Tag Archives: sexuality
Sexing the breast
Breasts, or boobs as I quite like to call them, are pretty sexy (to a lot of people). Let’s be frank: I identify as straight but I find them quite appealing in some contexts. I’ve been socialised that way, I … Continue reading
Quick hit: vulva chic
I wrote this post a while back about labiaplasty and the pressure to for perfection to extend even to one’s nether regions. Well, here’s a fascinating article which pretty much confirms what I’d suspected: the men promoting and performing this … Continue reading
Filed under Body Image/Fat Acceptance, Feminism
Shouting out loud
I don’t want my kid to grow up in a culture so pornified that tweens are buying adult-style lingerie and wearing it as outer wear. I’m angry that when I went to buy my two year old daughter jeans at … Continue reading
Filed under Body Image/Fat Acceptance, Feminism, Motherhood and Parenting
Get your hands off my daughter Tony Abbot (or what I will tell my child about virginity)
Thanks to our opposition leader Tony Abbott, the topic of virginity (specifically, women’s virginity) has been a media talking point lately. Those unfamiliar with the Tony Abbott ‘virginitygate’ might want to click here to read A Shiny New Coin’s awesome … Continue reading
Filed under Feminism, Motherhood and Parenting
Boys have a penis and girls have a?
Little Bean can’t talk yet (unless you count enthusiastic “dadda dadda dad!” as talking, and I don’t, because she can’t say “mum”. Until then I have selective deafness). She does understand quite a lot of words though and it’s only … Continue reading
