Category: CULTURE

I’m 30. And for the past 20 years, I’m constantly back at this same point…over and over again. And up until today, I’ve shielded myself with humor that sometimes gets broken by self-doubt, but mostly…mostly nonchalant humor that lets me dismiss the gravity and confusion of what I’m feeling and hold tightly to the belief that I am too strong to crumble over this…again

The other night, I was supposed to be writing a test script for a freelance job. The premise was to describe, in a lighthearted way, why ‘When Harry Met Sally” was considered the greatest romantic comedy of all time. Having never seen it, (cue gasp), and trying to base my answers on out-of-context YouTube clips, my boyfriend suggested we watch it…after listening to me curse for about half an hour.

People see sex positivity as so many different things…and that’s cool. Here are some things that sex positivity is definitely not. The general public’s stagnant understanding of the term – and the subconscious engagement with stereotypes – can be dangerous. Most importantly, it can be harmful to new relationships.

The way I react to it has changed over the years. Correction: I don’t react to it…

The Top 6 Feminist Podcasts All Women Need to Listen To
I watch TV, I read books, and I’ll even make time to see a play or comedy show, but still, none of those mediums are as intimate as the pure auditory experience of a podcast. I’ll listen to podcasts when I walk to work in the cold, run on the treadmill at the gym, or while I cook myself a bomb AF meal. They feed me loads of new Malcolm Gladwellian facts to impress the people at my next dinner party, but they also go deeper than that and have actually morphed the way I view the world.