Tag Archives: Community
Behind the Scenes at Your Local Feminist Adult Retail Store: Oh My! Sensuality
I have been working at Oh My! Sensuality for about two years, and they have been years filled with dancing, tasting a lot of lube, watching/reviewing a lot of porn and products, and helping western Massachusetts pick out all sorts of awesome, totally silly at times, but always worth smiling about, toys. The work I […]
From The Mailbag: Coming Out Kinky
Dear Parks, What do you think about being out/coming out as kinky? Any advice or tips on how to navigate being a deviant? Please visit soon, Milwaukee, WI I was not sure how much longer I would keep this blog fairly BDSM/kink-free. Recently, so many of my students and peers have been asking me about […]
Being Your Own Primary Partner
I am my own primary partner. I do things for myself that are just to show me how much I love myself. I go on dates with me. I go on long bike rides, I row boats, I bake cookies, I wear clothes that make me feel good, I am learning to play ukulele, I […]
Transcending Boundaries Conference 2011, a weekend of queer joy
I did not do a “Fun Stuff Friday” piece this week because I was off having a ball at the Transcending Boundaries Conference. I will just have to do something fun this week another day to make up for it (per usual). THIS WEEKEND WAS SO GOOD I presented a workshop about consent, and despite […]
Activists are Human Too
I have been thinking a lot about what it means to be an activist, and who has the right to identify as such. Being an activist means that you acknowledge the wrong in the world and actively work to right those wrongs. Activists are human, just like everyone else. As someone who works within and […]
Speaking Accountably
For a lot of college students, like myself, now is the time of year for fall break to happen. And that means that a lot of us go back to our hometowns and feel nostalgic and uncomfortable. This break, I went back to Southern Virginia to see my family, and spent a lot of time […]
Reflections of a 2nd Wave Fan-Girl: The 40th Anniversary of “Our Bodies Ourselves”
So um, ain’t no party like a feminist party. Yesterday I attended the 40th anniversary conference for Our Bodies, Ourselves. “OBOS” as it is affectionately referred to, is “more than just a book, its a tool for action.” It is subversive, challenging, and has changed lives all over the world since it was first published […]
Sex Is Hilarious and Pleasure is Going to Change the World (a less serious post about doin’ it)
My posts recently have been pretty heavy-handed. So because I am not in the mood to do a toy review, I wanted to discuss one of the reasons why I love sex. It’s hilarious. And that rules. Sex is funny. It’s playful. Its meant to be fun! Pleasure is your effin’ birthright. Pursue that shit! […]
