It seems that what everyone wants to know about Tantra is the sex part … specifically, how to realize multiple orgasms and orgiastic fantasies. And I completely understand. But there is some background information that I feel is important for novices to know. In this video, I talk about the approach to the sexual union […]
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OpEd: Summer Solstice – 18 Years a Witch
Today is June 21, 2014, and it marks 18 years since I self-initiated as a witch. The ritual took place in my backyard with a number of fellow witch-friends in attendance, along with too many mosquitoes and June Bugs to count. I had been on this road to witchdom for a couple of years, having […]
OpEd: Where Is the Body-Positive Body Image for Women in Media?
While I am a sex-positive & pro-sex movement activist, I think it’s sad that the majority of the body-positive photos of women I see are in and amongst the BDSM and sexualized violence porn of Tumblr. There are many amateur sites that feature full-figured women, but the amateur photo-snaps are not of the technical quality […]
History, His-Story vs. Herstory, Her-Story: Where Are the Women in Our Story?
In response to a reader’s comment on my usage of “his-story” and “herstory” in this post, I wrote this little response. The terms herstory / her-story are used in feminist writings for the precise point of underlining exactly how much women have been left out of the masculine narrative of world events, i.e., history. I […]
REVIEW: Divine Women – When God Was a Girl, BBC Two Television Series
A current series on BBC Two is shaking up the bubble of religious misogyny that the Catholic church and fundamental conservatives don’t want you to know about. Bettany Hughes, anthropologist and author of The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life and Helen of Troy: The Story Behind the Most Beautiful […]
DailyOJ 01-17-12: Yin & Lying Broken
January 17, 2012 I think I may have found something that can help me incorporate Yin, and transcend my generally negative perception of Yin as weak, victimized, and subservient. A friend posted a link to this article on Facebook, so I read it, and it make a lot of sense to me — maybe because […]
