" >“The Sex Factor”: Dissecting Sexuality Messages in TV
Bryce Komaroff has an amazing knack for constructive criticism, a fiendishly sultry voice and a penchant for watching TV with lots of sex in it. A burgeoning sexuality educator herself, she watched time and again as popular comedies aimed at young viewers depicted sexuality in unhelpfully inaccurate ways. It wasn’t that the shows were too … Read more
Tough Cookies: Sexuality and Feminism with a Lesbian Slant
Melissa Fabello was growing tired of the lesbian blog scene. From her vantage, a space that should have been safe for women to share ideas was increasingly hostile to diversity of beliefs and behaviors by those who self-identified as lesbian. So she did what any good educator/genius would do: she re-invented the genre. Along with … Read more
Which Flavor of Sexism is YOUR Favorite?
What is sexist? Maybe what first springs to mind is the glass ceiling: that women don’t get promoted as much, as quickly or past a certain echelon. Perhaps you think of pinching a waitress’s ass and calling her “sweets.” Maybe your thoughts turn to banter about banging skanks. Whatevs. They all count. But they’re only … Read more
May Day Media March aka Strippers Protest the Daily News
First, a lot of thank yous to everyone who has been involved in this activism. For background on the story, check out this post here and this post here. And an extra special thank you to the spectacularly talented Chris K who was one of the photogs at the protest. Here are some of his … Read more
The Daily “News”
Recently I co-taught a course to upcoming sexuality education professionals on Sexuality and Media at my alma mater. In the course, we discussed how to talk to reporters. One of the many take-aways from this conversation, probably the most important point I hoped to get across to my students, was: Reporters rarely contact experts to … Read more
