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Suzannah Weiss

Posted on March 19, 2019 March 18, 2019

The Feminist Potential Of The Consensual Dick Pic

Suzannah Weiss
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Suzannah Weiss
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Lust+Liaisons
Tagged
sex, sexting, Sexuality

The societal reluctance to depict men as sexual objects is connected to the denial of female desire. Read more

Posted on January 17, 2019 January 17, 2019

The Insidious Reasons Doctors Are Botching Labiaplasties

Suzannah Weiss
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Suzannah Weiss
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Brain+Body
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doctors, Pleasure, Sexism, surgery, vulva

Many doctors performing labiaplasties were never taught vulvar anatomy—leaving some patients scarred and unable to feel sexual pleasure. Read more

Posted on August 29, 2018 March 1, 2019

I Didn’t Want To Be Aroused By My Sexual Assault, But I Was

Suzannah Weiss
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Suzannah Weiss
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Brain+Body
Tagged
Psychology, Rape, sex, sexual assault, Sexuality

Fear activates the sympathetic nervous system, increasing blood flow throughout the body—it’s possible that it could even facilitate genital arousal. Read more

Posted on April 12, 2018 December 10, 2018

What A Fake ‘Female Orgasm’ Statistic Says About Gender Bias

Suzannah Weiss
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Suzannah Weiss
Posted in
Lust+Liaisons, Society+Politics
Tagged
brain-body, gender, orgasm, research, sex

For years, experts have been peddling a damaging falsehood about the time it takes for cis women to orgasm. Read more

Posted on March 5, 2018 August 3, 2018

The Problem With ‘Feminist’ Sex Products

Suzannah Weiss
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Suzannah Weiss
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Lust+Liaisons
Tagged
Sex Products, Sexuality

‘If you’re making money off of the oppression of women, that doesn’t seem very feminist to me.’ Read more

Posted on February 12, 2018 July 26, 2018

When I Get Back To My Body

Suzannah Weiss
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Suzannah Weiss
Posted in
Brain+Body
Tagged
Body Image, Eating Disorders, Psychology

Unlike my initial airy-fairy mirror split, this episode didn’t feel like a mystical revelation. Read more

Posted on January 12, 2018 August 3, 2018

Ex Domme Revolutionizes Sex Toys, Stigma, And Everything Else In Between (The Sheets)

Suzannah Weiss
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Suzannah Weiss
Posted in
Lust+Liaisons
Tagged
Sex Toys, Sexuality

‘Working as a domme isn’t really about how to crack a whip. It‘s how to use the power you already have and put it into your everyday sexual life.’ Read more

Posted on December 11, 2017 October 9, 2018

When We Body-Shame Sexual Abusers

Suzannah Weiss
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Suzannah Weiss
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Uncategorized
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body-shaming, Harvey Weinstein, sexual assault, Sexuality, society-politics

If we keep acting like sexual abuse is wrong because the abuser is physically unattractive, abusers deemed attractive will get away with it. Read more

Posted on December 16, 2016 September 19, 2018

To Whoever Called My Hotel Room While I Was Masturbating

Suzannah Weiss
Written by
Suzannah Weiss
Posted in
Lust+Liaisons
Tagged
Body Image, essay, lower-trio, lust-liaisons, masturbation

A woman’s naked body is deemed a danger. Read more

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