Author Archives: Clarisse Thorn

S&M Aftercare… Or Brainwashing?

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Clarisse Thorn

[Crossposted from Clarisse Thorn's blog.] Yes, it’s another article about abuse and S&M, but I’m going to cover a lot more than that. I’ll talk about intimacy and bodily reactions and how these things build a relationship — whether consensual … Continue reading →

Posted in Sex | 5 Comments  

A Unified Theory of Orgasm

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Clarisse Thorn

This is a guest post by Clarisse Thorn. It was originally published at the girl-power site Off Our Chests. * * * I CAN’T COME. and it’s poisoned every romance I’ve ever had. masturbating doesn’t work. I don’t know why. … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender and the Body, Sex | 31 Comments  

Salvation Army attacks sex-positive activist through its human trafficking email list

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Clarisse Thorn

Sometimes people try to tell me that no one has a problem with S&M; that all stigma against S&M is in our heads and that if we BDSMers would just get over our victim complex, we’d discover that society has … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc. | 60 Comments  

Defending my irresponsible, abusive, gender-stereotypical coming-out story

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Clarisse Thorn

Note: this post is a bit feminist-theoretical. I try to think seriously about about all comments on my work, but I usually just brush off the snide ones. Every once in a while, though, one arrows through and hits me … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc | 12 Comments  

Manliness and Feminism: the followup

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Clarisse Thorn

[Note: The comments to this post are "feminist only." If you do not think this blog's moderators would consider you a feminist, then don't post a comment here. However, the comments at the identical post on Clarisse's blog are open … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc | 47 Comments  

Questions I Want to Ask Entitled Cis Het Men, Part 3: Space for Men

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Clarisse Thorn

[This post was originally published on Clarisse Thorne's blog, and is reprinted here with Clarisse's kind permission. All three installments may be viewed here.] I’m about to assert something that makes me nervous, because I worry that people are going … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Sexism hurts men | 103 Comments  

Questions I Want to Ask Entitled Cis Het Men, Part 2: Men’s Rights

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Clarisse Thorn

[Reprinted with the kind permission of Clarisse Thorn. All three installments of this series (once they've all been posted) may be read here.] In the 2006 documentary “Boy I Am“, a trans man talks about how one of his mental … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Sexism hurts men | 20 Comments  

Questions I Want To Ask Entitled Cis Het Men, Part 1: Who Cares?

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Clarisse Thorn

This is the first of three guest posts, reprinted with the kind permission of Clarisse Thorn. This post originally appeared here on Clarisse’s blog. Once they’ve been posted, all three posts will be accessible at this link. Clarisse Thorn is … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Sexism hurts men | 53 Comments