Better, Bolder, Hotter
First: watch this video. Lyrics here. Rebecca Drysdale made this video for Dan Savage’s It Gets Better Project, and I…
Educated, Empowered and Resilient
Yesterday was the first day of classes! I am taking a seminar in resilience, which opened with ten minutes of…
What is Rape Culture? An exploration of terms.
After I posted in November about rape culture on college campuses, a curious reader asked me a seriously of strikingly…
The 2010 Teen Pregnancy Institute
This week I had the honor of attending the 2010 Teen Pregnancy Institute: Expecting Success For Youth And Young Families,…
All Dressed Up and Nowhere Safe to Party
Dear Eve, I know what you mean. I know, and it breaks my heart. I know because I once…
Making Mistakes
I made a mistake today. I left my reading glasses behind at the gym and had to go back to get…
I’m studying adolescent sexuality!
About a year and a half ago, I began pursuit of a new stage of my career. As I spoke…
Agency, Objectivity, and a Vision of Sexual Justice: Part Two, on Hookups
How do we define risky or inappropriate behavior? I think that sometimes we cast these categories too broadly. To explore…
Body Positivity: What Does it Really Mean?
On my way to work yesterday, I was thinking about the meaning of sex-positivity. To be sex-positive means to have…
Agency, Objectivity, and a Vision of Sexual Justice: Part One
Let’s “sketch a vision of a just world seductive enough to compete with the allures of the present one.” These…