Weekly Notes: March 31–April 6, 2025: A week in the life of…. Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past week. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2025/04/06/weekly-notes-march-31-april-6-2025
I also LOVE how some SMUG weirdos pretend that #ace people "suddenly" emerged out of nowhere as if it were the latest #fad.
No, sweetheart, we’re not new. Not even ace #activism is new. You just heard of our existence the first time a few days ago. This has challenged your flawed notions about #sexuality but instead of accepting new information and LEARNING, you just grasp at excuses.
It’s just anti-intellectualism, and you’re embarrassing yourselves. Not us.
The FDA granted authorization to market the first test that can be performed entirely at home for detecting three sexually transmitted infections (STIs) #sti #health #sexuality #FDA #healthcare #life #US #usa
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-authorizes-first-home-test-153400480.html
Please take a look at my website - the gateway to all my research, books & articles! #sexuality #AdultSexEd #relationships - https://www.nosper.com/nosper-books/
"The organization of sex and gender once had functions other than itself—it organized society. Now, it mainly organizes and reproduces itself. The kinds of relationships sexuality established in the dim human past still dominate our sexual lives, our ideas about men and women, and the ways we raise our children. But they lack the functional load they once carried. One of the most conspicuous features of kinship is that it has been systematically stripped of its functions—political, economic, educational, and organizational. It has been reduced to its barest bones—sex and gender...
we are not only oppressed as women; we are oppressed by having to be women—or men as the case may be. I personally feel that the feminist movement must dream of even more than the elimination of the oppression of women. It must dream of the elimination of obligatory sexualities and sex roles. The dream I find most compelling is one of an androgynous and genderless (though not sexless) society, in which one’s sexual anatomy is irrelevant to who one is, what one does, and with whom one makes love."
(Gayle Rubin, "The Traffic in Women")
At 42, Ange was having the best sex of her life. Then her body turned against her
By Tamar Cranswick and Elsa Silberstein
For some women, perimenopause can mean a drop in libido, or painful sex. But experts say a robust sex life doesn't need to be forgotten as the body changes with age.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-04/perimenopause-sex-women-advice-treatment-help/105090466
A moment that changed me: I used a pseudonym on a dating app - and started exploring my sexuality https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/02/a-moment-that-changed-me-i-used-a-pseudonym-on-a-dating-app-and-started-exploring-my-sexuality #Lifeandstyle #Sexuality #Society #Dating
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00224499.2025.2479197 Perceived Impact of Psychedelics on Sexual, Gender, and Intimate Relationship Dynamics: A Mixed-Methods Investigation (Kruger, et al, 2025) #sex #psychedelics #ketamine #mdma #gender #psychedelic #psychedelicresearch #relationships #mentalhealth #sexuality #intimacy
Social media is awash with ‘heteropessimism’. Do young women really think so poorly of men? | Rachel Connolly https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/31/social-media-heteropessimism-young-women #Relationships #Lifeandstyle #Socialmedia #Sexuality #Worldnews #Feminism #Society #UKnews #TikTok #Women
Nouveau
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/nouveau/
Gym allegedly told queer man his dancing made others 'uncomfortable'
By Kenji Sato
World Gym Ipswich has refused to respond to allegations it discriminated against one of its clients on the basis of his sexual orientation.
Gym allegedly told queer man his dancing made others 'uncomfortable'
By Kenji Sato
World Gym Ipswich has refused to respond to allegations it discriminated against one of its clients on the basis of his sexual orientation.
Two may be company, but for a rising number of Australians, three (or more) isn’t a crowd https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/mar/30/two-may-be-company-but-for-a-rising-number-of-australians-three-or-more-isnt-a-crowd #Marriageequality #Relationships #Australianews #Lifeandstyle #Sexuality #Marriage
New!
Does Your Number of Sex Partners Really Matter? The Truth About Sex, Stigma & Self-Worth 
Marquis de Sade's
𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝑫𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒐𝒅𝒐𝒎
Pier Paolo Pasolini's final movie
𝑺𝒂𝒍𝒐̀
Kristi Noem's
𝑮𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝑼𝒑
all explore themes of political #corruption, #consumerism, #authoritarianism, #nihilism, #immorality, #capitalism, #totalitarianism, #sadism, #sexuality, and #fascism, that is
Today's #USA
The Wikipedia entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sal%C3%B2,_or_the_120_Days_of_Sodom
...pls share widely, "like", etc. FYI: most media outlets wouldn't have allowed me publish this piece as is. so if you appreciate that I make essays like this freely available online, please consider supporting me on Patreon for as little as $1/month!
https://www.patreon.com/juliaserano
#trans #transgender #LGBTQ #lgbtqia #feminism #psychology #gender #sexuality #science
NEW ESSAY! about last week's White Lotus episode & misconceptions about "autogynephilia," but mostly about "gender critical/TERF rhetoric & their bizarre "grand unified theory" of transness...
on Medium (friend link): https://juliaserano.medium.com/the-white-lotus-terfs-and-autogynephilia-as-a-floating-signifier-5399e0934285?sk=3474017489832be14f437aa30a8cc6b5
& Substack (no paywall): https://juliaserano.substack.com/p/the-white-lotus-terfs-and-autogynephilia
#trans #transgender #LGBTQ #lgbtqia #feminism #psychology #gender #sexuality #science
@B_W_Manlover@gaygeek.social
How do you embed video like that? I have been looking for info in the docs on MFM and Markdown, but none of it seems to work for me. #pleaseboost #gay #nsfw #nsfwgay #male #sexuality
