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Blog: Can We Please Just Stop Talking About Virginity?

Blog: Can We Please Just Stop Talking About Virginity?

At least once a semester I go on a rant to my students about virginity. To me, there are few more destructive concepts in the world. In making my point today, I could focus on cultures in which virginity is so overtly prized that girls are routinely subject to “virginity tests,” which means that an examination is performed on them to see if their hymen is intact—under the mistaken beliefs that a) ...

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Blog: What the Planned Parenthood Fight Is Really About

Blog: What the Planned Parenthood Fight Is Really About

There used to be a commonplace phrase heard in the ‘80s and ‘90s about Conservative Republicans: “They only care about the child before it’s born.” What it referred to, of course, was the idea that they were focused only on eliminating the right to abortion to save the unborn child, but they wanted to slash social programs that would help families stay out of poverty once the child was born. I hea...

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Blog: The Honesty of HBO’s “Togetherness”

Blog: The Honesty of HBO’s “Togetherness”

I just watched the first three episodes of the show “Togetherness” on HBO. First, I’d like to point out that the Duplass brothers (Mark and Jay), who created this show–along with Steve Zissis–are everywhere. I was already aware that Mark Duplass seemed to be appearing on my TV screen on a regular basis, but then when I googled “Togetherness” after a friend...

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Blog: Is Annie Lennox Right About Beyoncé’s “Lite” Brand of Feminism?

Blog: Is Annie Lennox Right About Beyoncé’s “Lite” Brand of Feminism?

The following exchange between Annie Lennox (previously of the Eurythmics) and an interviewer can be found on Pridesource.com: So what do you make of someone like Beyoncé? She recently performed on the MTV Video Music Awards and proclaimed herself a “feminist” during her set. I would call that “feminist lite.” L-I-T-E. I’m sorry. It’s tokenistic to me. I mean, I...

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Blog: Will Beavers Become Extinct?

Blog: Will Beavers Become Extinct?

Until recently, I was absolutely convinced that there was essentially no “generation gap” anymore. When I was young, adults were up in arms about long-haired hippies and rock and roll music. I don’t love all the current music and its messages, but really a lot of it is not all that different from what people my age have always listened to. And while certainly adults will always long for the “good ...

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Q&A: The Must-Have “Talk” with Your Daughter: Masturbation & Orgasm

Q&A: The Must-Have “Talk” with Your Daughter: Masturbation & Orgasm

My daughter is 12. Another mother brought up the idea of introducing the concept of masturbation to our daughters. I am contemplating this but don’t know how I’d bring it up, advise her, etc. For boys, it seems so natural and obvious. Girls have no road map to follow. Any suggestions on how to handle this delicate situation? This is a question near and dear to my heart. I believe very ...

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