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Tools for Improving Academic Mental Health and Holistic Wellbeing

Research Handbook of Academic Mental Health — Explores supporting faculty mental health by adapting therapeutic tools for higher education. Emphasizes empathy, authenticity, and systemic change.
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The Other Plan B

Playboy — On the need to shift the abortion rights debate from “My body, my choice!” to one that recognizes men as equal beneficiaries.
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Our Country, Which Art in Panic

Playboy — On sexual politics, Title IX, and the perfect storm of moral panic on the right and purity politics on the left.
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Pornography's Dirty Little Secret

Religion Dispatches — When Utah declared pornography a public health hazard, this contradicted scientific research and failed to address high rates of porn use among the conservative and religious.
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Slut-Shaming Hurts Every Woman — Even Mean Girls

In These Times — Bullying women for supposed sexual behavior is a pervasive part of culture. Despite the term, slut-shaming has little to do with actual sexual activity. Rather, it is largely a function of gossip, cliques, and social control.

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Bad Sex and the Search for Pleasure, Truth, and Revolution

Signs Journal: Short Takes — Reviews Nona Willis Aronowitz’s book Bad Sex, highlighting the value of knowing what we want in our most intimate longings and the power of staying true to ourselves.
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