Tag Archives: sexuality

When God Created Sex, She Smiled | Sexis Magazine

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Tinamarie Bernard

Sacred female sexuality, with its feelers in earth-based worship, meets resistance in dogmatic circles. The idea that woman with all her undulating curves and desires can cohabitate with formal religion creates waves of shock and awe shock, and conventional wounds … Continue reading →

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Non-Orgasmic Sex on Purpose?

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Tinamarie Bernard

“And is there anything you would withhold? Some day, all that you have shall be given. The trees give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.” — Khalil Gibran The first time I heard of slower, non-orgasmic … Continue reading →

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Sex with the Supernatural | ‘Dream Lovers’ by Kristina Wright

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Tinamarie Bernard

It’s confession time: I’ve not seen one Twilight movie nor read any of the books. It’s not that things that go hump in the night unaffect me, just that I prefer my supernatural fantasies to run amock more privately. Our … Continue reading →

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Polyamory, Monogamy and the Evolution of Love

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Tinamarie Bernard

There’s a deliberation going on in the sex-positive community, and sadly, it underscores just how much work needs to be done to advance the concept of sexual freedom. I’m speaking of polyamory vs. monogamy and the question of whether one … Continue reading →

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Purity Myth and Other Sexual Deceptions

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Tinamarie Bernard

I still recall the first time I realized that the notions of virginity with which I’d grown up were a whole lotta bull, packaged prettily in pink and spoon fed via messages of false altruism, religion and fear. It would … Continue reading →

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What’s Up with Women Faking Sounds of Pleasure?

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Tinamarie Bernard

Twelve-year-old boys are wearing shirts that say, Sexual Lessons, First One Free, and, here’s the creepy part, they actually believe it. When I read a recent blog on the sounds of pleasure by Nicole Daedone, founder of OneTaste.com, I had … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Sexual Pariahs

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Tinamarie Bernard

“You are so lovely, and I’m a lonely, horny person who wants to have cyber-relations with you and we share at least 2 mutual friends, but since they don’t know me either, there’s no way for you to verify that … Continue reading →

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Pleasure Theory and the Shamelessly Sexual

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Tinamarie Bernard

SexIs Magazine, April 2011 What if everything we’ve ever learned about our basic motivation to have sex — the procreation of the species — is unequivocally wrong? What if making babies is a byproduct of the real purpose of our … Continue reading →

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Thou Shalt Have Forbidden S-X

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Tinamarie Bernard

“In order for monogamy to work, it has to be ‘dirty.’ If the forbidden is what is exciting, we have to work hard to bring the taboo into our most intimate relationships. If transgression is so titillating, we have to … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Eroticism and Sexual Wounds | Tantra Tuesday

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Tinamarie Bernard

Sacred sexuality doesn’t just belong to the realm of priests, pastors or prostitutes, nor is it only those elusive all-night orgasmic rituals from ancient civilizations chanting in hypnotic tongue. I do not know Sanskrit, practice Wicca, hold modern certifications bestowed … Continue reading →

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Your Mouth on Mine | Original Poetry | Haunted by That Kiss

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Tinamarie Bernard

Ours was a short, long-lasting affair. That may seem an oxymoron, I know; it’s just that, long after our final kiss, we meandered in and out of each other’s lives, a part of him in me, me in him, mutual … Continue reading →

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