July 30, 2007
Though rare, female ejaculation is certainly not a myth. It’s something to celebrate and (excuse my wording) to gush about, but more often than not it’s just misunderstood. You may have heard of it by other names, like squirting, the female “orgasm” and even gushing. Whatever you call it, it’s just not pee.
One of my friends described a horrible experience involving an older woman. To begin with, she had saggy boobs, he said, but that wasn’t the end of it. When they were at the end of it, he remembers feeling an incredibly wet bed, like her water had broke (but she wasn’t pregnant). It was gross, and he didn’t like it.
But he didn’t know what it really was. We’re not used to hearing stories about women shooting anything out of their vaginas besides babies, and even then more women are opting for C-sections. Gosh darn it, things aren’t supposed to come out of vaginas—they’re meant to hold and convey things inward and upward. Whether or not blood and ejaculate actually do come out, we keep hush-hush about those sorts of things.
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July 23, 2007
While normal people unlike myself and people with real jobs still trundle through the seventh Harry Potter book, hundreds of hungry shippers will find new ways to disrobe, arouse and utterly debauch Harry and Co. Trust me, this started way before Daniel Radcliffe revealed his hunky hunk of burning love to the eager audience of “Equus.”
No, for years Harry has been more than platonic friends with Hermione, has fooled around with Draco and even has found himself in the arms of Snape. And that’s not even considering his orgy of friends.
Missing out on all this sex? Harry Potter fan fiction, if you know where to find it, thrives with a strong fan base and numerous contributions and yes, plenty of raunch. Hedwig, I don’t think we’re in the canon anymore.
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July 16, 2007
In Berkeley, we’re familiar with people coming out of the closet, but what about the people who hop back in? The magazine Bitch touched upon this dilemma back in 2002 when it published “What Happens to a Dyke Deferred?” The article relates specifically to “hasbians,” women who used to be lesbians exiled for fraternizing with the enemy.
The article, however, was more than just petty lesbians. It didn’t only explore what happens—it ultimately questioned sexuality itself. Is it possible, it asked, for a homosexual person to fall for someone of the opposite sex … and remain homosexual?
In the coming-out tradition, there is no going back. Once you’re gay, honey, you’re gay for life. Neither the queer community nor normative society deals well with people who can’t decide between ladies and gents. Mainstream societies, queer or otherwise, want labels to fit.
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July 9, 2007
In college, when you’re living 40 people to a house and 20 to a floor, you’re bound to hear someone having sex at least once. It happens. That’s what the library is for. One time, I had the pleasure of being on the other side of the wall, listening in instead of getting in on the action. She was really feeling it, and I could tell.
My roommate wasn’t pleased. We wanted to see who was having all the fun.
The next day, she came in excitedly. “I just saw her—the girl,” she gabbed. “You know, I thought she would have looked a whole lot sluttier. But she was just plain.”
Whoa there. So now any woman who enjoys sex becomes a slut? I thought we were working through the Madonna/whore complex. I thought wrong.
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