My father has never really been the type of guy to threaten my boyfriends. Even though my father was never over protective of me, I know that this is something that a lot of women struggle with. I recently came across an article entitled “Dear Daughter: I Hope You Have Awesome Sex” and I have to say, it was […]
Read More Quick Hit: Your Daughter is Not Your Property!I had the chance to talk to recording artist Kevin Drew on a conference call. He just released a new album this past Tuesday called “Darlings”. The reason I am writing about his new album is because the single from it “Good Sex” paints sex in a more realistic and positive way than we are […]
Read More Quick Hit: “Good Sex” Kevin DrewSo I was casually reading a blog post that I saw on my Facebook newsfeed today and (many clicks later) I arrived upon an article by Dr. NerdLove entitled “It’s OK To Want Sex”. The article describes his experience with sex and how his sex life drastically changed when he realized women enjoyed sex too. He explains that when he first […]
Read More Can’t Buy Me…Sex?So I came across a video for a product called Period Panties the other day and for a number of reasons it did not sit well with me. For starters, this product was created by a guy who basically got tired of his girlfriend constantly shutting down his advances when she was on her menstrual cycle. […]
Read More Quick Hit: “Curse of Blood” Period Panties??*TRIGGER WARNING* There was an article I read by Robert Jensen called “Tired of Hot Sex?” Now, sex is such a complicated thing, and I’ve learned that there is so much you can say regarding it, sociologically speaking. However, Jensen pointed out a critical truth in his paper that really struck me. He writes, “Men […]
Read More Let’s talk about bad sex.*TRIGGER WARNING* Last semester, I was sitting at work eating lunch and two coworkers, male and female, sat down with me. As I sat there, one asked if we’d heard of a sophomore girl who was rumored to have herpes. I kept silent.
Read More STDs – A Woman’s Problem?Hello world! Cheers to you and cheers to my first blog post on JMU Shout Out! I have been brainstorming what I should post for my first post for a while until this happened and I knew I had to write about it. It was something I had never encountered before and it left me […]
Read More Business Or Pleasure?As I was scrolling through my newsfeed on Facebook last week, I was tripped up by a link a friend posted claiming “Party School List puts consent on top?” I never expected a sentence to claim Playboy and consent together, so I clicked on the link eager to see what is was about. I was […]
Read More Victoria’s Secret and Playboy Love Consent?!Envy. Sex. Dirt. Vulnerability. Four words that Laura Kipnis uses to analyze the female condition. Overall she talks about the struggle women face with balancing feminism and femininity. Feminism being the mentality of standing up for yourself and claiming your right to equality; refusing to be called sweetheart or honey. Femininity being the defining factor […]
Read More The Female ThingThe rape culture that we live in requires us to intensely think about how we are going to raise our children within it. This week Imagineherstory found an article that talks about how to raise our daughters, but we should also keep in mind how to raise our sons. Devystation wonders why there aren’t more […]
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