Sex

  • Burrowing

    By some accidental sequence of thoughtless actions, I discovered the possibility of disappearing into a man’s life for a day, a week, a short time, burrowing into a shared warmth, a stillness away from the ever-moving surface of everyday life.

  • Consent isn’t rocket science

    For this month’s Mother of Goo, I felt like getting back down to basics: consent.

  • Turning an old trope on its head

    In 2021, Hannah Moscovitch’s Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes won the Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language drama

  • The value of informed decisions

    Only 57 per cent of young Canadians say the sex education they received at school was or will be useful, according to a study published last year.

  • Ecosexuality: I kiss the ground I walk upon

    Performance artist and sexologist Annie Sprinkle and her partner, University of California art-department chair and professor Beth Stephens, are credited with popularizing what is recognized today as ecosexuality.

  • Turning 24

    January 2023 hit like a ton of bricks, and something else is on the way: my 24th birthday.

  • The cost of commodifying pleasure

    It was blue, sparkly, worn like a Finger Monster and possibly bought at a gas station.

  • Pleasure is power

    I first wrote about pleasure activism in September of 2020 for my first Mother of Goo column.

  • Grey areas

    My sister and I call them “grey areas.”

  • Pop my cherry!

    Virginity is a loaded word.

  • Sex work laws in Canada reek of moralism

    The term “prostitute/prostitution” is used in Canadian law, but the preferred terminology is sex worker/sex work.

  • Gets her salad tossed

    In the shower, high on psilocybin, I ate ass for the first time.

  • HIV disclosure laws in Canada hurt more than they protect

    HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. If left untreated, HIV can develop into AIDS: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

  • Cyber sex

    Cyber sex is an entirely different buffet selection than in-person canoodling.

  • Klinic on campus returns

    While the COVID-19 pandemic brought “unprecedented times” for everyone, students at every age were (and are) especially impacted. 

  • ‘Just have a glass of wine’

    I made the appointment to talk about other kinds of pain.

  • Stigmata: stigma’s origin in religious ecstasy

    The word “stigma” comes from a Latin word meaning that a person is marked or branded.

  • White frenemy

    Let’s call him Tony. He called me a close friend. He was older, almost 40.

  • Against caution

    Recently, I took one of my procrastination plunges into YouTube and watched the latest video from my favourite channel, Oh Stephco!

    In it, Stephanie, a Black woman in her late 30s, gives frank and funny anecdotes about navigating a world that does not always value her.

  • So you have an STBBI. I love you.

    At one of the local clinics where I work, we have a sign that says “Shame Free Zone.”

    STBBI stands for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections. Just like there are various types of STBBIs, there are also various ways to both transmit and pick them up. Stigma around STBBIs is still rampant today.

« Older Articles