The Sex-Positive Parent helps regular people (read: not people who took an esoteric degree in Cross Cultural Gender Studies like myself, but people who got degrees that PAID for themselves, like MBA’s talk to their children, their friends and even their own parents about sexuality and sex in our culture. It gives people a POSITIVE [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2012
The Weird Sexual Lives Of Young Girls
- 26
- Jul
This is a really brave post to write. And it’s amazing how radical it is to talk about girls having an innate sex drive. The most compelling statement to me is this: “We learned that we were supposed to be wanted, not to want. So eventually attention became more interesting to us than sex.” This [...]
Manhood, Mental Illness, and The Colorado Massacre by Kevin Powell
- 25
- Jul
This is a beautiful, insightful and crucial post. It’s all amazing, but the part that stood out to me, as a woman and mother of boys: “But it is simplistic to reduce men and boys who may have emotional problems and past pains they are coping with, to being crazy or weird, to medicate them [...]
Summer Classes and Workshops!
- 24
- Jul
I’m so excited to finally be able to start doing this work live and in person! Following the phenomenal success of my session at OpenSF in June, and my beyond-kick-ass sapiosexual storytelling for Carol Queen’s Birthday Bash at Bawdy over the past weekend, I’m co-teaching a class on exploring polyamory in July and have a series [...]
Chula Doula!
- 17
- Jul
A Queer, Chicana, Feminist, Doula? Why, yes please. Read the Birthing Manifesta’s interview with the Chula Doula!
Healing Sex, Staci Haines: Madness Radio
- 16
- Jul
Another perspective on healing abuse. Listen and learn more about transformative justice and body-oriented approaches. Generation5 is based in Oakland, CA and their website is http://www.generationfive.org/
Links, Books and Events for July 13-15th, 2012
- 13
- Jul
Hello Sex-Positive Parents, here is your bi-monthly batch of links! When awesome and competent collide! Read about Tristan Taormino’s experience as a guest on the Melissa Harris-Perry Show. Watch Jay Smooth’s brilliant commentary on Frank Ocean‘s Independence Day. Look, like and listen to Virgie Tovar on the Sex Positive Photo Project (NSFW) Summer reading lists! [...]
Frank Ocean’s Letter
- 04
- Jul
Read Frank Ocean’s letter. Read the part where he talks about being 19. Read the part where he talks about the few people he told his story to. Read the gut wrenching words about unreciprocated attraction and confusion and frustration and despair. Read who he says kept him alive. Because he means it. Read this [...]
Talk to your teens about Anderson Cooper coming out
- 02
- Jul
Some of us may have heard the news of Anderson Cooper coming out and thought, “Well, duh…” or maybe “Finally.” or even, “Is there anybody left who didn’t know?” Well, yes, there are. And more than that, there are people who are invested in us never knowing. But he defied them. And he gives sound [...]
