Between YouTube videos sparking Middle Eastern riots, and the Westboro Baptist Church continuing its ministry one hateful protest at a time, recent headlines have illustrated the unique place that Free Speech rights occupy in American society and jurisprudence. While these…
Christian Grey. If you haven’t heard that name uttered dozens times over the last year, it’s safe to say that you may have been living under a rock. While certainly not a literary prose masterpiece, the Fifty Shades trilogy hasn’t…
Last week, I was honored to participate in an event titled “Liberate Your Ass: How Sexual Freedom is Key to Fighting the Right” at Netroots Nation, the country’s largest progressive online activist convention. A long-overdue conversation on the politics of…
Editor's Note: In 2008 the US Government gave Malaysia the lowest rating in its annual Trafficking In Persons Report. Rather than address the real labour trafficking issues, the government set out to close down the sex industry. Now nearly all…
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote as early as TODAY on the Adams version of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, also known as VAWA, (H.R. 4970). This bill not only eliminates important provisions included in the…
by Guest Blogger: Amanda Marcotte Right-wingers seem to have a deep-seated fear of women's sexual rights Reposted with permission from RH Reality Check There’s a tendency among prominent anti-choicers to speak elliptically of their beliefs, knowing that straightforward statements of…
Mae West was Sentenced to 10 Days in Prison for Writing, Directing,and Performing in the Broadway Play “Sex” DAVEN APRIL 19, 2012 2
Could it be that we have reached the point in society where it's more acceptable as adults to read porn than to read an adult fairytale? I'm not saying that would be a bad thing. In fact, quite the opposite.…
Did you get the memos? Stop. Don't look. Don't be aroused. And don't have sex. Not until you are sure you're going to marry that person. Provided that you are legally allowed to marry that person. That one person and…
by Guest Blogger: Soraya Chemaly This week the Georgia State Legislature debated a bill in the House that would make it necessary for some women to carry stillborn or dying fetuses until they "naturally" go into labor. In arguing for this…