Archive for March, 2008

  • Learning To Be A Girl

    Learning To Be A Girl

    I’ve always made a bad girl.
    I don’t mean to say that I’m bad. I’m far too responsible for that. I li…

  • It Gets Better (And Better)

    It Gets Better (And Better)

    God, I remember my first kiss. I remember thinking that it tasted like bananas and then I remembe…

  • The New Sexual Stigma: Remaining A Virgin In College

    The New Sexual Stigma: Remaining A Virgin In College

    I’m 20 years old. Decent looking, intelligent, quite funny and personable. I’ve…

  • Number Stigma: Why I Don’t Count

    Number Stigma: Why I Don’t Count

    “So…how many people have you slept with?”
    If someone asks you this question: get o…

  • The Difference Between Sex and Love

    The Difference Between Sex and Love

    When I was 15, I got my first boyfriend. We fell in love, had sex for about three months, and then br…

  • It’s All About Me

    It’s All About Me

    So, I have this friend (and no–this friend is not a hypothetical version of myself, thank…

  • It Ain’t All Roses

    It Ain’t All Roses

    Some girls lose their virginities to their first loves: some taller, older, handsome man (er, b…

  • Letting Go of the Labels

    Letting Go of the Labels

    Who I was in the third grade does not define who I am today, and who I slept with two weeks ago doesn&…

  • Ode to My Vagina

    Ode to My Vagina

    Hello down there!
    You and me, we’ve had a pretty good run so far. I don’t think I thank you often eno…

  • I Never Said “Yes”

    I Never Said “Yes”

    I know a lot of people who are terrified of sex. I can’t entirely blame them, really. For so…

  • Just a Little Harmless Sex

    Just a Little Harmless Sex

    I don’t remember losing my virginity. This isn’t a tragic story, I just got drunk and lost it some…

  • The Politics of Sex

    The Politics of Sex

    I lost my virginity at a 4-hour hooker motel in Bushwick, Brooklyn during a rainstorm at 3am. It w…

  • My Sexual Evolution

    My Sexual Evolution

    Before I lost my virginity, I judged people for their sexual exploits. I made snide comments abo…