Sex and the CT

Jodi Says: Getting the A-OK for the A-S-S

Everybody’s talking about Kim Kardashian’s butt, as usual, because big butts are a big deal nowadays. With the rise of the butt has come the rise of anal sex, which honestly is pretty cool. It’s cool because butts are universal; all people have butts – boys, girls, and everyone in between! Everyone can do butt […]

Jodi Says: Coming close…

I’m just going to cut right to the chase: orgasming can be hard. Regardless of your gender, it’s likely that at some point, for some reason you’ll have trouble achieving orgasm. This is a hugely popular problem among women biologically. Partially, this is because it is easier for males to orgasm, but mostly because the […]

Ask Jodi: A little respect

At my first frat party during freshmen year, I ran into an upperclassman acquaintance. I remember him saying to me, “Freshmen girls are just too easy. You know [that other freshman girl we both knew]? I slept with her already.” I wasn’t really sure how to respond, but thankfully his drunkenness meant that I didn’t […]

Ask Jodi: Don’t hold it in

Pee after sex. Just do it. It may be the most solid advice I can give you. Somehow, a bunch of us missed this message in sex ed, but it is super important. “Never hold your pee. Ever,” my mom always preached to me. Although this annoyed my father to no end on long family […]

Ask Jodi: Beat the flu, masturbate instead

I read an article the other day suggesting ejaculation as a treatment for nasal congestion in adult men. Other than being a hilarious quirk of the human body, this seems like useful information should the hypothesis be proven true. The idea behind this is that, after ejaculation, the body’s sympathetic nervous system kicks in to […]

Jodi Says: Drunk in Love

On Monday, Sept. 29, California governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill stating a clear definition of what constitutes sexual consent. Essentially, this “yes means yes” law clarifies that a lack of protest before sexual activity cannot be equated to affirmative consent. By the law’s definition, consent can only be given with a sober, […]

UR Kinks matches up students with all interests

Among the recent surge of new “UR Fill-in-the-Blank” Facebook pages, one page succeeded in raising quite a few eyebrows,  particularly when compared to the relatively tame “UofR Crushes & Compliments” or the rabble-rousing “Overheard at Rochester.” Late this last spring, “UR Kinks” was born and, this semester,  began matching up students who have similar sexual […]

Jodi Says: Oxytocin, love potion number nine

Oxytocin is a chemical affectionately referred to as “the love hormone.” However, that title is a bit misleading: it’s not a love potion, of course. After all, if love were as simple as neurochemistry, we at UR would be all paired up and atwitter with love. It’s called “the love hormone” because its naturally occurring […]

Jodi Says: The Five-Year Plan

I am an adult, but only barely. I’m old enough to have sex and make responsible decisions, but let’s be real: I can’t be trusted to take a pill every day at the same time. I can’t even be trusted to be awake at a set time every day. As one could imagine, that became […]

Ask Estrada: Hookups, relationships, and looking for love in all the wrong places

I’m a trans woman on campus. I’ve never been in a romantic relationship due to fears about my body and how people will react to it. I think this avoidance has really harmed my self-confidence. How can I put myself out there without fear of violence or danger?   I completely understand your fears and […]