Sex Education stands out for focusing on the emotional impact that sex can have on discovering yourself, over and over again. I’ll admit: When Sex Education first aired on Netflix back in 2019, I was skeptical that they were going to get it right. Long before the show aired, media portrayals of sex education were...
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For Some Survivors, Phone Sex Can Be A Path To Healing
Knowing I control my pleasure and boundaries comforts me. With phone sex, survivors can get creative on our own terms without sacrificing our pleasure. CW: This piece discusses sexual assault, rape, and harassment trauma. By Bry Reed In my first year of college, I experienced a lot of new things: parties, midterms, and yard shows....
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How Cannabis Eased My Pain And Led Me To A Fulfilling Sex Life
After years of dealing with endometriosis and PCOS pain and navigating opioid-based painkillers, cannabis finally helped me find a way to live again. (Content note and disclaimer: this piece briefly mentions sexual assault and addresses medical themes. The article occasionally uses gendered language because the studies referenced on endometriosis and PCOS pain only include or...
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Fat Black Women Deserve Fulfilling, Enjoyable Sex Without Compromise
I want other fat, Black women to feel like they don’t have to settle as many of us are taught to. I want dignity during my dicking, quality in my quivering, and consideration in my cumming. This essay contains mention of sexual assault By Ashleigh Nicole Tribble “When I get a boyfriend, I’m going to...
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“Engage The Whole Booty”: Raquel Savage’s Must-Learn Tips for Anal Play
It is best to try anal play with a partner or partners with whom you have good, solid communication, and trust is a must. As part of our Summer of Sex series, board-certified sex coach, sex educator, and sex worker Raquel Savage recently took over our Instagram with a live Q&A session on all things...
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Sweet Vibrations: Everyone Deserves Their “O”
Sweet Vibrations is dedicated to ensuring that your pleasure is a priority. This is a sponsored post in partnership with Sweet Vibrations Despite there being more open discussions about sex and sexuality, the policing and shaming of pleasure and masturbation persists, particularly for people with vulvas. Because the stigma remains, people looking to explore what...
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How Do Black Girls Navigate Sexuality When The World Insists That We Shouldn’t At All?
We are creating Black women who may recognize their physical appeal, but don’t know how to embrace it because they feel like they are not allowed to. By Gloria Alamrew Black women are sexy. I have been in awe of Black women and our allure from a young age. The way our hair coils, the...
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‘Pleasure Activism’ Delves Into The Politics of Sex and Desire
adrienne maree brown’s “Pleasure Activism” offers its readers so much to think about and grapple with. by Josie Pickens Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good is a collection of essays, interviews, manifestos and other musings, and its author adrienne maree brown wants you sweet, sticky and dripping—like honey—when you’re done reading it. brown is...
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My Vow of Celibacy Helped Me Find Sexual Liberation
My sexual accessibility has never been up to me, and this was a crucial and painful epiphany to have. Content Warning: this essay mentions depression and instances of sexual coercion. It’s not that I haven’t been celibate before. As someone who lives in the gray area of the asexual and aromantic spectrums, I’ve gone long...
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DYKES: Our Sexuality Pushes Beyond the Limits of Cisheteronormativity
In their piece for #BodyPositivityInColor, James Factora explores how societal perceptions of lesbianism are often boiled down to a single experience instead of a complex and varied tapestry, and how those perceptions are severely limited by heteronormativity and marred by transphobia. By James Factora I’ve always been visibly, obviously, loudly queer, a perception that has...