Tag Archives: sexuality
An untimely and fairly detailed account of my visit to Melbourne Sexpo
Last Sunday year I went to the 2011 Club X Sexpo, a “sexuality lifestyle expo” held at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre. I would like to claim that it has taken me this long to finalise my post about it because … Continue reading
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
Filed under In the news, Introspection, Literature, Research
Always with the gagging: a response to Cordelia Fine (Part 2)
Hello! It’s time for the second two-thirds of my rather extensive thoughts on Cordelia Fine’s essay The Porn Ultimatum. We’ll begin gently with a recap. In Part 1 I used 1,500 words and a mostly gratuitous oral sex story to … Continue reading
Filed under Research
OMG TEEN SEXTING!!! Redux: outragegasm
I’m in a ragey mood. Not enough sleep, too much coffee, too much harmful hysterical slut-shaming crap in the world, too often dreamed up by authorities, disguised as education and delivered directly to young people. Stephen Conroy, non-favourite Minister of … 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
Filed under Introspection, Research
OMG TEEN SEXTING!!! Part 2
Oh hey! Since we’ve had more than a fortnight to assimilate the revelations contained in Part 1, I think it’s high time that we resume our investigation of teen sexting! Before we go on, and because it’s been a while, … 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
Filed under In the news, Introspection