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Sexy Fonts for the Penis and Vagina
When I was in high school, a boy in my class once delivered a typed note to my mailbox inviting me to watch a movie with him. Not only that, but he later admitted to spending more than an hour carefully choosing which font to use in his note – time that my best friend and I couldn’t imagine spending on selecting computer font. Of course, we were far too busy spending multiple hours dissecting every little thing that boys we liked (or didn’t like) said or did, including why someone would ever spend so much time choosing a font. And yet, font sometimes does matter. For reasons unknown to me, today I wondered which fonts were sexiest. Continue Reading →
Sex Books, Tween Lit and Other Blushworthy Books on the Kindle
As more people begin reading books on the Kindle or now the Sony e-reader, many people have been commenting on what the shift means socially. Continue Reading →
Love, Sex and Music: How Technology Has Changed the Way We Do It
Before I even had a romantic relationship of my own, I was acutely aware that there was a soundtrack for love, dating, flirtation and sex. Continue Reading →
Bathroom Sex for Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith?
For a country of people who often tiptoe around how to talk to our partners about sex (or how to talk to our children about sex), we sure don’t mind reading about celebrities’ sex lives. Continue Reading →
Are Midwesterners more conservative about sex?
That’s one of the questions posed by Fort Wayne, Indiana’s Journal Gazette – and a question asked of me in an interview for the piece which you can read on the J-G’s web site about sex in their city, and the controversy surrounding a local adult bookstore. [Fort Wayne Journal Gazette] Continue Reading →
The unexpected nature of music, art and sex
The New York Times has a lovely audio slideshow of a woman’s so-called “Renegade Caberet”, in which she (Elizabeth Soychak) sang on the fire escape landing of her friend Patty Heffley’s apartment. I enjoyed it just for the sake of enjoying it, but it also made me think of the different ways we enjoy music, art and – I think – sex. Continue Reading →
It’s not all physical: Better sex and relationships through communication and less shame about sex
Contrary to stereotype about sex-crazed adolescents, this article that describes a study of 4,000 teenagers and young adults suggests that they want more information about aspects of sex that have to do with handling emotions, communicating needs and otherwise being successful at relationships. They also asked for smaller classes, separate by gender (at least some of the time), both of which would seemingly contribute to being able to talk and learn about sex with “less embarrassment”. Stigma and shame around sex have been described by former US Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher as contributing factors to cultures, like in the US, that have unusually high rates of sexually transmissible infections (STI) and unintended pregnancy. Parents who want to learn more about raising sexually healthy teenagers might like this book. Adults who pretty much never got decent education about how to make their relationships work might check out this one. Continue Reading →