Free the Nipple

Free the Nipple

Have you heard about the movement to make it legal for women to be topless in public? When I first learned of it, I didn’t understand what the big deal was. I don’t want to be topless at the beach or anywhere else for that matter. That would be weird, right?...

Bawdy Storytelling: Foot Fetish (Video)

Bawdy Storytelling is a live event where professional storytellers and ordinary folks tell true stories about their sex lives. Some describe it as the Moth for perverts. Performing at Bawdy Storytelling is like giving birth. Though I haven’t given birth myself,...
Cliteracy, Part 3 – I’ve Got Big Bulbs

Cliteracy, Part 3 – I’ve Got Big Bulbs

Ever heard of the vestibular bulbs? They are part of a system of erectile tissues now understood to be a complex network of female pleasure. My friend, August Mclaughlin,  calls her female empowering radio show, “Girl Boner.” Though she may have titled her...
Cliteracy, Part 2 – Tip of the Volcano

Cliteracy, Part 2 – Tip of the Volcano

I’d like to recommend to everyone who has a vulva (or loves someone who has a vulva) to run, don’t walk, and get the book Women’s Anatomy of Arousal by Sheri Winston. Winston’s book was honored as the best of the year by AASECT, the American Association of Sexuality...
Cliteracy, Part 1

Cliteracy, Part 1

The word “cliteracy” gives me joy and exasperation. I’m exasperated that at forty-four years old, I am only now learning important details about what I would consider the basics of my anatomy. As recently as last year, I wrote a “A Love Letter to my Clit.”...