I Thought Was Too Much

I Thought Was Too Much

“You’re a gay man trapped in a woman’s body”, announced my boyfriend as he grabbed my upper arms and forcibly pushed me off of his body.  I was stunned….and hurt.  I thought it would be sexy to crawl up his body like a cat and lick his face.  He didn’t agree.  It was...
Everything Was Better with Betty

Everything Was Better with Betty

“Did you meet the hot girl with the green eyes?”  “Green eyes?, I thought to myself as I ran through all the people I met during orientation.  I was 14 years-old – I’d overheard this conversation while stocking shelves on the first day of my new job.   I...
Bodysex Rituals Are Exercises in Shared Vulnerability

Bodysex Rituals Are Exercises in Shared Vulnerability

Carrying the legacy of an icon like Betty Dodson can be crushing at times. I’m representing Betty’s life’s work while trying to incorporate my experience taking Bodysex virtual during covid. There are complexities in the repression of female sexuality that are new,...
Bodysex Takes Everything You Have

Bodysex Takes Everything You Have

As we planned our last Bodysex retreat, I signed the largest deal of my life.  It felt just like Goop: I was profoundly uncomfortable, second-guessing everything yet clear that I would move forward.  I couldn’t miss the opportunity to represent Betty’s message of...
Getting My Vag Back

Getting My Vag Back

Carlin shares her journey as she recovered from a yeast infection after getting intravenous antibiotics to treat a spider bite. It took her 3 weeks of stimulation to move from pain to...