by Westland Academy | Feb 24, 2020 | BDSM, Consent, Culture, Feminism, History, Kink, Politics, Relationships
BDSM: A Queer Sexual Practice BDSM: Definition BDSM stands for Bondage and Discipline, Dominance and Submission, and Sadomasochism. It may be best defined by its five core features: (1) Dominance and submission (the appearance of one partner ruling over the other);...
by Westland Academy | Feb 10, 2020 | Couples, Culture, Ethical Non-monogamy, Gender, History, Kink, Podcast, Politics, Polyamory, Relationships
What is the Cultural and Sociopolitical Value of Savage Lovecast? Savage Lovecast is a popular podcast hosted by Dan Savage, a(n) (in)famous American sex and relationship expert, and gay rights advocate. An episode typically consists of a political opening monologue...
by Westland Academy | Feb 2, 2020 | Gender, History, Kink, Uncategorised
Realizing Drag’s Queer Potential: An Opinion Piece Drag queen and drag king traditions both have queer political value in that they subvert hierarchical masculine/feminine, male/female and heterosexual/homosexual binary categories. Yet, they have been...
by Westland Academy | Sep 22, 2017 | History, Research
Written by Westland Researcher Adrianna Xue Throughout the course of history, sexual health has often been overlooked as a ‘legitimate’ medical and self-care practice. Due to this, there are only a handful of published sex researchers that have contributed the bulk of...
by Westland Academy | Sep 15, 2017 | History, Research
Written by Westland Researcher Adrianna Xue In the 20th century, some notable sex researchers were Sigmund Freud, Henry Havelock Ellis, and Alfred Kinsey. The three were considered the spearheads regarding human sexuality in this time period. Each of them brought...
by Westland Academy | Sep 8, 2017 | History, Research
Written by Westland Researcher Adrianna Xue The Talk.. The Birds and the Bees… How Babies are Made… Even in contemporary times, sex is a taboo subject in many parts of the world. It is so uncomfortable, that made up figures of speech are often used to...
