UNF Sex Week – Community Stories Feature from ONE Condoms

Another major gap in sex ed content is any mention of pleasure. This gap is no accident. Often, standards around sexual health education expressly prohibit any content that even hints and sexual pleasure. For example, many pre-teen and teen sex educators are tasked with discussing condoms, barriers, and birth control with their students. These same…

I am sitting on the balcony of a hotel in Daytona Beach. I can smell the salt in the air and taste it on lips. I can hear the roaring crash of the waves only a few feet away from me. Behind me is a sleek, modern room. A blue, velvet sofa sits next to…

In this episode, Rob and Angel discuss an article from the Journal for Sex Education (Ingham, 2005) about the importance of pleasure-based sex education. Links to listen or watch:  YouTube iTunes Spotify Podbean Google You can also find us  (almost) anywhere else you listen to podcasts! Can’t find us? Let us know!  Links from the…

BDSM 101 – a brief glossary.*  It’s almost impossible to do a “101” on something as complicated as BDSM. BDSM is nuanced and varied and there almost as many ways to practice it as there are people who want to. Please know that is will barely scratch the surface and is in NO WAY all…

The Winner of our Name That Toy Contest is announced >>>> HERE <<<<  I also review the toy and review a lubricant sample I received from The Butters Handmade Hygienics and Cosmetics by Jerome Stuart Nichols and announce an upcoming workshop about online dating. That’s right, send me your online dating stories! and Join me…

Content Warning: This piece contains a graphic description of a rape and the emotional aftermath of that sexual assault.  I remember much of that night very well. I was 17 years old, a college freshman, and there was a party in my apartment… …continue reading this piece over at Elephant Journal by clicking >>>> HERE <<<< …