How the Bay Area Pioneered Sex Positivity
Stores like Feelmore and Good Vibrations offer safe spaces for patrons to purchase sex toys and learn about enhancing their own pleasure...
FeminismA collection of 27 posts
What Happened When My Girlfriends and I Catcalled Dudes in SF
Try to mansplain this one...
Just Because I’m Not in Tech Doesn’t Make Me Clueless
Stop techsplaining the world to me—just because I don’t work in the industry doesn’t mean I don’t understand...
Sex Work in San Francisco, Then and Now
It seems little has changed in the 100-plus year movement for sex workers’ rights....
Even as Kink.com Ceases Production in the Armory, the Bay’s Porn Scene Thrives
One dungeon gate closes; another opens for local porn producers....
This Week in the Resistance
Updates from the Rebel Alliance...
The Resistance Has Arrived: My Experience at the Women’s March in Washington, DC
I don’t usually consider gas stations to be feminist spaces. They tend to be grimy; the fluorescent lighting is creepy; and the chance of catching a catcall is as likely as the tampon selection is bad....
My Body Hates My IUD — But It Was Still Worth It
The doctor points to a tray full of dangerous-looking objects. They’re all really long and narrow and make it seem more like she’s trying to serve me as a shawarma than install a prophylactic....
Bay Area Adult Film Actors Speak Out About Prop 60
Buried among the 17 initiatives on the ballot in California this year is Proposition 60, a referendum that, if passed, would mandate condom use in adult films, require that porn producers pay for performers’ sexual healthcare and require producers to obtain proper state licensing....
How Instagram Encouraged My Eating Disorder
We can’t trust what we see on social media, and neither should our bodies...
DTF and My Sex Life Sucks: What I Learned from Attending a Sex Positivity Workshop
I know I’m not the only one who has felt repressed by “normal”...
Why It’s Nearly Impossible to Weed Out Bad Cops
After so many Oakland Police Department officers were caught raping an exploited sex worker, you have to wonder how these guys are getting hired....