My grandma adores my husband to the point where she’ll call ask how I am, interrupt me mid-sentence, and request I pass the phone to her ‘new grandson’. Between the two of us, he’s definitely higher on her favourites list right now. (Meanwhile, I’m quietly hoping the novelty of a ‘grandson’ will wear off and […]
This piece was originally published on Grist. Republished with permission. Contraception has long been the province of women. Isn’t it about time for men to get in on the game? It’s obvious why women have historically been the main consumers of birth control — we’re the ones who get pregnant, give birth, and in many […]
Marriage seems to be everywhere now that I’m in my mid-20’s. Thanks to Facebook and Twitter, I know when just about anyone I’ve had contact with in the last 15 years is getting married. And, by the end of the big day, I know all the details from the flower arrangements to the bridesmaids’ dresses […]
This piece was originally published on the Huffington Post. Republished with permission. This is a call to end the SlutWars. On the off-chance the global SlutWalk movement hasn’t hit your radar, here’s a brief primer: SlutWalk is worldwide grassroots movement challenging rape culture, victim-blaming, and working to end sexual violence. It started in January 2011, when a Toronto […]
This piece was originally published on the Good Men Project. Republished with permission. Judging from what I read online and hear from my students, the question of the “number” is as compelling as ever. In February, Marie Claire ran an article, “What’s Your Number?” in which five women (whose numbers ranged from zero to 100) told their […]
(Disclaimer: This post is about my feeling towards white gowns and traditional weddings. It is not my intention to judge anybody else’s decision about what they get married in and how they do it. I’ve actually been to half a dozen of traditional weddings I utterly enjoyed and adored the brides involved). I first stopped […]
This is a guest post by Clarisse Thorn. It originally appeared on Clarisse’s blog on July 1, 2011. * * * I get a certain question occasionally, from straight dudes who’ve had a number of sexual partners. It goes something like this: All the women I’ve slept with liked pain. They asked me to hurt […]
This piece was originally published on HyperVocal as part of a special series on the End of Gender. This series includes bloggers from HyperVocal, Role/Reboot, Good Men Project, The Huffington Post, Salon, Ms. Magazine, YourTango, Psychology Today, Princess Free Zone,The Next Great Generation, and Man-Making. In June 2011, the creators of Grindr, a popular gay and bisexual smartphone app, announced that they had reached 2 million […]
