Life is full of hard decisions… By Karley Sciortino. Continue reading “Ask Slutever: Should I be Double-Teamed by a Couple Twice My Age?”
A New Film’s Lynch-y Take on Youth, Sexuality, and Perversion
What happens if parents are just as useless and confused about sex and consent as their teenage kids? Troy Michael Bordun talks to Jennifer Reeder about “Bitchy Teases,” motherhood, and teen sexuality in her new film Knives and Skin. Continue reading “A New Film’s Lynch-y Take on Youth, Sexuality, and Perversion”
The “Problem Girl” Narrative—the Trope that Spawned a Generation
If you grew up in the 90s and early 2000s, you probably grew up idolizing “problem girls,” from Girl, Interrupted to The Virgin Suicides to Country Love. So when happens when you’re a generation raised on representations of girlhood laced with addiction, psych wards, suicide, and a plethora of other tragedies? By Maggie Clapperton Continue reading “The “Problem Girl” Narrative—the Trope that Spawned a Generation”
“Not Yet a Woman” – A History of the Marketing of Britney’s Body
Back in the 90s, Britney was sold to us as the virginal prick-tease. But does that image have a sell-by date? Here, we look back at the marketing of Britney’s sexuality, from “Baby…” to “Glory” Continue reading ““Not Yet a Woman” – A History of the Marketing of Britney’s Body”
Why “The One Who Got Away” is Bullshit
Cat Damon—Slutever’s newest over-sharer—reflects on how we idealize past relationships in the present, the idea that someone can just “get away” from you, and the hand-job she maybe regrets not giving when she was 18. Continue reading “Why “The One Who Got Away” is Bullshit”