This originally appeared at The Phoenix And The Olive Branch. Republished here with permission. Trigger warning: The following post contains frank descriptions of the hate speech against LGBTQ people that my church used to inculcate fear and contempt in its youth. It’s probably not something you want to read if you’re already having a bad […]
As a starving artist who writes about her experiences with S&M and polyamory, Clarisse Thorn realizes her lifestyle isn’t the most conducive to having children, but for some reason, she still really wants to. I’m not the kind of woman that most people think of when they imagine a woman who wants to have kids. […]
The latest incident of a female teacher sexually involved with her male student came out just last week, but it’s not as clear-cut as some previous scandals. Hugo Schwyzer takes a look at the facts and suggests that the victimizer in this case may also be the victim. Since the Mary Kay Letourneau-Vili Fualaau story […]
Shaming anyone for engaging in any kind of non-exploitative, consensual sex—even if it makes you queasy—is a slippery slope. Lynn Beisner explains why tolerance is best. I think that we can safely dispense with the fiction that John Edwards was prosecuted for campaign finance crimes and admit the obvious: He was really on trial for […]
This originally appeared on Undercover In The Suburbs. Republished here with permission. This is my response to this post entitled 10 Things Guys Should Do On a First Date that my brother brought to my attention. I want to publicly say that this post and the millions of posts like it on the Internet, written by both […]
A stay-at-home dad, Ken Miller hated it when someone at his wife’s corporate functions would ask “What do you do?” until he got some good advice from another party frequenter. The first time I heard it was around 2000, about two or three years after I’d stopped working to stay home for our two kids. […]
This was originally published at In Our Words: A Salon For Queers & Co. Republished here with permission. Dana Norris once went on 71 internet dates. This was date number 15 (we posted date number 14 here). I’d like to take a moment to ask everyone who is my parents/ever held me as a baby to […]
Sex work is hard work, and sometimes even sex workers need a break. Clarisse Thorn spoke to Olivia, a 25-year-old sex worker, about the perils of her profession. Previously on Role/Reboot, we ran an interview with my friend Olivia, a 25-year-old graduate student who had just started having sex for money through a “sugar baby” website called […]
