" >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
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
Dr. Mary Ann Layden is Wrong About Sex
In late March there was a sting operation conducted at a Philly strip club that busted a handful of women for soliciting prostitution. The Daily News, a subsidiary of the Philadelphia Inquirer, posted this piece, masquerading as journalism. In it, Dr. Mary Ann Layden, an ardent anti-porn academic, is quoted repeatedly, making outrageous, unscientific and … Read more
Women Hate Beards and Other Times Science is Mis-Read
This week’s award for terrible reporting of sexuality-based research (should I come up with an acronym? TRSR? Treasure? OOH! We’ll pronounce it Treasure! Let’s use that.) goes to Gizmodo’s Jamie Condliffe. And, more importantly, the copywriter who came up with this genius headline: Scientific Proof That Women Hate Beards. It was splashed about facebook today, … Read more
