Oct 7, 2021 | Femininity, Pornography
Earlier this year, Katherine Angel’s Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again made waves when it served up a challenge to one of the reigning totems of contemporary feminism: affirmative consent. In it, Angel recognizes that “consent and self-knowledge”...
Sep 30, 2021 | Love and Romance
Strategic dating is on the rise (or so we’re told by the Guardian), with women especially intent on setting boundaries in a world where dating can range from a coffee to a dinner, from casually seeing multiple people to being totally exclusive with another...
Sep 16, 2021 | Life and Culture, Masculinity
On Labor Day, the Wall Street Journal published two stories that, in the words of one commentator, “paint a dark picture of our nation’s future.” This picture includes a dearth of marriageable men for a growing share of college-educated women who...
Sep 16, 2021 | Life and Culture, Love and Romance
At the beginning of a new relationship, the future can seem limitless and full of promise. Nothing can dampen your feelings for your beloved, and it feels like you’re walking on sunshine. But as soon as the concrete, sometimes inconvenient truths about yourself...
Sep 2, 2021 | Life and Culture, Love and Romance
As students returned to campus this fall, many of them sat through orientation weeks with presentations that included guidance on safe sex practices. Foregrounded by concepts such as “consent” and “sex positivity,” there is often little to no...
