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Real Sex in Movies
12+ min · · Written for the magazine Forum and published there in 1984. If I still have the published version, which would pinpoint the particular month and issue, I can’t locate it (although based on a tip from… · Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
Boston Review
English as a Sexual Language
8 min · · Garth Greenwell’s Cleanness movingly depicts the vulnerabilities of queer desire, but it also continues a long tradition of exoticizing Eastern European sexuality. · Shared by 6, including Rick Powell
Boston Review
Radicalism Begins in the Body
20+ min · · Junot Díaz interviews science fiction writer Samuel R. Delany about what it means to be an aging sex radical and why he wrote the essay “Ash Wednesday.” · Shared by 9, including Rick Powell
Aeon+Psyche
Tantric sex promises healthy bliss; what does the science say?
14+ min · · Coitus reservatus is an ancient technique promising bliss and longevity. Does orgasm data back up these tantric ideas? · Shared by 158, including Rick Powell, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire
The Guardian
What I learned talking to 120 women about their sex lives and desires
6 min · · I spoke with widows, newlyweds, monogamists, secret liaison seekers, submissives and polyamorists and found there was no such thing as desire too high or low · Shared by 122, including Rick Powell, l. ones
The Guardian
A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister review
5 min · · Arousal, adultery and desire … an anecdote-rich chronicle that uncovers layer on layer of oppression · Shared by 38, including Rick Powell
Engadget
Qualcomm's new mobile chipsets pack more features for the non-5G crowd
2 min · · In other words, they're meant for most of the world. · Shared by 38, including Rick Powell, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
Aeon+Psyche
Consent and refusal are not the only talking points in sex
15+ min · · The language of sexual negotiation must go far beyond ‘consent’ and ‘refusal’ if we are to foster ethical, autonomous sex · Shared by 46, including Charles Baldwin, Gabriele, Rick Powell, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D.
Aeon+Psyche
Freud versus Jung: a bitter feud over the meaning of sex
10 min · · How mutual admiration was torn asunder by the sex drive: Freud, Jung and the schism at the heart of psychoanalysis · Shared by 34, including Rick Powell
The Chronicle of Higher Education
I Told My Mentor I Was a Dominatrix
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Slate
Yes, Straight Guys Masturbate Together. And This Is the Online Community Where They Can Connect.
9 min · · How they understand the activity and themselves says a lot about how little we understand the nature of male sexuality. · Shared by 8, including Rick Powell
Aeon+Psyche
What being asexual or aromantic tells us about sex and romance
13+ min · · What is it like to feel love and share physical intimacy yet feel no sexual attraction to the person you are with? · Shared by 56, including 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Rick Powell, Vaughan Bell
Live Science
Was Same-Sex Behavior Hardwired in Animals from the Beginning?
3 min · · Same-sex sexual behavior might have started out on an equal footing with different-sex sex. · Shared by 8, including Rick Powell
EFF
What Tumblr’s Ban on 'Adult Content' Actually Did
3 min · · Tumblr’s ban on “adult content” is a treasure trove of problems: filtering technology that doesn’t work, a law that forces companies to make decisions that make others unsafe, and the problems that… · Shared by 10, including Rick Powell
Dezeen
Architecture is overdue its own sexual revolution say Cruising Pavilion
15+ min · · Architects could be less squeamish about cruising and open to ideas around gender, sexuality and sex in public places say the Cruising Pavilion curators. · Shared by 54, including Rick Powell
The New Yorker
The Uncertain Fate of Amsterdam’s Red-Light District
8 min · · The mayor has threatened to ban tours, cover brothel windows, and even move sex workers out of the neighborhood. · Shared by 10, including Rick Powell