Monthly Archives: July 2010
Our Sex Toys, Ourselves
Reviewing vibrators means more to me than getting free toy and a few bucks. I reflect on and share my sexual experiences as a way to develop my understanding of my own sexuality and to provide other women and men with a unique ground on which they can begin their own ruminations and join the conversation. Continue reading
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From Savage Love to Sacred Sexuality
While so many sex educators use a language that is chillingly medical, highly intellectualized, or harshly excerpted from the commercial raunch culture that flavors so many articulations of contemporary sexuality, Leslie Blackburn speaks from a place of joy, giggles and wisdom. Circled up with the other workshop attendees in Eastern Market’s etherial Detroit Fly House, I felt like I was cuddling with a blanket. Continue reading
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How Can We Cultivate a Sex-Positive Detroit?
If you’ve been keeping up to date on local headlines, I’m sure you’ve heard something about the city crime lab closing its doors. In brief, the Detroit Police Department crime laboratory was shut down in 2008 when a state audit … Continue reading