Suzanne, Monday, October 11, 2010 - 2:29pm
When I saw a post on livejournal about National Coming Out Day, I realized that even here in my sex-positive, queerluscious, kinktastic office, we hadn't talked about the fact that today was...
Margaret Wade, Monday, October 4, 2010 - 4:56pm
Once upon a time, I lived in Japan and worked with junior high school students. Every week or so, I would hear someone repeat a Japanese saying: “The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.” It was...
Kitty Stryker, Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 1:53pm
"I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a door mat or a prostitute...
Kitty Stryker, Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 12:55pm
I was brought up in Massachusetts, a place known for its college campuses, colorful leaves, and the first state to recognize same-sex marriage. But one of the moments I remember best, and the event...
Marty Klein, Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 1:50pm
I’m wrapping up a two-week teaching and vacation trip to Ukraine. The former Soviet republic is west of Russia, east of Poland, south of Belarus, and north of the Black Sea (oil anyone?). It’s been...
Marty Klein, Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 5:40pm
Everyone knows that communication is absolutely essential to satisfying sex, right?
So therapists, physicians, educators, progressive clergy, even a know-nothing like Dr. Phil are continually...
Marty Klein, Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 12:43pm
Two weeks ago I spent the weekend in Tacoma, Washington, a guest of Lovers—a large chain of high-end stores selling the latest vibrators and dildoes, whips and handcuffs, DVDs, lube, books, and a...
Marty Klein, Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 11:09pm
A woman observing a trial was arrested and jailed for 48 hours because she wore a t-shirt with a political slogan.
Are you curious about the political slogan? Can this be legal? Would you agree...
Marty Klein, Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 9:02pm
They were impossibly young, tremendously gifted, and very, very attractive.
Diana Ross was 20. Mick Jagger was 21. Brian Wilson was 22. Marvin Gaye was 25. The biggest star on stage, Lesley Gore...
Marty Klein, Monday, March 22, 2010 - 1:30am
Sexting has come of age—it’s on the front page of today’s New York Times.
The good news is that our judiciary has finally told prosecutors enough is enough. A U.S. Appeals Court just upheld a...
Marty Klein, Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 5:23pm
I’m teaching this week in Buenos Aries, Argentina.
It’s still warm here (it’s their autumn), and the streets of this cosmopolitan metropolis (13,000,000 people) are filled, day and night. The...
Marty Klein, Saturday, March 6, 2010 - 1:25pm
Each year, Sexual Intelligence Awards™ honor individuals and organizations which challenge the sexual fear, unrealistic expectations, and government hypocrisy that undermine love, sex, and...
Marty Klein, Friday, February 5, 2010 - 5:39pm
…I gotta say I’m kinda confused. OK, I’m peeved.
When I think of what you people put me through after the 2004 Superbowl, I shiver—and not in a good way.
That ½-second shot of me during...
Marty Klein, Monday, February 1, 2010 - 8:07pm
You’ve heard about the recent Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Overturning the heart of the McCain-Feingold Act, the Court said that corporate donations to...
Marty Klein, Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 12:47am
A pair of transportation giants revealed last week that as parts of Western society become more comfortable acknowledging sexuality, discomfort and fear of sexuality are still as powerful as...
Marty Klein, Monday, December 28, 2009 - 7:21pm
Perhaps your checklist for New Year’s Eve includes:
* sexy clothes: to get yourself or a partner in the mood
* mood-altering beverage: see above
* money: for meals, gifts, fun
* extra...
Marty Klein, Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 11:44am
After taking thousands of pictures around the globe with my trusty Pentax, I bought a digital camera last week.
If you already have one, this may sound pretty ho-hum. But to someone who...
Marty Klein, Saturday, November 7, 2009 - 9:52pm
The lineup of speakers was extraordinary: a Senator; senior executives from companies like Verizon and Comcast; several state Attorneys General; President Obama’s Deputy Chief Technology Officer;...
Marty Klein, Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 4:30pm
In the never-ending quest to boost their “tough on crime” and “family values” credentials, politicians and police departments across America have turned this year’s Halloween into the scariest...
