Culture

How things like sex, gender and relationships have been throughout, exist in and are presented by the larger world has a big impact on how they are for each of us, all on our own. Whether we’re talking about right, law and policy; specific cultural or community history, beliefs or norms; bias, inequity or privilege within the wider world – anything from our family, to our school, state or the globe, that’s what you’ll find here.

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Articles and Advice in this area:

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  • Heather Corinna

What is sexual media, how might we think wisely about it, and how can we figure out how to feel and what choices to make with it?

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  • Liz Duck-Chong

You may have heard that gender is between our ears and sex is between our legs, but is it? And if not, what is it, and why is it so important to people? Let’s find out.

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  • Al Washburn

What would the world look like if we made a habit of thinking about personal boundaries in our everyday lives?

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  • Al Washburn

The women of Wakanda both deal with and triumph over sexism. How can we apply Black Panther to our own lives?

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  • Al Washburn

People of color can find themselves the target of sexual racism, but what exactly IS sexual racism, and what do we do about it?

Advice
  • Sam Wall

DebbieK’s question continued: I was (and still am) a virgin and I had never done sex of any kind (oral, anal, etc.) but I had been a sexual person since I was a kid. I masturbated all the time when I was younger because it felt good but I didn’t associate it with sex until I was around 13. This…

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  • Al Washburn

What’s the difference between reproductive rights and reproductive justice? What’s “biopower”? How do I defend my community’s reproductive autonomy?

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  • Al Washburn

What is “respectability politics,” and how can we confront it in ourselves?

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  • Al Washburn

You know about Martin Luther King, but do you know about the unsung heroes of the civil rights era, like Claudette Colvin and Bayard Rustin?

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  • Al Washburn

Setting an intention together for a brighter, happier, more authentic, rewarding 2018.