Sex & Sexuality

2009

Red Scare, Black Scare

JoAnn Wypijewski : Racism & Discrimination

The birthers, the anticommunist crazies, the "Obama as Witch Doctor" caricatures: they're all of a piece, welded to sex.
The Right to Remain Naked?

Alexander Cockburn : Civil Rights & Liberties

Obsessions over sex have little to do with sexual behavior and everything to do with policing.
The Student Sex Column Movement

Alex DiBranco : Youth, Education, & Children

The explosion of student sex columns, as captivating as they are controversial, represents a campus movement possessed of the same subversive potential that fueled 1960s student activism.
Sexual Healing

JoAnn Wypijewski : Health, Science & Environment

"Female sexual dysfunction" is a case in point of a runaway medical system that requires huge profits, hence new sicknesses, pills and procedures.
The Virginity Movement, Rebranded

Jessica Valenti : Feminism & Women

It might sound milder, and appear hipper, but it traffics in the same old sexism.
Through a Lens Starkly

JoAnn Wypijewski : Youth, Education, & Children

A rash of teen "sexting" has turned educators and law enforcement officials into instant oglers, hunting for crimes where none are intended.
The Kiss

JoAnn Wypijewski : Barack Obama Administration

Let us pause, amid the muddle of the moment in this season of renewal and fresh starts, to consider fundamental things.

Stolen Kisses: Iran's Sexual Revolutions

Laura Secor : Iran

Is sexual promiscuity in Iran a sign of political ferment or of an unmoored generation's dissipated energies?
Scenes From the Crackup

JoAnn Wypijewski : U.S. Economy

Behind the scrim of boom times there was always debt and sex--and the intimate economy of panic and desire.
Beauty and the Beast

JoAnn Wypijewski : Presidential Election 2008

The old warrior deploys sex as a central political weapon to recharge his potency and his party's fortunes. Is there a trap here?
The Shadow of His Smile

JoAnn Wypijewski

A desperately needy America warms to the hot married love of Barack and Michelle.
Notes on a Scandal

JoAnn Wypijewski : Media Analysis

The Spitzer affair's obvious rationality continues to elude the therapists, sexperts and pundits for whom shame is the game.
John Q. Public

Katha Pollitt : Feminism & Women

Just once it would be nice to see a male politician caught in a sex scandal stand up there at a press conference all by himself.
The Spitzer Sting

Alexander Cockburn : Conservatives & The American Right

Was there a medium-sized right-wing conspiracy to nail Eliot Spitzer?
Against Sexual Scandal

Lauren Berlant

In just two days, Eliot Spitzer went from white knight to shamed ex-governor. But the real loser in all of this is sex itself.

Homos, Hypocrites and Haters

Timothy Patrick McCarthy : US Politics & Government

The shaming and resignation of Senator Larry Craig proves that if you're going to be a hypocrite in American politics, it pays to be a straight hypocrite.
Opportunities in Abstinence Training

Barbara Ehrenreich

Chastity advocates: Lay off the adolescents and concentrate on the vast numbers of middle-aged and elderly who aren't getting any. Make them feel good about their lifestyle choice!