Jane Austin Fight Club

This brought me joy. Jane Austin + kick ass women = awesome. [found on Jezebel]

Protecting your Sexual Health

One of the webcomics I read, Girls With Slingshots, has been running an arc about getting tested for STIs (and getting pap smears, ladies!) so consider this your reminder to honor your body and protect your sexual (as well as general) health :)

Quote of the Day

"If we are really going to be sexually liberated, we need to make room for a range of options as wide as the variety of human desire. We need to allow ourselves the freedom to figure out what we internally want from sex instead of mimicking whatever popular culture holds up to us as sexy. That would be sexual liberation"- Ariel Levy, Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture

I found this in a parking lot at work

Something to brighten my long long days :)

This is AWESOME

Brontesaurus? Brilliant!

Quote of the Day

"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance" -Oscar Wilde

brought to you by one of my lovely students :)

Big List of Empowerment

For the past three semester, I have had the honor and privilege of facilitating the Female Sexuality decal and I feel like I've learned as much from the experience as my students have. At the end of each semester, we ask our students to list a few things that empower them. I decided to combine the lists to see all the different kinda of things different people find empowering. Thus the Big List of Empowerment was born. Although there were a few common themes that came up (love, laughing, dancing, creative outlets, nudity alone or with various others) there is also a pretty wide spread in what people can find empowering. Each of the people that went contributed to this list has touched, taught and empowered me, for which I am grateful.


Doing everyday things…naked -Getting my degree-Creating anything-Giving genuine compliments-Friends -Power of people uniting and coming together-Expressing oneself through any means-Community-Performing-Facilitating-Watching people be genuinely nice to others-Strength of FemSexies-Knowledge-Indulging-Loving yourself-Letting others know they’re beautiful-Nudity-Having courage-Having confidence-Spending your own money that you’ve worked for-Strutting down the street-Dancing-Watching positive movies that make me think and laugh-Music-Cooking-Sex and the City-Really good workout-Laughing really loud –Singing-Unconditional love-Yoga-Business suits-High heeled shoes-Making something (love, art, yummy)-Hanging out with friends-Really good conversations-Public speaking-Martial arts-Heart-to-hearts-Teaching in front of a class and having it go well-Being educated/getting an education-Hanging out with mom-Being humbled by someone or something-Feeling like you connected with people-Being ok with everything, loving life and loving self-When mind is not blank-Thinking about accomplishment-Producing things-Being on stage-Being in a community space-Owning a dance floor-Being funny but not knowing your funny, people around laughing-Femsex-The co-ops-Being comfortably naked with only specific people-Reading really good books-Having good happy interactions with strangers-Being comfortably naked with partner-Sketching and visual arts-Talking about things