“Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.” — Clementine Paddleford Brief transcript of conversation I had with my mom yesterday: Me: I used to be so charming when I was younger, mom, now I’m just irritated all the time. Mom: (gives me the what in the hell look) Uh, yeah you could be [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Biggest Radically Inclusive Parenting Event EVARRR!
- 18
- May
Oakland and East Bay Families!! I am so thrilled to be co-organizing Mosswood Park’s Papapalooza! Weyland Southon from KPFA’s Father Figures, Tomas Moniz of Rad Dad, A Zine on Radical Parenting and myself are delighted to be organizing an event sponsored by Oakland Parks and Recreation celebrating all of our families on June 15th at Mosswood Park in Oakland [...]
Top 10 tips to sex-positive parenting
- 16
- May
My top 10 tips to start being a sex-positive parent today: 1. Decide what your values around gender and sexuality actually are. 2. Make the decision to act on those values. 3. Accept that as a parent, conversations with your children about sexual behavior, sexuality and gender will happen continuously throughout your relationship. 4. Communicate [...]
Running like a Mermaid
- 11
- May
I completed my first ever 5K race this morning, so now of course, I have to write about. Why? Mostly because I am not a runner. But also because the cacophony of voices that I had to stomp down footstep by footstep need some acknowledging. These are the reasons I shouldn’t bother with running: It’s [...]
How I talk about conflict and conformity
- 07
- May
So this most recent stage of development the boys are in reminds me of when they were toddlers. 12 and 13 feels like 2 and 3 just bigger and with more technology. Something we talk about a lot is social dynamics, mainly in the form of conflict and conformity. Because when you’re in middle school [...]
Vulnerability & Community
- 05
- May
Carol Queen made the most heartfelt comment to me at Friday nights opening reception for the “I Masturbate…” photo exhibition at the Center for Sex & Culture. She said the center really, truly felt like a community gathering space. And I can see why this exhibition prompted that feeling. The Sex-Positive Photo Project is one [...]
National Masturbation Month
- 01
- May
Why do we even have a National Masturbation Month in the US? The Pleasure Coach just posted a great history on Facebook: The celebration of May as National Masturbation Month began in 1995 in San Francisco as a response to the forced resignation of then U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders. After a speech at [...]
