Standard Deviations

Sex Sex Sex Masturbation Sex

by M, COLUMNIST | 4/23/2008

I was originally going to title this week's column “In Defense of Straight Men” and write about the ways in which misogyny, homophobia, and sex negativity damage the straight men who ostensibly benefit from these systems of oppression by consistently portraying them as – and encouraging them to act like [...] More

  • M: A Rebuttal

    by M, COLUMNIST | 4/4/2008

    The Daily Gazette received the following message in response to my last column: As a Swarthmore student's parent, I think that your sophomoric column today about masturbating that was obviously [...] More

  • Masturbatory Mishaps

    by M, COLUMNIST | 3/20/2008

    So far in writing this column I haven't explicitly gendered myself. Let's try a little experiment. If I told you: I love porn I love it in the butt I [...] More

  • Open letter to Margaret Cho

    by M, COLUMNIST | 2/27/2008

    Dear Margaret, I have never felt as loved, as directly spoken to, or as empowered by any other performer at Swarthmore as I did by you last night. You said [...] More

  • The Lube Lad/y

    by M, COLUMNIST | 2/14/2008

    At the risk of being labeled the Lube Lad/y, I want to respond directly to the reader who left the following post: Just don't get a yeast infection… I'm actually [...] More

  • Things I Hate to Hear People Say About Sex

    by M, COLUMNIST | 1/30/2008

    1. Sex is healthy. Is that really the point? Spinach is healthy, sex is fun. Yes, there are about a hundred and one studies that describe the various health benefits [...] More