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Arielle Loren

Ask Arielle: Are bisexuals just people who don’t want to choose a side?

by September 30, 2010

Every Thursday, I’ll be answering anonymously submitted questions on sexuality. I think it’s important for young black women to have an outlet for their sexuality curiosities and receive informed answers not simply from myself, but from other women who study and live various sexualities each day. Feel free to read more about what inspired me [...]

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Is Porn Empowering for Women? Some Words on Montana Fishburne

by August 2, 2010

I am not an anti-porn feminist. I am sex-positive, extremely outspoken, and enjoy tackling issues of gender & sexuality on the web and in the classroom. I’d like to have an honest conversation about an interview that I saw with Montana Fishburne (Lawrence Fishburne’s daughter) and Brian Pumper announcing her new porn star career. When [...]

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Pangea’s Garden: Black Women Nude. Empowered. Appreciated.

by July 22, 2010

Black Women: uplifted, inspired, powerful, and yes…in the nude. Over the last year, several prominent, black female figures have posed for magazine covers in nothing but their birthday suits or simply walked au-natural through a public park. Jada Pinkett-Smith, Serena Williams, and Erykah Badu are all beautiful women in their own right who have challenged [...]

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A Response to Clutch Mag’s Down Low Sista Rant

by July 19, 2010

There are many things that I can tolerate. Homophobic, heteronormative blog posts on a popular website for young black women is NOT one of them. As the Sexuality Editor for Zora & Alice, I read a plethora of sites to get the pulse of sex, dating & relationship discourse on the web. I read Clutch [...]

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ToxicEuphoria: The Female Anti-Rape Condom With Teeth That Bite Back

by Zora&Alice July 14, 2010

Originally posted on ToxicEuphoria by Lidia Anain Have you heard of the Rape-aXe anti-rape device? According to their official website, the Rape-aXe is an anti-rape female condom embedded with shafts of sharp, inward-facing razor-sharp barbs invented by Sonnet Ehlers, a South African woman. If an attacker were to attempt vaginal rape, his penis would enter [...]

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Janelle Monae: The Gender Android Embodies the Sexiness of Female Masculinity

by July 13, 2010

Janelle Monae: sexy, feminine, and masculine all in the same petite five-foot frame. Pushing the standard gendered fashion, Monae dons a black and white tuxedo at all of her performances. Like a tuxedo with heels like Estelle and Rihanna? No, I’m talking tuxedos with masculine-styled saddle shoes, Louis Farrakhan bow ties, and, arguably, an Elvis-Presley-look-alike [...]

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