HARD COPY: Orgasms are physiological treats, yes, but they also are productive pedagogues. Their valuable lessons contain insights into what one can do with bodies and desires, as well as revelations about sexual subjects’ broader relationships to sexuality and culture. Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media and Journalism at the University of Notre Dame Australia, reminds […]
HARD COPY: Geoff Mulvihill and Jesse Bedayn of the Associated Press explore how the safety and well-being of trans people has been sensationalized and weaponized in politics as of late, particularly by the Trump administration. They begin to piece together some reasons as to how and why “this small population found itself with such an […]
HARD COPY: Critiques of identity politics abound in mainstream media right now. Here’s a reminder that finding and building community still matters, particularly for sexual subjects. – CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY
HARD COPY: The conflation of masculinity and hypersexuality has long been a favored assumption among both men and women. Journalist Catriona Innes interrupts these unhealthy stereotypes by interviewing 30 young men in their 20s, whom she finds more insecure, more interested in healthy communication, and less sex-obsessed than common mythology holds. She finds behavioral bi-sexuality […]
HARD COPY: How culturally tone-deaf can one Canadian institution of higher education be? Very, apparently. Check out what women’s, gender, and sexuality studies faculty and students are facing at Canada’s third-largest university in this interview by Jes Mason for Toronto Life. Frances Latchford, a fierce academic at ground-zero of this developing sh*t storm, provides her […]
HARD COPY: Regardless of how accurately your personal genocide detector is performing lately, Israel’s recent instrumentalization of sexual and gender-based violence is hard to miss. This press release from the United Nations describes said grim reality. And if you are so inclined, check out the UN’s full report HERE (https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session58/a-hrc-58-crp-6.pdf) CLICK HERE TO READ THE […]
HARD COPY: This is an interesting predicament that the purported custodians of wokeness – the Democratic Party – find themselves in. If we can transcend politics, we may be able to see the greater lesson here: there’s more work to be done in the area of teaching men and boys how to not be assholes […]
HARD COPY: Pedophile-hunting appears to be a growing trend. There is much to analyze within the psyches of those who participate in such blood sport. We’re keeping an eye on this rather deranged form of social-media driven vigilantism. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY
HARD COPY: It is wild that in 2025 a panel of seven judges from seven different countries on the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) had to weigh in on this case from France in order to protect women’s rights and uphold the durability of consent within marriage! The woman at the center of the […]
HARD COPY: A newly published study in Behavioral Sciences and the Law documents statistically significant discrimination in judicial sentencing for U.S. men who become involved in relationships with teen boys, as opposed to girls of the same age. Out of a large sample of men incarcerated for contact or enticement offenses involving minors, those who […]