Must the spice flow?
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What happens when we mistake the portrayal of sexual freedom for actual sexual liberation?
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Welcome to my personal site, including my blog of 17 years and links to my book reviews, podcasts, and other projects around the web.
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If you had told me summer 2024 would mark the beginning of my Sports Girlie Era, I’m not sure I would have believed you. Nevertheless, this summer I started playing Ultimate Frisbee through the league here in Thunder Bay—and it was everything I wanted from joining up for a sport.
Earlier this year, I was meditating on turning thirty-five in September. As I age and feel more and more how my body has changed from…
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This was a tougher read than I expected. I was about to write “not being a sports girlie myself” but stopped because I do play sports now—but I only got into that last summer, and it’s recreational, co-ed, and very inclusive. Anyway, I wasn’t expecting Fair Play to hit me as hard as it did considering it’s about transgender issues. Katie Barnes covers the debates around the inclusion of trans people in sports with sensitivity…
