would argue that they are. But, like a couple with meddling friends who have not yet sorted out their own lives, they have been pushed and prodded in a million directions. The precise way in … Read more
