POSTS TAGGED SEX

SCI-FI FUTURE SEX

Posted by Charlotte on June 24, 2010
Tags: feminism, sci fi, science fiction, sex

Sex sells, and nothing sells quite so well as queer and feminist reimagining of sex in sci fi. What can I say, we’re niche media.

Since Donna Haraway’s The Cyborg Manifesto, science fiction has been a playground for feminist

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THE BRITISH FAMILY

Posted by Laura on January 24, 2010
Tags: family, feminism, History, marriage, sex, TV, Women, Women and Work

As part of the BBC 2 four-part series presented by Kirsty Young, this week focused on ‘Sex’, particularly the impact of women’s changing attitudes to marriage and the impact of feminism in post-war Britain. The episode should be available on…

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SPOT THE G

Posted by Charlotte on January 3, 2010
Tags: feminism, G-Spot, News, sex

The Times splashed a piece recently using a science paper to claim the G-Spot was a big myth. I just read it and was happy to find it held as little weight as I’d imagined – rather than…

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AGE 8 AND WANTING A SEX CHANGE

Posted by Laura on October 20, 2009
Tags: Children, documentary, gender, identity, sex, stereotypes

Last night I sat down to watch Age 8 and Wanting a Sex Change, the latest documentary as part of Channel 4’s Bodyshock series. The programme followed Josie and Kyla, two eight year old girls who had both been born…

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