What is Transmisogyny?
As promised in my introductory post, this week’s topic is a little more sociological, a little more treacherous, and, in my opinion, a lot more important to understand. Transmisogyny When I was maybe twenty years old, perusing my favorite off-color Manhattan bookshop,...
In Bed with Leon Feingold
No One Can Be Our Everything Last week on “In Bed with Rebekah” Polyamory spokesperson Leon Feingold came on to share his wisdom on non-monogamy, MENSA, and escalators. Leon has appeared in a number of talk shows and articles, as well as a 2015 TED Talk, singing the...
Finding Your Voice: Femme Style
Finding our Freedom to Choose “I’ve knocked on a lot of doors in life and heard ‘no’. Now I want to go searching for my ‘yes’.” During last night’s biweekly Being Social, I heard this statement tossed out offhandedly, and it resonated through me like a gong....
In Bed with Julia Sotas
Conversations on Life, Love, Sex, and Consciousness This past week in Pleasure Evolution's "In Bed With Rebekah" Rebekah invited the lovely Julia Sotas to chat about her experience as a Facilitator of Access Consciousness, an amazing organization which teaches us...
Kindness is a Choice
I mean… the title really says it all, doesn’t it? Yeah? Okay, I guess my work here is done. Elaborating on Being Kind to Self and Others This year has been… a shitshow. A real blowout bad-trip psychedelic circus. So many people I know, and even more that I don't know,...
Bisexual Erasure
Straight Relationship? Just a few weeks ago, somebody told me I was in a straight relationship. I was discussing my expertise in queer issues with a professor in the market for a teaching assistant. By this point in the conversation, I’d mentioned my own queerness and...
Introducing – Ginger Z
The Journey Begins Hello! It is my absolute pleasure (pun intended) to introduce myself as the newest member of the Pleasure Evolution team. My name is Ginger, and I'm incredibly excited to talk, write, and vibe with you all about kink, intimacy, and sexuality. I was...
10 Tips for Sparking up Sex in Your Relationship
Is familiarity breeding contempt? Now that the flush (and hormone release) of new love is gone, does your sex life seem flat? Here are ten ways to bring new life to an old love. Be Deliberate and Invest This one is the...
Mother’s Day – It’s Complicated
It's not always flowers and candy My inbox and Facebook feed today was full of people celebrating their mothers. Which makes me hyper aware that this is another one of those Hallmark created holidays that leaves many folks sad and depressed. Several of my friends have...
How to Not Date for Fun and Romance
Dating is No Fun That's right, I said it. For most people, me included, dating feels like a gauntlet you run to get into a relationship. They are like job interviews, with sex at the end. Which is still part of the interview, because if he has great conversational...