Articles
Read articles and blog posts written by Betty Dodson, Carlin Ross, Bodysex Facilitators, and guest writers
Erotic Art Throughout History
Erotic art has been created around the world throughout history. Intended to inspire sexual arousal, erotic art usually depicts nudity and sex acts It takes many forms, including drawings, paintings, lithographs, photographs, films, sculptures, and more. Erotic art...
Ecstasy is possible – Strawberries in Tenerife
Written by Céline Manon Arriving in Tenerife after a long winter at the beginning of February - I felt ready! I felt joy and I felt honored to be able to serve the women who would show up at the Finca Anna and I had rented for 5 days to hold the first ‘Women’s...
My First Live Workshop Without Betty
The December before lockdown Betty and I lead our last workshop together. There was a feeling of finality in that group. Betty's skin and hair had turned this glowing translucent white - like an angel. She was peaceful, calm and quite loving towards me. As we...
Bodysex: Tuning In To Freedom
While setting up for this November’s Bodysex Retreat in Portland, OR, I was about to hang the usual red scarf over the large glass opening of my front door, when inspiration struck. Bodysex is like this. A gentle tuning in to our bodies and our intuition sometimes...
Gracious Resurrection
Resurrection feels, at first, like an oddly fitting dress to me. Tight in all the wrong places with an unflattering pattern and itchy seam. When my Bodysex sister first uttered the phrase “Gracious Resurrection” to describe how she felt at the end of the workshop, I...
Becoming . . . Liquid
I have turned to liquid. Not so much swimming as melting into the sounds of sisters and myself as I, we, sink deeper into the mystical, magical experience of erotic recess. Charging ourselves with pleasure for ourselves. Showing myself to myself. What feeds me, what...
Variation in Vulvas
Betty championed the vulva and brought the word clitoris into popular language. In honor of the second anniversary of Betty's passing, we talk about the clitoris and the variety of vulvas. There's great variety in the size, shape, and color of the clitoris, clitoral...
What is Sexual Health?
I have started studying with the Sexual Health Alliance this week (woohoo!) and the first topic I was looking into was sexual health. Very often, we tend to feel that the absence of sickness, distress or disease makes us healthy, but is that really true? According to...
Vulva on Fire
Two years ago, I started having what I was told were bladder and/or vaginal infections and though treatment didn’t bring the expected results, the diagnosis didn’t change. After many months of the same thing happening, my gynecologist started experimenting, diagnosing...
Coming Home to Bodysex
Reflection after our most-recent Bodysex circle brought me to one word: rebirth. Sitting in the circle again after two and a half years felt like coming home. This was our first in-person workshop since before the pandemic and since before Betty left the planet. As I...
We Heal in Circles of Women
In my Bodysex Circle in the summer of 2022 three women got together open for deeply connecting to themselves, their bodies and pleasure. A minimum of 10 hours rolled passed us, as if time didn’t exist at all and as we were immersed into exploring self-touch. If I had...
Best Sex Ever with Myself
In this blog I’ll share my story of how I got to be my very own best lover, always at hand and giving myself just what I’m looking for. Self-pleasuring is now equisite and totally at a new level. The first hot tip is making sure you make (!) time for pleasuring...
Online Resources for Plan B and Abortion Pill
You can take Plan B within 72 hours of unprotected sex or birth control failure to prevent a pregnancy. It can be purchased on Amazon, Target, and Walgreens. You can also have an abortion by pill up until the 9th week of pregnancy. THE PILLS ARE MAILED TO YOU....
First Bodysex Circle
The first Bodysex® workshop took place in April 2022 in Vienna in a sex-positive venue named Schwelle. This place is a hub for a fantastic community of like-minded people interested in exploring and expanding their knowledge about sexuality. Reinhard Gaida, the...
Tributes to Betty
Many moons ago now, I knew I was done having kids. I was sad. I was lonely. I was rejecting myself and my body. I found Betty and Carlin on YouTube when I was trying to figure out if I would ever orgasm during partner sex. Betty helped me see that the art of self...
My Last Day with Betty
Betty and I spent every Friday together for a decade. When I had Grayson, everything shifted. I missed brainstorming with her about our weekly video topic and heading off to sushi to read the comments and celebrate our YouTube views. I knew I needed to get back to...
My Tribute to Betty Dodson®
Betty Dodson® wasn’t my friend. But I was her student even before I knew she was my teacher. When I was a teenager, I looked at my vulva with a mirror after my mother’s persistent encouragement. It was the mid 1970’s and my mother probably had read an article written...
My Interview in Glamour
When I sat down with the writer, Jenny, I knew this would be a quality piece. I love this younger generation of women. They're smart, capable and out there making their mark. Here's the entire article How Carlin Ross, the Woman Who Orgasmed on the Goop Lab Netflix...
Betty’s Latest Feature in the NY Times
It seems like a million years ago - driving into Betty's with Grayson to sit down with the NY Times. This is our first post-COVID-19 piece and I couldn't be prouder of Betty. Somehow no matter what's going on around her, Betty is right on point. Here is my favorite...
The Pleasure is Ours
I can't describe how it feels to watch yourself display your vulva and orgasm on a theatre screen the night before its released on an international media platform like Netflix. It was surreal and amazing. I've never been more proud of Betty and me, our work, our...
My Vulva is on Netflix
Last spring, those of us in who are members of Betty Dodson’s “army of orgasmic women” knew that Betty and Carlin were working on a big secret vulva project. In early July, Carlin contacted me to ask if I’d be willing to share a picture of my vulva for the project:...
It’s Not About Feeling Better, It’s About Feeling More
She’s a woman in her 50’s,lying naked on my bed masturbating.Never having orgasmed before she’s come asking for help.Sitting beside her I watch her body move as she touches herself,clearly enjoying the pleasure.The skin on her chest starts to flushtelling me she’s...
Sex During Your Period is Just One of the Reasons
Yes, that's my menstrual blood and I'm bleeding right now. I am in my power. This post has been rolling around in my mind - I've been thinking about how much I love being a woman and how my menstrual cycle connects me to the tides, the lunar cycle and to all living...
Penetrating Your Vagina for the First Time
You will need a few basic items. If at all possible set aside at least an hour in a warm room that's completely private. Turn off the phone and put your cell phone in another room. Wash you hands and make sure you have smooth clean fingernails. 1. For your genital...