repression, the t-shirt

take a look at this.

the shirts are also mentioned on gawker, but your loving proprietress isn't too fond of the tone over there. try feministing for a better take.

so here's what initially comes to mind:

what happens when you choose to not teach your kids about sex/sexuality in a comprehensive way and they go around saddlebacking instead?

if god is love and god loves us and wants us to love ourselves, what's wrong with enjoying pleasurable feelings on one's own in the absence of marriage and/or a committed partner?

the spiritual nitpicking around what is acceptable and what isn't, which parts of scripture to uphold and which to ignore becomes more telling by the hour.*

on that note, hell, what's wrong with feeling good, period? there are far more pros to masturbation and orgasm--both scientifically and spiritually speaking--than cons.

the sexual force is what spurs creativity, life, and all forms of loving. even a mother's love begins with the sexual act she performed in order to conceive her child.

...don't cringe. it's true. obviously none of us feels the need to envision our parents in that position {and you don't have to!} but one cannot, on the most basic of levels, separate the two. doing so forces a sort of schizophrenia that produces, well, shirts like this.

it is worrisome when a culture or religion relegates masturbation to furtive petting in front of a computer during a late night porn binge. there are volumes of literature from the corners of the world outlining how sexual energy can be used for healing, instruction and enlightenment, making threats of hairy palms and blindness all the more ludicrous.

we're sure that you beloveds will continue your scheduled pleasure sessions without a second thought, but we weep for the children who are being told to keep their hands to--or is it away from?--themselves.



*that link further proves the problems inherent in trying to use a plagiarized, politically edited and deliberately incomplete text as the infallible word of the divine. also problematic is the absence in said text of an initiation system or other specific means of working with said divinity--within or without oneself--beyond the bare minimums of prayer and unexplained endless rules and regulations. but that's another post.

why don't they just give her a scarlet letter?

sigh.

this speaks to so many levels of sexism, dominance, oppression, spiritual fraud and misogyny that it's difficult to even know where to begin.

if she'd committed murder, or stolen from the children's hospital, or abused an elder...ok.

but exercising her right as a grown woman in her bed and her house?

nah. you coulda handled that in the pastor's office.

michael k probably got it right: somebody's mad they got turned down...

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typically we don't like to highlight the negative, but these two things bore mentioning this morning...

apparently turning gays straight is like saving the rainforest. really?

because that always "turns" 'em...doesn't it? lesbian gang raped in california.

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'tis the season...blissful gift ideas!

romantic comedies lead to unrealistic expectations...well, duh.

save your marriage with sensual massage!

...wonder if they'll toss that into this catholic tv show's lineup?

classic text the joy of sex is getting an overhaul.

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priest refuses communion for obama voters...whatever happened to rendering unto caesar and all that?

lesbians in malaysia speak out...makes you wonder what the indigenous/original cultural response to gblt folks was...

score one for pleasure! mexico's giving out free viagra! (watch out for that blue vision, tho)

looks like this discovery came too late, but lip magazine still has a ton of goodies on their site...

what's it gonna take??!?!?! have the talk already...tyra episode highlights risky teen behavior.

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debunking cockblocking stereotypes: the real deal on native american sexuality

good ol' american schizophrenia: gay marriage bans hold up around the nation

for the (secure) fellas: prostate 101

from the looking glass: a man discusses pussy power

and, well, i guess it didn't hurt...