Your intrepid webmistress’ life has run away with her again; she extends her apologies and this cornucopia of sex rights updates.
More on the GLBTQ plight in the Muslim world.
As Jezebel bluntly and so accurately put it, Why Sexualizing Little Girls Sucks for Grown-Ass Women.
GLBTQ teens are more likely to suffer eating disorders. Yet another reason to fight homophobia.
James Pouillon, the apparent anti-choicer slain in Owosso, Michigan, conducted his protests out of misogyny, says his son. We’re sad to see that Michigan representatives want to make him a martyr… as if martyrdom weren’t a powerful enough trope among the wingnuts, anyway.
From the sex industry: strippers sue their crappy employer not for abuse, but financial exploitation. Also: how prostitutes file taxes!
More on the efforts of Miriam Grossman, sex-negative poisoner of young minds. More coverage here.
News to amuse: sex toys are among the most-stolen items at a British hotel. We salute the Brits for their wonderful rental policies.
For some of you with a bit of spending pence and historical/esoteric tastes, Delta of Venus may be worth a look: “part online art-smut zine, part virtual erotica museum, part historical archive, and part enlightened porn website.”
Check out the governor of Mississippi make a total fundie fool of himself.
Is “sexting” really so harmful? Certainly there’s injustice going on in this case.
Don’t already find the Heritage Foundation contemptible? Here’s a fresh piece of sex-negative nonsense from Rebecca Hagelin. And, here’s a link to the magazine she promotes. This stuff is vile, be warned.
But it gets better [worse, in truth]: a new study finds a correlation between conservative politics/religious views and teen birth rate.
And now, the cherry on the sex-negative sundae. The Values Voter Summit was held [apparently, ignorance is a family value], and here’s the prizewinner: straight porn turns you gay.
Here’s Rachel Maddow with the full scoop, because a brief snarky link won’t do this whopper justice.
Remember, these “values voters” go to the polls. I know the next elections are over a year away, but if you don’t vote… think about who does and that they do influence the path of this country.
