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Friday Sex Toy Review - Rock Chick originally appeared on About.com Sexuality on Friday, August 13th, 2010 at 00:01:27.
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"So, ladies, you say you want a raise? How should you go about getting it?First, you have to figure out how to compete with the guy in the next cubicle. After all, he went to a school almost as good as yours. His grades were nearly as good as yours, too. He works hard. In fact, most mornings, he's the second person in the office. You know this, because you're always first. He is young, ruggedly good looking, and he washes his balls with a manly but fresh sandalwood soap."
The post, which is a kind of funny-because-it's-sad-because-it's-true, goes on to present a full page ad found in Women's Day magazine for a company best known for those "when you don't feel so fresh" douche commercials from the 70s. The ad is about finding your confidence, and eight things to do to get a raise at work. Number one is to douche. Actually, since this is a site about sexuality and the body I should point out that they don't seem to be selling a douche product here, it's an external body wash, and as such the headline should really read "Want a raise? Wash your vulva." But that's hardly the point. It's an offensive, ridiculous ad, and Daily Kos conveniently includes the phone numbers for Women's Day and Summer's Eve, so you can let them know what you think of their career advice.
Read more - Daily Kos: Want a raise? Wash your vagina.
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Want a raise? Wash your vagina. originally appeared on About.com Sexuality on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 at 14:44:05.
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The sex shop I used to work at had a sustained commitment to access issues and as a result it became known as a place that was somehow connected to disability. Access meant more to them than that, here's how they described it:
It's a big word, but in a nutshell, being accessible means doing our work in a way that doesn't exclude people. It sounds easy, but it takes hard work and constant vigilance. Sexuality is part of everyone's experience, regardless of age, gender, race, sexual orientation or identity, disability, ethnicity, religious affiliations, how we move, talk, or think. We work hard so that anyone and everyone can come to the table, not just the people we eat with everyday....Ironically, in creating a place for those of us who usually feel left out, we've made a space for everyone.
Still, working at that store usually meant getting questions from customers (disabled and non-disabled people) about where they could find the "sex toys for disabled people". I was always quick to point out that while it makes sense to talk about accessible sex toys, there's no such thing as sex toys for disabled people. People who have the lived experience of disability are no more alike than people who live in Dayton, Ohio. Can you imagine special sex toys for Daytonites (is that what they call themselves)? The idea of there being sex toys for disabled people assumes that all disabled people are the same, or at least are looking for the same thing in a sex toy.
One of the trade-offs of being human and surviving on this particular planet at this particular time is that we have to group people together and make assumptions, we probably couldn't navigate the world if we didn't. But that doesn't mean we should ever stop challenging those assumptions and generalizations. In fact it's in the challenging that I'd argue we're most alive. If you're curious about this particular challenge, and want to knwo why there's no such thing as a sex toy for anyone who has a disability, but there are accessible sex toys, read on.
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Sex Toys for Disabled People? originally appeared on About.com Sexuality on Monday, August 16th, 2010 at 10:45:22.
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I had the good fortune of attending and presenting at the the Montreal conference organized by the New View Campaign, and am sad I can't make this, their third conference. If you're near Las Vegas or know folks who will be at the end of September, this will be well worth attending. From the New View website:
FRAMING THE VULVA: GENITAL COSMETIC SURGERY AND GENITAL DIVERSITY
OUR THIRD CONFERENCE COMING SOON: Las Vegas September 26, 2010
THE NEW VIEW announces its THIRD Conference, to be held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on Sunday, September 26, 2010.
FRAMING THE VULVA: GENITAL COSMETIC SURGERY AND GENITAL DIVERSITY
While the vulva surgeons are holding a conference on the Las Vegas strip, the New View, in collaboration with the UNLV Women's Studies Department and Petals, will hold a counter-symposium to examine the personal and political complexities of the new female genital cosmetic surgeries.Our one-day conference will include a morning plenary session on the emerging issues in genital scholarship, activism, and art, and an afternoon of experiential and discussion workshops for participants to share strategies and build connections. The event will conclude with an evening reception, photography and craft exhibition, and film showing at the Erotic Heritage Museum.
Areas covered will include:
- Cosmetogynecology and the new genital perfectability industries
- The rhetoric vs. the realities of Western genital surgeries vs. "FGM"
- Collaborative models of activism
- The revival of "cunt art" in craft, film, photography and painting
- Sex education and the challenges of body anxiety
- The latest body modification trends, from Vajazzling to Vatooing
- Disease-mongering, marketing, and body surveillance
- Critical health studies perspectives on cosmetic genital surgery
Confirmed plenary speakers include: • Virginia Braun, University of Auckland, New Zealand • Leonore Tiefer, NYU Medical School, NYC • Vanessa Schick, Indiana University, Bloomington * Laurenn McCubbinn, artist, Las Vegas • Lynn Comella, UNLV, Las Vegas *Fiona Green, University of Winnipeg, Canada
Afternoon experiential workshops will include Arts and Crafts as Resistance; Clinical Reflections on Vulva Disgust; Empowerment through Vulva Photography; Classroom Exercises around Body Hair; Introduction to Theory of Critical Health Psychology, etc.
Fees (includes evening reception at Erotic Heritage Museum, Las Vegas):
$10 student (before Sept 15, 2010)
$25 non-student pre-registration (before Sept 15, 2010)
$35 non-student on-site
$100 all day for exhibitors (book and craft sales), 6 ft. table ($75 for 3 ft. table)For general information contact Rachel Liebert, rachel.liebert@gmail.com
For REGISTRATION, contact Tash Wong, meilun@gmail.com. Give your name and indicate if you are a student (specify the school). Please write "Las Vegas Conference" in the subject line.
To reserve an exhibit table, contact Larry Ashley, larry.ashley@unlv.edu
We have reserved a block of discounted rooms at the Tuscany Suites in Las Vegas.To make a reservation, you must call 877-887- 22261 and say you are with the New View group.
A Different Kind of Vulva Story: Las Vegas New View Conference originally appeared on About.com Sexuality on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 00:01:20.
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