Category Archives: Introspection

An illustrated update

HELLOOO there! I’m back! Today I have for you an update on My Life, some pictures, a linky-link to another thing I just wrote, and a request. They are numbered, for efficiency! 1. I went to Spain, I walked across … Continue reading

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Away!

Dear friends, Just a note to let you know that if you don’t see me around here for the next six weeks, it’s 90% because I’m on an international holiday, and only 10% because I fail at blogging regularly. Thursday … Continue reading

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Childhood masturbation and the origins of sexual shame

The very first time I had sex, something unusual happened. I came. They say that the fumblings of two 16-year-old virgins do not always result in female orgasm. It happened for me, I think, because I already knew my body. … Continue reading

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Mrs Coolidge and me

There’s a story about President Calvin Coolidge that every evolutionary psychologist knows by heart. It goes like this: The president and his wife were visiting a commercial chicken farm in the 1920s. During the tour, the first lady asked the … Continue reading

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Always with the gagging: a response to Cordelia Fine (Part 1)

Another day, another post substantially devoted to the sexual act of gagging on cock. I swear I’m not doing it deliberately. Cordelia Fine is really smart and she thinks you shouldn’t be watching that Early last year, reading The Age, … Continue reading

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In praise of superficiality

Lately around here I’ve been doing a lot of trawling through media detritus for things to make fun of. That’s kinda amusing, but on the other hand, it’s surprisingly taxing, what with the reading and the analysing and the hyper-linking … Continue reading

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Dilemmas 1: Coming out as sex positive

On the Monday after you’ve fucked four guys at a sex party, how do your answer a co-worker’s polite question about your weekend? I’m in an industry that’s not even remotely sexy, so I’ll tell him I went to a … Continue reading

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Taking one for the team

Friday night, anti-porn campaigner Gail Dines rounded off her interminably long trip to Australia with a last hurrah at Melbourne’s Trades Hall. I was there, apparently alone, taking one for the team. From the moment I stepped inside I felt … Continue reading

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Group sex observations 1: letting go of being nice

Lengthy backstory… Some years back, when I was a uni student at the very tail end of my teens, I got into a long-term relationship with a guy who was a Chomsky devotee, an activist, a vegan, the whole bit. … Continue reading

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