This should be fun – if you’re in the USC-vicinity on Monday evening (April 15, 2013), come see me!! (and others too) (pictured: details… click the image to enlarge)
Men are all… “bull elks in a field”?

So recently, I’ve been watching Showtime’s “Weeds” (2005 – 2012) – a little late to the game there, I know. I actually just finished Season 8. le sigh… Pretty much from the get-go, I was mentally-to-the-point-of-viscerally grossed out by the Nancy Botwin character – her whining, her simpering, her self-indulgent, self-centered, neglectful,
Ms. Rihanna – on celebrity and domestic violence

The other day, I saw this – “Ms. Magazine Criticized For Rihanna Birthday Tweet” Apparently Ms. magazine – yes, THE Ms. magazine – tweeted this “birthday wish” to Rihanna on February 20, 2013: (pictured: tweet from Ms. captured here) Twitter subsequently exploded, with people calling Ms. out for everything ranging from insensitivity regarding domestic violence to being backhanded birthday wisholes. Ms. hemmed and hawed
Video from the Good Vibrations Sex Summit
Video of the panel I spoke on at the Good Vibrations Sex Summit (October, 2012) – very exciting stuff!! * * * Visit Chauntelle on Twitter at @DrChauntelle. You may quote anything herein with the following attribution: “Reprinted from ChauntelleTibbals.com, copyright © Chauntelle Anne Tibbals, PhD.”
“Revenge Porn” – is this the best way to refer to this phenomenon?

I’ve been following these “revenge porn” cases with a great deal of interest lately… A great deal of interest, but in this kind of weird disconnected way. Because, though the notion of assholes curating naked pictures of chics donated by variably embittered ex-boyfriends etc, posting them on the interwebs, and
Yellowface, Porn, and Invisible Racism in US Culture

Like blackface, yellowface is pretty racist. I wanna end that sentence with a sassy “duh,” but I can’t. Because unlike blackface, which today is generally regarded as a cultural taboo and has pretty much disappeared (to my knowledge), we as a culture are more accepting (accepting?) of yellowface. Yes. In
Video of my “The New Normal – Women in Adult” seminar at AEE/ANE!!
Thanks to the kindness and inspiration of one Soren C. Sorensen – aka Magnus Ramachandra, aka @Seksi – I am happy to gift you all with video footage of my ENTIRE “The New Normal – Women in Adult” seminar!! The seminar happened on Friday January 18, 2013 at 11:30 AM at AEE/ANE in Las Vegas,
“The New Normal – Women in Adult” at AEE/ANE
I am very excited to be involved with this event again – organizing and moderating!! I am also so very grateful to each of the six women panelists willing to be put on the spot in this way – thank you!! I feel very strongly that events like this help
2013!!
Happy New Year to you and yours!! Every 365 days or so, we are afforded a fresh year to appreciate life, give thanks, and help make the world a better place for everyone. Every effort, big and small, contributes to the overall process, and I’m excited for the opportunities 2013
Sex Workers, Disabled Persons, and Humanity

“Sex workers can give disabled people the chance to be touched in a non-medical way, perhaps for the first time in their lives.” * * * As you all may know, I have been an admirer of Tuppy Owens’ work for a long time now. Tuppy Owens (b. 1944) is a sex therapist, sexuality