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Roll Red Roll Is The Doc About Rape Culture We All Need To See

Jaclyn Friedman

Why Trans People Don’t Always Have Good, Pleasurable Sex—At First

Jaclyn Friedman

How A Group Of Black Lawmakers In Georgia Fought For Your Abortion Rights

Jaclyn Friedman

How Jane The Virgin Reimagined On-Screen Sex For Women

A new series from the editor of Yes Means Yes that explores the politics of sex, power, and representation.

by Jaclyn Friedman

If Sex Isn't Good At First, Is Your Relationship Doomed? (Spoiler...

A new series from the editor of Yes Means Yes that explores the politics of sex, power, and representation.

by Jaclyn Friedman

Conservatives Want To "Protect" Us From Assault — Don't Trust Them

A series from the editor of Yes Means Yes that explores the politics of sex, power, and representation.

by Jaclyn Friedman

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Lindy West Uncensored: Shrill, Fatness, & The Joys Of Po...

A new series from the editor of Yes Means Yes that explores the politics of sex, power, and representation.

by Jaclyn Friedman

Women Must Stop Playing By The Rules After Brett Kavanaugh's Conf...

There’s no sugarcoating it: the decision of 50 senators to usher a likely sexual predator onto the Supreme Court is devastating. Brett Kavanaugh’s tenu

by Jaclyn Friedman

Sex & Consent: It's Time To Go Beyond The Rules

A decade after Jaclyn Friedman co-edited the seminal book "Yes Means Yes," which redefined consent, she writes why we must move past simple codification.

by Jaclyn Friedman

A Children's Gift Guide For Undoing Toxic Masculinity

If you've got problematic gender roles on the mind as you’re trying to figure out what to give the little ones in your life for the holidays, allow me to

by Jaclyn Friedman