ISSUE NO. 1:
Sex Ed

Issue No. 1: Sex Ed

Birth Announcement For Those Who Will And Will Never Be

Birth Announcement draws on the historic tradition of improvisational protection quilts created by those in bondage during the transatlantic slave trade.

Sex Education in Time

A sound and film collage exploring the nostalgia, lack of diversity, and inaccuracy of 21st century sex education in America.

Introducing Sex Play Into Your Life. An Interview with Sexologist Janell Yik.

Meet Janell Yik: Staten Island native, Chinese, Puerto Rican, and Panamanian student of Women’s Studies and Gender and Sexuality at the College of Staten Island.

The Tampon Diaries

I inserted a fresh tampon and tucked the string in my coochie, heaven forbid if it falls out while in a coed swimming class.

Issue No. 1: Sex Ed

Birth of Venus

She showed me versions of herself crafted by the local artist and seemed like a goddess in those incarnations. I envisioned myself as a fat, black Venus emerging from the sea.

Hi, I Have Herpes

I’m still in denial. I have herpes? I’ve heard what other people say about other people with herpes.

Loving at Arms Length

We always had what I would call an above average sex life. We had equal drives, great communication, and at the risk of sounding crude, homeboy was packing.