Valentine’s Day: Know Your Lover’s Love Languages
Valentine’s Day is coming up fast. The question of what to get your partner can be hard. One way to make it easier is to use the love languages. Gary …
Sexuality
Talk Dirty to Me: Workshops at You’re Welcome
The war on sexuality belongs to our generation. We constantly debate issues surrounding consent, sexual identity, and one’s bodily autonomy. There may be many reasons for this widespread misunderstanding of …
New Store: You’re Welcome
Since the advent of adult boutiques, queer people have been bombarded with heteronormative exclusionary practices from the moment they walk through the door. The adult boutique business has heavily focused …
Bringing sexy back: burlesque classes at Trent
Three years ago, Trent University PhD student Amy Jane Vosper (a.k.a. Miss Von Purr) hosted a free workshop in conjunction with the Trent Queer Collective and Self Love Week. In …
Three short presentations on aging, sexuality and community
The latest installment of the Suds and Speakers series was held on March 17, at The Trend. Graduate students at the Frost Centre organized the event. Professors from the Centre …
The language of monogamy: revisiting our approach to relationships
Major shifts in thinking require major and minor changes in language usage. The presently shifting attitudes towards gender and sexual preference are marked by the words and phrases used to …
The edges of round: sexual awakening
I had a childhood friend who had long brown, pin straight hair, far-reaching legs and olive skin. She was tall, graceful, feminine and stunning. She was the complete opposite of …
The heteronormative myth of scissoring
I scream, you scream, we all scream for pornography. Whether it is on the Internet, in a novel, a piece of fan fiction or in your imagination pornography is a …
Beat the winter blahs with burlesque
If you’ve seen the movie Burlesque starring Christina Aguilera and Cher, you know how exciting burlesque can be. When I saw it I fell in love with the idea of …
What is Whoreaphobia?
Whoraphobia – noun. It is the hatred and demeaning attitude towards sexually active people and sex workers especially. This includes jokes at the expense of sex workers and the belief …