Why do we fear – Sexuality?

Why do we fear Sexuality ? Or perhaps the question really is, why do we fear female sexuality? Back in 2015, almost a year out of an abusive relationship, I finally had time to reflect on how I was able to make it through. Fashion. I know that sounds trite, but with every day like a…

Sometimes I’m prickly

Sometimes I am prickly. Today I am prickled because of Instagram’s sexist censorship policies humoring the misogynistic pigs who troll me. Both my personal account and @achinglypolite had stories reported and removed due to violating Instagram’s ~ community guidelines ~ Think about it: Our bodies violate Instagram’s community guidelines. Plain and simple, our existence as women…

Venn diagram for the fuckboy

I made a lil Venn diagram to clear up some stuff for the time-wasters in the back. The amount of male humans who have excused their shitty behavior with “I’m just not ready to commit” or “you seem to want something more serious” is A LOT. To this I reply, “Honey, I don’t want you…

Male Entitlement

(Image ©2018 Funky Feminist, June 20, 2018) Do you think all harassment, sexism and violence against women is rooted in male entitlement to women? I do! Check out my article on Funky Feminist!     ©2018 Clementine Yost June 19, 2018

Happy Pride Month! A coming out story

I came out as bisexual in May 2015 while campaigning for Marriage Equality in the run up to the Marriage Equality Referendum in Ireland. I canvassed across Dublin in areas as different socioeconomically as you could get. And yet, the majority all agreed it was time to let Love be Love. Since then I have…

#RepealThe8th

The Handmaid’s Tale premise of women as brood mares, with our worth determined by fertility, and our purpose defined by ability to reproduce isn’t so far off from the reality many Irish women, and women around the world face today. Irish people have the opportunity to change this in the referendum to repeal the 8th…

Pleasure

As sex objects, female pleasure doesn’t come into play at all. Raised to feel shame for engaging in sexual activity, girls are taught that any pleasure derived from sex, be it partnered or solo, is wrong. Women are viewed in sex as they are in the law – by extension of and in relation to…

My nudes

female nudity is acceptable when arranged to patriarchal standards for the male gaze. however, when embraced by the autonomous female it is brushed off as vulgarity. by Clementine Yost ©

Cliterate

sometimes all I can feel is my own clitoris even then at least I can say that I’m cliterate. by Clementine Yost ©

Starting small, with only known things

for Imogen   Before the polished sand of her mirror Freckled and pale Limbs and moles as she remembered   Temptation in dismantling her self a specimen for dissection A tally of flaws   How radical would it be to love instead? Were that even allowed Unsure, starting small with only known things Affirming feeling…