My Little Yoni — Bringing Accurate Sex Education to Kids
My Little Yoni is a nonprofit organization whose mascot, also named My Little Yoni, is an illustrated vulva, and their books teach kids about sex, anatomy, biology, and relationships.
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‘200 Words to Help You Talk About Sexuality & Gender’ — GeekDad Review
Whether you are LGBTQ+ or not, there are a lot of words that go into discussing sexuality and gender. It can be difficult to understand why some words are okay when used by one group but not okay when used by others. And what are all these words like Allosexual and Nibling? Well, Kate Sloan’s new book is here to help, highlighting the uses and pitfalls of language used around sexuality and gender.
Geeky Women Do Talk About Sex (NSFW)
Let’s talk about sex. Let’s talk about education and enjoyment. Let’s hear it from geeky women.
Top 10 Sex Ed Books for the Modern Parent
When your kids have questions, do you have the answers? Here are some tips from GeekDad to help you along.
Book Review: Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex…
After reading my November 16 GeekMom post on talking with your kids about sexuality, one reader, Angie, commented: Ok, immediately, as in right now, go to Amazon, and buy this book: Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They’d Ask) by Richardson and Schuster…Andrea, this is EXACTLY what you’re […]
Geek Lifts Off On Lemon Education
Education systems are a mess the world over. We know this, but we are dauntless geek parents. When we’re given a lemon situation, we don’t just make lemonade; we make rocket fuel! I don’t actually know if it’s possible or wise to launch a rocket using citrus, but if that’s what it takes to keep […]
Cultural Condomnation: Let’s Talk About Sex (With Our Kids)
This song was a lot more fun when I thought Salt n Pepa were singing it to my generation… So there we were in rush hour, driving down the Long Island Expressway, and from the eleven year old in the back seat comes the question: “So, Mom, if guys can get erections, I’m wondering, does […]
Is sex worse than violence when it comes to kids and videogames?
Over at the main Wired site, Clive Thompson has a great new column: "You Grew Up Playing Shoot’em Up Games. Why Can’t Your Kids?" In it, he wrestles with something all GeekDads have to sort out: what kinds of games are appropriate for each of your kids, and how do you know? Needless to say, […]
GeekMom: More Fun Regency Era Facts for Those Obsessed With Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton’
I recently wrote up an article with a series of relevant Regency era facts to help fans of Netflix’s period drama Bridgerton better understand the Regency. I got some lovely social media feedback from not just people who are new to Regency romance, but also from those who are well-read in the genre. I realized […]
10 Things American Parents Should Know About ‘Anne With an E’ or Just Plain ‘Anne’ in Canada
‘Anne’—titled ‘Anne With an E’ on Netflix—finished airing in Canada the other week and will be hitting Netflix on Friday, May 12, 2017. While ‘Anne’—co-produced by CBC and Netflix—is rated TV-G here in Canada, it would likely earn a rating of TV-PG in the United States. So, sit back while I review the contemporary version of the beloved Anne of Green Gables and give you ten things non-Canadian parents need to know about ‘Anne,’ with minuscule spoilers. No major plot points will be mentioned.
Coming to Terms With The Aesthetic Brain
While men across cultures prefer women with “some baby-like features,” they also look for high cheekbones and narrow jaws in their partners, because while youth equates with health, too much youth could indicate that a mother lacks the necessary maturity to adequately care for a child.
Review: The Big Lie by Tanya Selvaratnam
A call for increased education on topics of women’s fertility and the difficulty of conceiving later in life.
Chastity Bites: Review & Interview with Writer/Producer Lotti Pharriss Knowles
Chastity Bites is something of a classic teen slasher flick but with a few key differences. While it’s normally the virgin who survives, in Chastity Bites it’s the virgins who are most at risk.
Voting is for the Girls!
We raise our children to be the bosses of their own bodies. We teach them to dress and wash and feed themselves, and to keep their private parts private. But if our children happen to be daughters, there’s an oft-neglected aspect of self-care that we must impart: Voting. It may seem strange to count […]
Banned Books Week: Censorship in Maine
Years ago, when living under a political administration that I didn’t much care for I read, just by chance, It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis. I was haunted by his rhetoric and by the fragility of the democracy he depicted. Now whenever I find myself in a discussion of atrocities, political or otherwise, I find myself looking in my own backyard and […]
50 Ways To Express Your Geek Mom-ness
We talk about sex, grammar, sci-fi, knitting, baby names, and so much more.
