This past June, as some of you will remember, I posted a link to a petition to stop the FDA from approving Flibanserin, a drug the media repeatedly called a “Viagra for women.” I did so with the assumption that my readers would follow the link and read what the advocates who created this campaign [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Guest Post: Interview with K on Female Sexual Dysfunction
Posted: September 30, 2010 in Feminism, Pathologization of Asexuality/Low Sex Drive, Asexual Attitudes, Perspectives on Privilege and History, Guest postsTags: asexuality, Feminism, HSDD, hypoactive sexual desire disorder, female sexual dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, FSD, Sexual Interest/Aversion Disorder, flibanserin, FDA, New View Campaign, vaginismus, dyspareunia, vulvodynia, vulvar vestibulitis, pelvic floor dysfunction, DSM-IV
PSA: Attraction and Desire are Not Synonyms
Posted: September 9, 2010 in Asexual Visibility, Defining & Conceptualizing, MisunderstandingsTags: A.K. Baumle, asexuality, celibacy, D.L. Poston, patterns of asexuality in the united states, study, virginity
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So there’s a new study out about asexuality (which is free to read, and available here), and I’ve barely started reading it, and I’m already annoyed. Check this out: “[AVEN] holds that an independence from sexual desire is the key feature of asexuality, claiming that ‘an asexual is someone who does not experience attraction.’ Asexuals [...]
Yeah, so as it turns out, I’m actually not dead. But, on the other hand, I’m not doing too well either. These past few months, I really just haven’t had the mental resources to keep up with blogging. It’s been difficult for me to even check my email, let alone write anything here. Besides which, [...]
