Juxtaposed modes of transportation along the sidewalk in Manhattan. Photo by Danielle Voirin. Prior cover: Hannah.
Fucking Like a Feminist | By Betty Dodson While a handful of us were pushing for sex positive feminism in the 70s, the first blow came with Kate Millet's book, Sexual Politics. Analyzing Henry Miller's steamy writing, she coined the term "sexism" and named the patriarchy as the cause of all women's woes. This encouraged many feminists to turn into petulant daughters, wives and sweethearts who now blamed daddy, husbands, and lovers for their second class status and sexual problems. Men, rather than an authoritarian system that includes the necessary support of a matriarchy, kept women from full participation in society. The role of "Mother," as a matriarchal sex cop is always aimed at keeping daughters in their proper place. There would have been more clarity with the term "misogyny," the hatred of women, rather than using the term "sexism." As it turned out, many people believed a "feminist" was a woman who hated sex.
From Foot Massagers to the Family Monitor | By Rachel Asher This all occurred before I had my own computer and discovered video, before I really knew what feminism was and how much it would complicate and enrich my life in the future, before I knew I was gay. I was just a happy, porn reading, vibrator-using, masturbating adolescent. Then feminist politics came along and started teasing me, turning my seemingly innocent masturbation tools around. At first it was just a slight jolt, like the spinning teacups at the county fair. But feminism has a way of reconfiguring things, questioning the power inherent in every aspect of our lives in a wonderfully challenging and frustrating way; and eventually, I was on a ride that more closely resembled the Batman rollercoaster.
Pornography as the Mirror of Denial | By Eric Francis The woman depicted in pornography becomes a figment of your imagination; she does what you want, when you want; she doesn’t give you any lip, set conditions or get her period. She doesn’t get pregnant and she doesn’t want to get married; at least not to you. There is just one problem—she’s not really there. She cannot feel you and you cannot really feel her. You cannot really have her, but you can pretend. And deep in the honesty of orgasm, when someone lets go to the thought or image of her, is the feeling of surrendering to not having her and to not being felt by her. Pornography on this level is the erotic celebration of need, desire and rejection.
 Daily Astrology and Adventure | By Eric FrancisI recognize that many people feel that they are at the very beginnings of self-improvement, the spiritual path or dealing with the damage that was done to their sexuality. And at the beginning the quest can seem insurmountable. I am extremely fortunate: I ended up in spiritual boot camp just after I graduated from university, and persisted in a path of spiritual, sexual and creative growth every day since then. Thankfully I met Joe in 1992 and had some guidance from someone who knew a little about the tundra I was trying to cross.
Planet Waves Astrology News | By Eric Francis This is the perfect week to join Planet Waves Astrology News.The two extended monthly horoscopes are ready and waiting for you to start the month off right and Eric is rested up and raring to go for the Friday edition, where he's addressing communication between the sexes. We have weekly horoscopes for you, plus previous issues going back for years. It's starting to feel like summer; come and spend it with us. Sign up for Planet Waves Astrology News.
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