Is an infant named Maxima already one of the most powerful advocates of gender parity in the global world? In the world shaped by Facebook STEM and technology advancement for women, maybe. Here’s a snip from my most recent op-ed on Digital Apex – Enjoy! — Mark Zuckerberg famously became
UCLA graduate student Natascha Chtena recently reviewed “5 Great Reads About Graduate Life and Work” for Inside Higher Ed — including Exposure: A Sociologist Explore Sex, Society, and Adult Entertainment. Natascha’s comments re Exposure are reprinted below, but check out her entire list here for some really interesting reads! — #readExposure: This
Meet the Young People Spearheading a Huge Anti-Porn Movement, Porn Kills Love Chiara Marie was 10 years old the first time she saw porn. As she tells it, “one view forever changed the course of my life.” When she became an adult, she started watching porn constantly in secret, often in lieu
I recently spoke with Pacific Standard magazine about “Sex Work, James Deen, and the Term ‘Feminist Porn’” (12/15/15). Though I love talking to everyone, I absolutely hate the verbatim transcription of my words (valley girl to the max!). Reprinted below is a condensed version of the conversation I had with
Have you been waiting to get your copy of Exposure: A Sociologist Explores Sex, Society, and Adult Entertainment? Know someone who *needs* to read it? Having trouble thinking of a clever gift for that intellectually curious/highly sassy person in your life? Well, never fear – special orders are here! I have
Sex Workers, Sexual Assault — Due to recent allegations from porn performer, writer, and visual artist Stoya* that porn performer James Deen sexually assaulted her, several reporters asked me questions about sex workers and sexual assault. I am not gonna lie… This made me extremely uncomfortable. On one hand, it’s about
I recently corresponded with writer/reporter Kate Lloyd re chemsex — recreational sex on drugs and all us ladies. Kate used insights from our conversation in the interesting essay “Why More Women Are Having Sex on Drugs” for VICE News’ lady-centric site, Broadly. Here’s some of what I had to say
I recently spoke to Mike over at FanBoyNation about something very interesting – robot sex… or, as he puts it, roboboning! I find both sex and technology very interesting, and when you put them together… well, let’s talk! But Mike actually had some disconcerting issues he wanted to address in
I spoke with Shawn Binder over at VICE’s new outlet for the ladies — Broadly — earlier this month. Shawn had an interesting query for me re out gay men who have sex with women. In his words: [The] piece I’m working on is focusing on why self-identified gay men (not
I frequently get requests for guidance, mentorship, and insights from undergraduate and graduate-level university students. Though I can’t get to them all, I try. Recently, I received a query from a student named P re the significance of language in framing sex-related crimes. P had many questions about the phenomena