Do you know what's better than April? Gaypril! Come join the Queer Resource Center of the Claremont Colleges to celebrate the plurality of sexualities and genders of your peers and the 5C community! Check with the QRC for a full listing of events, online at http://facebook.com/RainbowSkiLodge. Happy Gaypril, and happy
Sex
A Head Above the Rest
Before I introduce the topic of this weekâs column, tender readers, allow me to share a lovely anecdote. It may surprise and/or horrify you to know that professors weigh in on the content of the sex column! A professor informed me that writing about technique without stressing the importance of
An Arrow In Your Quiver
Judging from the quiet hum of approval heard around campus, the good readers of The Student Life appear to have enjoyed last weekâs column. Kudos, me. Canât get enough of more non-normative sex acts? I encourage my tender readers to attend âFANTASTISCHE! A Queer Burlesque Showâ in Domâs Lounge on
Tender Buttons, Tender Butts
Note: This weekâs sex column contains more explicit material than columns printed in the past. We encourage you to assess your own comfort level with sexually graphic content before reading. Dear Tender Buttons, Iâm comfortable with the vaginal sex Iâve been having with my boyfriend… comfortable being the operative word.
Ex-Men: First-Class Morons
Tender Buttons received feedback from last weekâs column re: gay virgins and passive aggressive manipulations. One commenter accused Tender Buttons of trivializing âa personâs right to ask their potential sexual partner to get tested,â citing other, non-needle ways a virgin may contract a STD. True, a person may contract herpes
A Virgin Lit the Candle
This weekâs column is unabashedly homosexual in flavor and content. Tender Buttons makes no apologies, and I urge readers to celebrate the plurality of sexualities found around the 5Cs. Even more frightening: weâre talking about virgins this week, tender readers. Pop in your deliciously 90s copies of Hocus Pocus (hello,
Sex Column: 2/11
âTender Buttonsâ is the name of Gertrude Steinâs 1912 masterpiece, a collection of poems derided as nonsensical by some and praised for breathtaking sensuality by others. Stein would host gatherings in her renowned Paris salon for her favorite ex-pats and other intellectuals, providing an atmosphere rich with thought and pleasure
One Night Stand: âI Was a 20-Something Hedonistâ
My story had all the makings of a Lifetime cautionary tale. Raised Catholic in Texas, by the time I hit college I was still entirely in possession of that greatest of conservative euphemisms: my virginity. My treasure, my precious gift, my stalwart ship. All my life, my virginity had been
One Night Stand: “Memento”
I watched Memento the other day. To be honest, it didnât really do it for me. Anything in reverse just makes me a little disoriented, and I hate feeling like Iâm not in control. Thereâs an order in which I expect certain things to unfold, and when they donât, I
One Night Stand: “Lamentations of a Freshman”
Sex. What is sex? I donât know. But I sure would like to. When I came to college I thought I might finally get my opportunity to learn. I had always been too nervous to talk to girls in high school, but this was it. A new beginning. A new