After 6 and a half glorious years doing our live sex education/ comedy/ game show (the best one in the known universe), we finally got around to recording a podcast. Comedian Darryl Charles and sexologist Dr Timaree join forces with a panel of guests every month for a live episode of DTF, talking frankly about … Continue reading
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Pleasure, PrEP, and Paula Abdul: A Conversation with Louie Ortiz-Fonseca
Talking to Louie Ortiz-Fonseca is an entire pleasure. As an award-winning activist and educator, he’s got scads of knowledge to impart— and he’s the kind of bubbly, inviting personality that can get anyone to open up and share. That’s why his new project, Kikis with Louie is so brilliant. It’s a ” a YouTube series … Continue reading
Why Do Women Lie? An Interview with Lux Alptraum
It’s been almost 5 years since we last sat down and chatted with writer and sex nerd Lux Alptraum. She’s done a lot, seen a lot and has a lot to say about it. This time we explore incels, the concept of virginity, navigating the world as a woman, terrible behavior we’ve come to accept, … Continue reading
James Deen is Somehow Back, Botched Labiaplasties, & Nevada’s Majority-Women Legislature
My latest for Philly Weekly is on Trump’s ban on transgender people in the military. Somehow James Deen is back, despite multiple rape allegations. Doctors’ ignorance of vulvas is leaving women with botched labiaplasties. Social media sites are deleting sex workers out of existence. Omaha teen leads support group for sexual assault survivors. Poster uses … Continue reading
FYI: You’re Not Helping
It’s #TBT and time for a vintage column. This originally went up in September of 2013. Viral is as viral does. This week’s latest: FYI (if you’re a teenage girl) Cliff Notes version: a mother of teenage boys worries about the impact of teenage girls and their selfies on her sons. She encourages females to temper the … Continue reading
Modern Day Matchmaking with Three Day Rule
Online dating requires a ton of free time and is fraught with fears about weirdos, jerks and plain old impoliteness like ghosting. What if you could have someone else take care of the legwork for you? You can make use of the old world tradition of using a trusted reference for possible dates and apply … Continue reading
ADHD, Redesigning the Speculum, & Janelle Monae Comes Out as Pansexual
World’s first penis and scrotum transplant. A fifth of gay men have avoided intimacy because of body shame. The Trump administration is moving sex ed towards nonsensical abstinence-only models. How ADHD can affect your love life. The creators of SESTA-FOSTA don’t care about sex workers. Let’s redesign the vaginal speculum. Joy Reid pretends she never … Continue reading