Tag Archives: sex

A Perfect Calm Before the Storm

Posted on May 6, 2025 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I stood in the dark one final time, and said, “Look, if you’re there, just cough or something.” As always, there was no answer. I was angry at God for not existing (although I wouldn’t admit it). … Continue reading →

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At War With Myself

Posted on March 12, 2024 by mitchteemley

Photo by Demeter Attila My Real Memoir “For in my inner being I delight in the will of my Creator. But I see another will at work within me, warring against the will of my mind, and holding me captive … Continue reading →

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Going All the Way

Posted on September 12, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir “We won’t go all the way with a girl,” Marc and I had pacted, “until we’re married.” We’d been sixteen at the time we built that sacred wall. Unfortunately, our hormones, non-believers, had attended a secret alternative … Continue reading →

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Sex 101

Posted on May 2, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Sex. A friend commented recently about my Leave It to Beaver life. But I’m not The Beav, and I never was. Beaver Cleaver was a fictional character in a sweetly sanitized sitcom. One who never discovered at … Continue reading →

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Don’t Use Me

Posted on December 1, 2022 by mitchteemley

Note: this post includes frank talk about sexuality. Five years ago, in the fall of 2017, following revelations about movie mogul and sexual predator Harvey Weinstein, the #MeToo Movement exploded into public consciousness. Since then, many women (and a some … Continue reading →

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The “S” Word

Posted on September 13, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Sex. Along with acting and writing—and, if I’m honest, anything else that got me noticed—sex was beginning to claim a larger and larger chunk of terrain in my brain. At first it had been a distant island, … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, Marilyn

Posted on July 19, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir It was August 4, 1962, and sweltering like it is now. I was only a kid, so you wouldn’t think it would have affected me much. But when I heard Marilyn Monroe had died while my buddy … Continue reading →

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Our Bodies Our Own–Or God’s?

Posted on January 25, 2018 by mitchteemley

IS CASUAL SEX A “RIGGED GAME?” I’m reblogging this vital article by Nancy E. Head because it needs to be read!

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The Lost Girl

Posted on November 3, 2017 by mitchteemley

She was the callow Catholic school senior who cried the night her boyfriend French kissed her, fearing she’d become pregnant. Five months later, now a bracingly pretty college freshman, she was wooed and plundered by her theatre professor. It was … Continue reading →

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Harvey Weinstein and the Whole Damn Thing

Posted on October 17, 2017 by mitchteemley

I stuck my hand into a hornet’s nest on Facebook, when I posted the quip, “Breaking News: Woman found who has never been propositioned by Harvey Weinstein.” For those who don’t follow North American news, Harvey Weinstein, one of the … Continue reading →

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