History of the Center For Sexual Pleasure & Health

Originally posted on Bluestockings Magazine :
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Learning From Mindless Pleasure

Originally posted on The Dish:
http://youtu.be/TCiRTLE_AGc For Oliver Sacks, who turned 81 this week, getting high can be a lesson in empathy. Melissa Dahl marked Sacks’ birthday with the above video, in which the neurologist talks about what he gained from his experiences with LSD and amphetamines: So one bonus, then, of drug experiences is…

The “Talk” and Forgetting About Pleasure – Teach Your Children Well

What happens when you are a sex-positive feminist who believes in honest dialogue with your kids, and your six, seven and ten year-old kids ask you what sex is? You may (if you’d had a healthy glass of wine) just be direct and matter-of-fact…and tell them. My kids have known the proper names for genitals […]