The Condom Monologues Project
When you read the title Condom Monologues you may recall Eve Ensler’s famous Vagina version or picture a large talking condom on stage behind a microphone.
Campfire Tales – Peter Tatchell
“Don’t accept the world as it is. Dream about what the world could be – then help make it happen.” – upcoming Campfire speaker, Peter Tatchell.
Eat, Drink and Celebrate – International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day has been running since the early 1900s – a time of great unrest and critical debate amongst women who were questioning their role in society. In 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights.
Feminism – Natasha Walter and Catherine Hakim
It’s 50 years since Betty Friedan’s landmark book, The Feminine Mystique, questioned the role of women in society. Anne McElvoy discusses that role today with the Living Dolls author, Natasha Walter, the proponent of erotic capital Catherine Hakim, the radical feminist Finn Mackay and the journalist and academic Shereen El Feki who has been looking at the changing sexual attitudes and behaviour in the Arab world.
Flirt Like a Silver Screen Siren
So, the art of using your feminine wiles to get what you want.
We did an article on it recently: ‘Office Hussy – is it OK to flirt at work?’ and Catherine Hakim has written a controversial book about it, Honey Money, which claims that yes, we should exploit our erotic capital.
Science Gets Sexy With Belle de Jour & More
If you’ve ever thought science is a turn off, prepare to have your mind opened with the Science of Sex Weekend at Brighton Science Festival 2013. Why are people gay? What really goes on behind closed doors in a clap clinic? How can we ensure children get the sex education they need in a responsible way – and are they too sexualised? All these topics and more will be explored by some of the UK’s top sex educators, scientists and experts.
The Mucky Book Club – Review
The first thing to say is that the Soho Society Club is one of the most wonderful places I’ve ever visited. It’s a charming bookshop and gallery, arranged to look and feel like a bohemian sitting room, and boasts a lovely bar area, with an equally lovely bartender Alex, who makes a killer Margarita. By the end of the evening, I had fallen in love with Alex.
Porn is Good For Us – Without it We Would be a Far More Repressed Society
Hooray for porn! What would we be without it? Bored, repressed, frustrated. Porn nails the lie that sex is something we should be ashamed of. Porn tells us that that sex doesn’t just come in vanilla flavour.
Orgasms and Porn on the NHS?
Tantric orgasms and erotica on the NHS? We’ve been invited to a Pleasure meeting at the RSM in February to find out more…
Feminist Porn?
How Women Are Transforming Pornography & Why It Really Matters. We spoke to Anne G Sabo about her new book, After Pornified.
