Dear Body Party, I am going through a major dry spell, and I was watching that one Sex in the City episode the other night and fell into a Google hole- I spent hours looking up vibrators, dildos, butt plugs. How am I supposed to choose? They’re all so expensive […]
Don’t Let the Revolution Bern Out
By Asa Kowals-Rose A year ago, politicos were preparing for a dull election season. As I watched the Iowa caucus results pour in, it became clear that this would not be the case. The effortless Clinton victory many had anticipated for years had given way to an evening of nail biting; […]
It’s WhateverIn Defense of My So Called Political Apathy
By Felix Chrome Every election cycle the prospect of a new president reminds hoards of generally apolitical facebook friends and loud-talking liberals on the bus about their deep belief in the importance of electoral politics. My dad’s friends share meme’s complaining about ‘apathetic youth’ and the CPJ inevitably gets pitched […]
Body PartyAdvice on Sex, Relationships, & More
Dear Body Party, I am a cis woman and while I love plenty about sex—the intimacy, making out, getting eaten out—I find penetration kind of uncomfortable. I tried going out and buying some KY Jelly and although it helped out, it got all over everything, smelled like cough syrup, and […]
Horoscopes
By Nix Chace These next couple weeks brings a time of healing and self-reflection for all the signs. Mercury, the planet of day-to-day expression and communication, had a retrograde from January 5 to 25. As well as a mercury retrograde, the planet Jupiter, ruler of luck and higher learning, has […]
Abortion Rights (Counter) Demo
By Anonymous Organizers of the Pro Abortion Rights Protest This January marks the twenty third anniversary of a feminist milestone; the Roe v Wade court case establishing legal abortion access for women in the United States. Though abortion access has always been heavily regulated, the past several years have seen […]
Everybody Pees A Conversation About the Importance of Gender Free Bathrooms
By Jamine Kozak Gilroy Having spent the break with two small children, with a household ban on “potty talk”, I’m coming back to the adult world, and I want to talk about bathrooms. Everybody pees, and I believe strongly that anywhere you take your pants off should be a safe […]
Body Party! Advice on Sex, Relationships, & More
Dear Body Party, I recently started back on antidepressants, and while I’ve stopped thinking about death so often (yay!) I’ve completely lost my sex drive and, worse yet, lost any ability to cum. Is there any ways I can get my sex drive back without dropping the SSRIs and plunging […]
How to Love Yourself After Encountering Your Shitty Relatives! A Quick Guide To Empowering Yourself After Being Torn Down
By Nix Chace While the holiday season can be a warm and wonderful time where families gather together to give love and support to their loved ones, it is all too often a time where marginalized groups need to shove themselves right back in that closet, or sit passively as […]
A Statement on the Killing of My Cousin During Paris Attacks
By Miriam Padilla My cousin, Nohemi González, was one of the victims killed during the attacks in Paris on November 13. Nohemi was a bright shining light in our family, a proud, outspoken, and talented first-generation Mexican American and first-generation college student, studying abroad for a semester at a French […]