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The World’s Oldest Profession
For the past decade, progressive discourse around sex work has revolved around which comprehensive national legal...
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May 2, 20233 min read


Political Sex (or Lack Thereof)
The first recorded instance of a political sex strike—when women actively withhold sex from men as a temporary means of political...
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Apr 30, 20235 min read


A Critique of Consent
Before getting in bed, classmates-turned-lovers Marianne and Connell take each other’s clothing off piece by piece. The two take a moment...
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Apr 23, 20235 min read


XXX Ed: Pornography’s Place in Sex Education
From Hollywood to Silicon Valley, Americans have long looked west for guidance on what is new and important. It is unsurprising, then,...
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Dec 13, 20173 min read


BPR Interviews: Margaret Cho
Margaret Cho, a comedian and three-time Grammy Award winner, has worked in multiple creative industries, including film,...
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Nov 8, 20154 min read


Safe Sex, Endangered Speech
San Fernando Valley, a part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, is home to upwards of one million residents and was, at one point,...
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Feb 20, 20155 min read


How America’s Sex Ed Supports Rape Culture
Sexual education in America is far from perfect. It varies widely from state to state (and even school to school), but at worst it can...
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Nov 5, 20134 min read


Victim-Blaming, From Maryville to a College Near You
I wasn’t inclined to like Emily Yoffe’s recent Slate column, entitled “College Women: Stop Getting Drunk.” (No one gets between me and my...
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Oct 22, 20134 min read
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