My long-term partner is not a feminist in his actions…

…and it starts bothering me more and more lately. He usually listens to my personal stories and supports me, but he doesn’t see how women’s problems are different from men’s. I try discussing it with him, but he is verbally much stronger and experienced than I am.

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Sasha Grey has been an incredible influence, don’t you think?

As a true child of the internet age, her influence is deep rather than wide. Jenna Jameson was more of a household name at her DVD-powered peak, while Hugh Hefner and —I’m being generous here— Larry Flynt kept entire generations buying magazines and hiring attorneys.… Read the rest “Sasha Grey has been an incredible influence, don’t you think?”

Your words make me melty

Melty like chocolate left forgotten on the dash of the car in the middle of summer while two people argue about their future and everything it will never be, melty like an icicle that you’ve been watching for hours through the bedroom window while you cry under the covers and wonder when he’ll come home, or melty like a marshmallow Peep in a microwave… a sickly sweet, puffy thing that no one really likes but everyone eventually consumes?… Read the rest “Your words make me melty”

Is BDSM tumblr a short term or long term relationship site? Is it a lust or love game? My former students are on this hellsite and I have heard of only heartbreak stories.

I’m exclusively interested in the long-term, but I can’t speak for kink Tumblr in general… I occupy a very specific corner of it and seldom venture beyond my borders. Additionally, my perspective is further skewed because a lot of people turn to me for sanity-checks, so I hear more of the horror stories than the tales of blissful success.… Read the rest “Is BDSM tumblr a short term or long term relationship site? Is it a lust or love game? My former students are on this hellsite and I have heard of only heartbreak stories.”