Attack of the Infant Care Baby Simulator!
Okay, it had to happen eventually. Before you know it, your precious little Geeklet daughter turns into a gawky, tween-age Geekgirl, who is thrown headlong into the wild, wild world of Middle School. What comes with Middle School? Enrollment in 7th Grade Health Class. And what comes with Health Class? Lessons about babies. Don’t get […]
‘The Fights That Make Us:’ A Book Review
‘The Fights That Make Us:’ A multigenerational story of the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights. Beautifully told with an impressive emotional heft.
GeekMom: Bessie Coleman: History-Making Flying Ace
In the late summer of 1922, a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny biplane roared over a crowd on Long Island near New York City. The audience gasped as the plane soared through a complex routine of daredevil stunts. One moment the plane was high in the sky doing a figure 8, the next it dove impossibly close […]
GeekMom: Between the Bookends: 7 Books We Read in October 2021
As Spooky Season wanes and the Holidays kick off in earnest (at least one of the GeekMoms already has their tree up), Sophie, Nivi, Lisa, and Scott have been reading a variety of books from fascinating non-fiction to adventurous middle grade. We hope you’ll find something interesting here among these seven books as the weather […]
GeekMom: Back to School: Two Teacher-Authored Books About Life in the Classroom
September is back to school time here in the UK and for my family this year, that has included watching my son transition from primary (ages 4-11) to secondary school (11-18). With school-related stuff therefore at the forefront of my mind for the last month, I found myself picking up two teacher-authored non-fiction books that […]
GeekMom: Between the Bookends: 6 Books We Read in July 2021
In this month’s Between the Bookends, Sophie reads six books. She explores a wide range of non-fiction from the disappearance of flight MH370 to the life of Jeff Goldblum to the Boston Tea Party, and picks up some interesting fiction too. Please note: This post contains affiliate links. All author/illustrator photos are credited to themselves. […]
GeekMom: Hope: 2021 Freedom Series Horse of the Year
Breyer, the maker of figurine horses, has partnered up with Covenant House, a non-profit that supports homeless teens, to send a message of Hope for these kids’ futures. $1 of each horse will go to support teens experiencing homelessness and give them hope for a brighter tomorrow. Hope is covered in her message of hope […]
GeekMom: Between the Bookends: 5 Books We Read in May 2021
In this month’s Between the Bookends, Sophie reviews five books including the latest from John Green, a fun middle-grade about football (soccer), and an own voices look at the history of the Metis people in graphic novel form. Please note: This post contains affiliate links. All author/illustrator photos are credited to themselves. The Burning Girls, […]
The Friend Zone—Forging Better Relationships
Stuck in the friend zone? Got a loved one in the friend zone? Take a look at how to get a better perspective and improve the relationships.
GeekMom: ‘Sirens: Battle of the Bards’ Kickstarter Launches Today!
Sirens: Battle of the Bards, a campaign setting created by Satine Phoenix, launches its Kickstarter campaign today! This independent Dungeons and Dragons 5E campaign, crafted by the Goddess herself, centers around the class everyone loves to hate: Bards. These aren’t your run of the mill, overly sexualized lute bards however, although you are still free […]
Stack Overflow: Across the Divide
Today’s Stack Overflow is about things that bring us together.
GeekMom: Make/Play/Watch/Read: IWD 2021 and Choose to Challenge
Choose to challenge. International Women’s Day 2021 is founded on the need for us to challenge the world around us. Challenge gender stereotypes. Challenge the double standards. Challenge the gendered actions. Challenge everything and show that International Women’s Day is (unfortunately) still as relevant today as it was in 1911. Think I’m exaggerating? Take a […]
2020 Holiday Gift Guide: Last Minute
Jumping in with a last minute guide for those of us who excel at procrastinating. These gifts probably won’t arrive in time for the tree, but if you’re running late this year like me, these may help make ammends.
‘Be Gay Do Comics’
From the wildly popular website, magazine, book, and newsletter publisher The Nib, Be Gay Do Comics is a comic anthology of queer history, satire, memoir, and cultural awareness that is both caring and irreverent. The book features 244 illustrated pages by 40 artists and writers, with 56 individual comics. The stories date back to the […]