Category Archives: vulvas
masturbation and me
i have always touched my vulva since i was a baby because it’s a natural way to get to know the body. this touching was nice but it did not lead to sexual pleasure. i’m not sure at what age, … Continue reading
Filed under body love, masturbation, queer, self love, sex education, sexuality, vulvas
if you don’t know what this is you’re not allowed to fuck me: the human clitoris
i recently posted this image on my facebook with the caption if you don’t know what this is you‘re not allowed to fuck me. sadly, it seems that most people are not allowed to fuck me. most people said it … Continue reading
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The Witch’s Familiar in England: A Presentation
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The Dangerous Powers of Witches: Spirituality, Autonomy, Community and Literacy
In Essex, England, in 1645, a group of five women were put to death for witchcraft. The first of the group to be accused, Elizabeth Clarke, was an eighty year old, poor, single woman with one leg. She and five … Continue reading
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Vaginal Intercourse: A Process of Intelligibility
When people say sex they generally mean vaginal intercourse with a penis. It is the experience of this act and not any other that signifies loss of virginity. If this act has not taken place it is often thought that … Continue reading
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sex, sexuality and female fetishism
the existence of genitals or libido does not make “sex” (as it has come to be understood) any more inevitable or natural than the existence of an alphabet makes a particular poem inevitable or natural. when people say ‘sex’ they … Continue reading
Filed under fetishism, pansexuality, queer, sex education, sexuality, vulvas
another vulva rant
VULVA: the complete genitalia of women*, including the mons (bone covered with fatty tissue and pubic hair at the front/top of vulva), outter labia (lips with hair), inner labia (lips without hair), clitoris (including the external clitoral glans, shaft and … Continue reading
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A Reflection on Luce Irigaray’s “This Sex which is Not One”
“For when “she” says something it is already no longer identical to what she means” “If you ask [women] insistently what they are thinking about, they can only reply: nothing. Everything” These two quotes describe me very accurately. In fact, … Continue reading
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so hard: reasons i love rihanna
two summers ago i was chilling with my abusive boyfriend of the time when rhianna’s video for ‘what’s my name?’ came on. she was rocking the bright red hair (like mine) at the time. my boyfriend started in with his … Continue reading
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The definition of ‘sex’: A Reflection on Amy Kaler’s “Unreal Women: Sex, Gender, Identity and the Lived Experience of Vulvar Pain”
Hegemonic heteronormativity defines sex as penile-vaginal intercourse and the performing of this intercourse allows men and women to understand themselves as men and women, and thus also as persons. It is rather disturbing how prevalent, persistent and insidious these ideas … Continue reading
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