Tag Archives: Survivor
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 […]
My Survivor Statement for Take Back The Night 2012: Living Stone
This was the statement I read from/adapted from for Take Back The Night this year. Trigger warning for discussions of sexual violence, rough play, and non-consent. If you ever get in bed with me, I will say something to you that will sound like a laundry list of how to touch my body. Don’t grab […]
Red Flags: Violence in Women’s Spaces
Violence is something that I spend a lot of time thinking about. On a personal level, violence in my life has greatly shaped my growth and experiences. And on an academic level, that I am an activist and student of violence prevention adds another level to how I need to be/am aware of violence around […]
Tapestry Health, Northampton MA. A Glowing Review.
Yesterday was my first time at a Family Planning Clinic. I was fortunate enough to have an OBGYN at a young age, and parents who supported me using birth control and having conversations with them about sex. I had a supportive medical community as a girl, a first edition copy of “Our Bodies Ourselves” next […]
