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Nudity: Links

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:58:00 -0700

Finally getting around to this one, too….

American Association for Nude Recreation:

Nudity in Ancient Greece:

-http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/505328?searchUrl=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dnudity%26acc%3Don%26wc%3Don&Search=yes&uid=3739856&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=47698856833937

A fun article about nudism (just a heads up, though, it gets a bit preachy toward the end):

- http://www.jimgoad.net/pdf/sex/nudism.pdf

A more in-depth article featuring a particular nudist colony:

- http://www.fluxstories.com/2012/03/clothing-optional-open-mind-required/

A list of nudist colonies in North America, in case you’re interested:

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_nudity_places_in_North_America

We didn’t actually end up discussing this one, but it’s super interesting so we thought we’d make it available as well:

- http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3811348?searchUrl=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dnudity%26acc%3Don%26wc%3Don&Search=yes&uid=3739856&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=47698856833937

Ahh this is so scary! Also: damn, Alaska. So much chlamydia. So...

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 03:16:00 -0700

Chlamydia

Gonorrhea

Syphilis

Ahh this is so scary!

Also: damn, Alaska. So much chlamydia. So much gonorrhea.

USA’s Most STI States

Sex Sounds: Links

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 17:59:18 -0700

Sorry this is so late! I have not been on top of things, lately! But here they are at last.

The physiological occurrence/relation to laughter:

- http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/human-biology/laughter4.htm

- http://books.google.com/books?id=XDoZSBPj_tQC&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=limbic+system+reproduction&source=bl&ots=GJouUaSZXS&sig=PrDOFvME0VrSzxJtnlEP6OCX6uY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BhRhT7PEFebC2wXYqLC-BQ&ved=0CEEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=limbic%20system%20reproduction&f=false

Philosophy/Barthes:

- http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1146553?searchUrl=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dsex%2Bmoaning%26acc%3Don%26wc%3Don&Search=yes&uid=3739856&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=56009356463

Still don’t know why this needs to exist, but here it is in all its entertaining glory:

- http://howtotalkdirtytoaguy.org/

Performance and communication (focused on women, so listen to the show to hear what we have to say about how this applies to men!):

- http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/08/why-women-moan-during-sex/

Accents and foreign languages:

- http://www.divinecaroline.com/22065/80331-oui-y-all-accents-attractive

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Partial Nudity

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:54:00 -0700

Partial Nudity

A sneak peak from KJizz’s nude photoshoot!

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:37:00 -0700

A sneak peak from KJizz’s nude photoshoot!

Artsy Black-and-White Nudity

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:05:00 -0700

Artsy Black-and-White Nudity

Outdoor Nudity

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:46:00 -0700

Outdoor Nudity

Photo

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:03:00 -0700

Where we least expect it.

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:57:00 -0700

Where we least expect it.

Photo

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:39:09 -0700

Beach Nudes

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:17:00 -0700

Beach Nudes

What do you guys think about the way masturbation is portrayed differently in movies and tv according to the gender of the participant?

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:35:00 -0700

In my own experience, I’ve mostly noticed male masturbation in the media shown as negative and, more specifically, pathetic, whereas female masturbation is more frequently portrayed as something sexy and arousing. It totally falls right in line with the general assumption that most men want sex but can’t always get it when they want it, and most women have more control over their sexual urges and tend to withhold sex from men: in this case, it implies that men usually masturbate because they can’t get women to engage in sexual activity with them, while women masturbate because they want to, or even because they are purposefully avoiding engaging with sexual activity with men. In my opinion, it’s a portrayal of gender that is becoming outdated as women in general are becoming more vocal about their sexuality, and I’m always glad to see a portrayal of masturbation that challenges the norm. Did you ever see the movie ‘Secretary’ with Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader? There are a couple of solo female masturbation scenes that are, plot-wise, much more geared toward emphasizing the woman’s desire and inability to fulfill that desire than we might normally see in the media (there is also a male masturbation scene in the movie that portrays the man as kind of pathetic, but I don’t think it really takes away from the effect of the female masturbation scene).

We are definitely planning on doing a show in the future all about sex in the media, so more on this topic later!

Jizzing in the library

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:37:00 -0700

I discovered the sex/sexualities section of the university library tonight…and then I promptly jizzed all over it in my excitement. It was all I could do to resist taking multiple bookshelves-worth of books home with me. Here is an excerpt from the introduction of Joseph Bristow’s Sexuality, published 1997, one of the first books I picked up off the shelf:

“What is sexuality? To this blunt question, the answer would seem clear enough. Sexuality is surely connected with sex. But if we find ourselves pressed to define what is meant by sex, then the situation becomes somewhat more complicated. In the English language, the word sex is certainly ambiguous. A sign with various connotations, sex refers not only to sexual activity (to have sex), it also marks the distinction between male and female anatomy (to have a sex). So it would perhaps be wise to think twice about the ways in which sexuality might be implicated in these distinct frameworks of understanding. Is sexuality supposed to designate sexual desire? Or does it refer instead to one’s sexed being? if we find ourselves answering yes to both enquiries, then sexuality would appear to embrace ideas about pleasureandphysiology, fantasy andanatomy. On reflection, then, sexuality emerges as a term that points to both internal and external phenomena, to both the realm of the psyche and the material world. Given the equivocal meaning of sex, one might suggest that sexuality occupies a place where sexed bodies (in all their shapes and sizes) and sexual desires (in all their multifariousness) intersect only to separate. Looked at from this dual perspective, there are many different kinds of sexed body and sexual desire inhabiting sexuality. Small wonder this immensely significant term has for decades generated a huge amount of discussion from conflicting critical viewpoints.

…While some would argue that sexuality articulates a fundamental human need, others would recommend that we examine closely how such an assumption arose in the first place. Contending arguments have been made that sexuality needs to be understood in relation to widely varying phenomena, from physiological drives to structures of language. the fact that it remains hard to obtain consensus on what sexuality is — or, for that matter, should be — prompts a great many urgent questions. Why is it that the twentieth century has witnessed an unending fascination with distinctive types of erotic behavior? What are critics seeking to discover when devising elaborate theoretical models to understand sex? And why have modern thinkers reached such contradictory conclusions about the meaning of sexuality in our everyday lives?”

I am so excited to read this book.