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1. The Feminist Guide to Sex Education You Didn’t Get in School: (Sex); ... comprises losing your virginity. Because younger people are more aware of sex toys, queerness, and ways you can have non-penetrative sex, it’s becoming more obvious that defining virginity as a penis going ...; Created on 24 September 2020
2. Saints and Sinners: The Madonna-Whore Complex in "Yes, God, Yes: (Movies); ... interactions with horny strangers in AOL chatrooms. She gets lost in a slow-motion fantasy sequence involving arm hair and “Genie in a Bottle.” Regardless of her literal virginity, Alice fits into neither ...; Created on 04 September 2020
3. Hole’s Courtney Love, Melissa Auf der Maur, and More to Perform at Planned Parenthood Benefit: (Entertainment); On March 14th at Town Hall in New York City, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York and The Feminist Institute are hosting a benefit concert for gender equality and access to sexual and reproductive ...; Created on 19 February 2020
4. Kotex New Ads To Depict Period Blood As It Really Is: Red: (Feminism); ... of the month comes for all women and that’s not something to be ashamed about. Top Photo still courtesy Kotex/Instagram More From BUST States Are Calling To Ban Virginity Testing, But What’s ...; Created on 18 February 2020
5. States Are Calling To Ban Virginity Testing, But What’s Up With This Barbaric Practice In The First Place?: (Feminism); Virginity testing. It sounds like something that would only exist in the Middle Ages along with iron chastity belts and a variety of other ancient, misogynistic practices. But, as T.I. reminded us back ...; Created on 07 February 2020
6. Why Women Are Rejecting the Term "Anti-Aging: (Living); ... divine feminine by her virginity, not her worldly experience. The shift to a patriarchal worldview had devastating consequences for women's self-esteem — and their pocketbooks. Women still earn only $.79 ...; Created on 22 November 2019
7. Olivia Wilde Called Out the Sexist Way We Talk About "Booksmart: (Movies); ... the film where two boys buy a bunch of alcohol in the hopes of getting girls drunk so they can lose their virginity? yeah booksmart wins https://t.co/Teu2K2jIZq — millicent (@MillicentOnFilm) September ...; Created on 06 September 2019
8. What Kristen Stewart's Latest Interview Can Teach Us About Sexuality, Careers, and Growing U: (Movies); ... More from BUST What "Twilight" Taught Us About Sex And Virginity On Miley Cyrus And The Way We Talk About Pansexuality "Lizzie" Retells The Lizzie Borden Story With A Feminist Twist—But Doesn' ...; Created on 04 September 2019
9. Healing Queer Heartbreak in Amber Smith’s “Something Like Gravity”: (Books); ... of humans into wolves and vampires, godlike beauty, and the sacredness of virginity imprinted on my youth and tangled into my understandings of love, “proper” gender performance, and sexuality. The ...; Created on 18 July 2019
10. Why Catherine Howard's Story Is Important Toda: (Feminism); ... beating Catherine for flinging away the great commodity of her virginity. But, despite the threat of Mannock being extinguished, there would be no respite for Catherine. When she was 13, Francis Dereham, ...; Created on 12 July 2019
11. Women In Medicine Are Bringing Time’s Up To The Healthcare Industry: (Feminism); ... comments about their bodies, sex lives, fertility plans, and loss of virginity while at work. Jessi Gold, who is now an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, remembers an emergency room hazing experience ...; Created on 28 February 2019
12. An Evening Of Storytelling, Comedy, Live Music, Art And Activism At Stories Of: Abortion With Planned Parenthood NYC: (Entertainment); Celebrate the power of finding understanding and unity through performance with Stories Of: Women for Stories Of: Abortion With Planned Parenthood NYC. A "traveling female-identified storytelling, live ...; Created on 08 January 2019
13. "Fade Into You" Is A Must-Read Coming-Of-Age Story Set In '90s L.A: (Books); ... most coming-of-age stories, the question of whether or not our heroine is going to make it. Is she going to lose her virginity? Is she going to get kicked out of the magnet arts school that was supposed ...; Created on 18 December 2018
14. What "Twilight" Taught Us About Sex And Virginit: (Movies); ... their characters ever went on a date. In looking back on the films, it becomes impossible not to see all the backwards notions around sex and virginity the films and books were feeding our romance-crazed ...; Created on 05 December 2018
15. "Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight For Sex Workers' Rights" Is A Must-Read For All Feminist: (Books); ... or precious to be sold, which perpetuates puritanical views of sex and virginity. Younger feminists are developing more open-minded views of sex work, which the authors connect to “hook-up culture” and ...; Created on 14 November 2018
16. Week Of Women: November 2-8, 2018: (Entertainment); ... tackles ideas about women, sex, and lying—about orgasms, about virginity, about sexual experience—in this nonfiction book. How To Be Alone If You Want To, And Even If You Don't by Lane Moore Writer/comedian/musician ...; Created on 01 November 2018
17. 18 New Books By Women To Add To Your To-Read List For November 2018: (Books); ... It by Lux Alptraum (November 6) Writer and sex educator Lux Alptraum tackles ideas about women, sex, and lying—about orgasms, about virginity, about sexual experience—in this nonfiction book. The ...; Created on 01 November 2018
18. Busy Philipps Discusses Her #MeToo Experience And Her Mission To Take Down The Patriarchy In BUST Exclusive Interview: (Feminism); ... as “unflinching,” in part because of the painfully detailed account she gives of losing her virginity to a date rapist at 14. “The one thing that was truly the hardest for me knowing I was putting that ...; Created on 09 October 2018
19. Pawning My Purity Ring: (Feminism); ... into a freedom where they were no longer secret and indeterminately safe. Don’t misunderstand me: it wasn’t like I was seconds away from auctioning off my virginity on the internet or anything. In fact, ...; Created on 29 August 2018
20. "To All The Boys I've Loved Before" Is Netflix's Best Rom-Com: (Movies); ... cellphone wallpapers (both the home and lock screens, natch). Peter not taking Lara on the infamous ski trip (where scores of students are said to lose their virginity) would be the equivalent of stepping ...; Created on 21 August 2018

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