The Oxymoron of “Negotiated Infidelity”
- Aug, 03, 2010
- Charlie Glickman
- relationships, sex & culture, sexual communities
- No Comments.

CNN.com posted a story today about former sugarbaby Holly Hill’s perspective on men, sex & fidelity. She’s of the opinion that men are going to stray/cheat anyway, so women might as well make room for that. Or as she puts it, “It’s better to walk the dog on a leash than let it escape through […]
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Sex-Positive Feminists Talking About Porn and Sex Work
- Aug, 02, 2010
- Charlie Glickman
- pornography, resources, sex & culture
- 2 Comments.
The always-fabulous Maymay shared this video made by a group of sex-positive feminists discussing their views on porn, sex work, sexual autonomy and the ongoing conversations debates fights with anti-porn feminists. I can’t say it better than they did, so click on the link and see for yourself. And pass it on.
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Porn or Rom-Coms. Which Damage Relationships More?
- Jul, 22, 2010
- Charlie Glickman
- pornography, relationships, sex & culture
- 7 Comments.

We’ve heard plenty from people who say that porn is giving people unrealistic ideas of what sex is supposed to be like. And I’ve been saying for a while that I think that a lot of media also skews our notions of sex, romance and relationships. So I was interested to read a reuters.com post […]
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7 Ways to Create a Sex-Positive Critique of Porn
- Jul, 08, 2010
- Charlie Glickman
- pornography, sex & culture, sex positivity, sexual practices, shame
- 40 Comments.

One of the most common responses to the anti-porn critiques of pornography is that they’re sex-negative and all too often, that ends up creating a “no we’re not/yes you are” argument. And yet, whenever I read the anti-porn side of things, I’m struck by how often sex-negativity is woven into their claims, although in all […]
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Risk Reduction and Sex Positivity
- Jul, 02, 2010
- Charlie Glickman
- relationships, sex & culture, sex positivity, shame
- 2 Comments.

This post also appeared on the Good Vibrations Magazine. One of the most important ways to help foster positive changes in peoples’ behaviors is to use a risk reduction approach. Rather than requiring 100% compliance with an unyielding rule, this philosophy says that any movement in a more healthy or safe direction is a good […]
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The Both/And of the Porn Wars
- Jun, 18, 2010
- Charlie Glickman
- pornography, sex & culture, sex research, sexual politics
- 17 Comments.

I have to admit that I find the debates about porn fascinating. Actually, they’re not really debates since, more often than not, what I see is people yelling at each other. Calling it a debate would imply that there’s a deeper level of dialogue than actually exists. I find this rather frustrating because I can […]
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Call for Submissions: Spirit of Desire: Personal Journeys in Sacred Kink
- Jun, 03, 2010
- Charlie Glickman
- sex & culture, sexual communities, sexual practices
- 2 Comments.
From Lee Harrington’s LJ Spirit of Desire: Personal Journeys in Sacred Kink In 2009, Lee Harrington’s “Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of BDSM and Beyond” opened up the dialogue around altered states of consciousness, sexuality with intent, sex magic, and BDSM and its intersections with faith to an audience hungry for information. Now, it’s time to […]
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