Bodysex Education | Jenny Kellogg | Activity https://education.bodysex.com/members/amalthea/activity/ Activity feed for Jenny Kellogg. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:28:29 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 8f1a6e2685a300f4b7bc80a8da68ecc6 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Finger Strokes and Massage Techniques in the forum Module 5: Vulva Massage https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/finger-strokes-and-massage-techniques/page/2/#post-10693 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:42:16 -0400 Starting with cupping my vulva helps me to slow down and honor her before anything else. I like to move from the outside in— the inguinal crease, the outer labia (stroking and tapping) and then when I am ready to be closer to penetration I work with the legs of the clitoral bulb, seeing which side is more sensitive or aroused (usually the left). I…Read more

]]> 0 bf94ef2bfbdeb76f5ba4acb885610939 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Vulva Massage as a Practice in the forum Module 5: Vulva Massage https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/vulva-massage-as-a-practice/#post-10692 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 17:32:55 -0400 I am new to vulva massage and I think I will try to add it into my morning routine. Even just a few days a week would make a huge difference. I usually masturbate standing up, so the vulva massage seems like a different way to relax and connect with my body without the goal of orgasm or meditation. My masturbation practice is quite vigorous and…Read more

]]> 0 1f77d447b5edbf16f12d11c2021179ae Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Experience with Vulva Massage Activity in the forum Module 5: Vulva Massage https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/experience-with-vulva-massage-activity/#post-10691 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 17:27:39 -0400 Carlin’s voice and instruction were very soothing and helped me to stay with the experience. I would have stopped or moved onto orgasm way earlier if it weren’t for trying to follow along. I chose to do the massage while I am menstruating (for the first time in months) and with a mirror. It was an added challenge to stay with the visual of the blo…Read more

]]> 0 0a6627f11901f604189892a2efe34f6c Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Effects of Vulva Sharing and Celebration in the forum Module 4: Vulva Appreciation https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/effects-of-vulva-sharing-and-celebration/#post-10687 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:52:04 -0400 I think the word that comes to mind about vulva sharing and inspiration is wellspring. It returns women to their natural joy and power. It inspires creativity, connection, and love. It brings meaning back into our lives and pleasure into our bodies.

I loved how the Viva La Vulva video framed the vulva as a work of art and how much creative and…Read more

]]> 0 74863d0696423e5649cca013059c044c Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Attitudes, Feelings, Beliefs About Vulvas in the forum Module 4: Vulva Appreciation https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/attitudes-feelings-beliefs-about-vulvas/page/2/#post-10686 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:47:12 -0400 As I reflect on what I’ve learned, I’m confronted with how embarrassed I’ve been about my vulva for most of my life. So many secretions, folds, and crevices. How difficult it was for men to relate to my vulva and appreciate her. Now I see that that was because *I* couldn’t relate to my vulva, appreciate her uniqueness, and be comfortable with wh…Read more

]]> 0 8c35433a70e6e68286070a1169d88a72 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Myths About the Hymen and Virginity in the forum Module 4: Vulva Appreciation https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/myths-about-the-hymen-and-virginity/page/2/#post-10685 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:38:38 -0400 To answer this question, I decided to go back to the Greek origin of the word.

The word hymen means thin skin or membrane in Greek and there was a god Hymenaeus who was the son of Apollo and a nymph. In myth, he was a protector of maidens who celebrated him in their wedding songs. He seems something like a beautiful, delicate god of love. There…Read more

]]> 0 c520cae11b54badeab37e8f0a213fd13 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Your Genital Show and Tell in the forum Module 4: Vulva Appreciation https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/your-genital-show-and-tell/page/2/#post-10684 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:40:08 -0400 Carlin’s audio guidance was very supportive and helped me to relax and get into the process. I experienced “I wish I had done this sooner” sadness, but then I remembered that many women never get to appreciate their vulvas.

My vulva is long and narrow. I am a short person but I feel like I have a tall vulva! I realized that the length and size of…Read more

]]> 0 59bf7c3024ed5ee4ea974022d27ba63f Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic First Time You Looked at Your Genitals in the forum Module 4: Vulva Appreciation https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/first-time-looking-at-your-genitals/page/2/#post-10683 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:28:04 -0400 I remember looking and talking about it in the bathtub around age 3 or 4. I had a surgery scar near my vulva that I remember talking about it often. Then again around age 12, but not really very thoroughly. Over the years I have to overcome the shame of my pubic hair to even get to looking at my vulva. I do remember times with a mirror when I got…Read more

]]> 0 edfe5b25becc0bd1cab5353c4fe6fc69 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Viva La Vulva Video in the forum Module 4: Vulva Appreciation https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/viva-la-vulva-video/page/2/#post-10682 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:27:23 -0400 A couple of things stood out for me:

I was struck by Betty’s perseverance and joy in creating this video. How every new change in media she embraced as a means of getting her message out. How she showed up for every generation of women after her own, throughout her whole life. In 1998 I was 22. If I had seen this video then, it would have c…Read more

]]> 0 79a934dc3ea020014fac1fdd9097bdae Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Vulva Images in the forum Module 4: Vulva Appreciation https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/vulva-images/page/2/#post-10674 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:18:28 -0400 I felt in awe of the beauty of women’s bodies while viewing these images. How each of our vulvas is unique. And yet we don’t appreciate them enough. I learned about the variation in colors and how beautiful these colors can be. I have always thought of my own vulva as a kind of all-too-human blood red. Looking at the variation in colors was stu…Read more

]]> 0 dcc850f0bc21d47572fa8fab5fdc5ee1 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Body Appreciation in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/body-appreciation/page/2/#post-10670 Sun, 31 May 2026 13:37:18 -0400 My challenge isn’t so much with making time for masturbation (though there could always be more time!) but confronting the daily aches and pains that I interpret as inexplicable or a problem. Self-love and appreciation for me comes into practice when things don’t feel good and how I judge myself for not feeling good. Which disconnects me from my…Read more

]]> 0 1f8050bb30555034d657d5827be3bc3c Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Body Compliments in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/body-compliments/page/2/#post-10669 Sun, 31 May 2026 13:24:56 -0400 – The sound of your voice and moans intoxicates me

– I love your breasts

– I love the softness of your vulva

]]> 0 16319d7a7b8c2eb8c4c0d43662a56a00 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic STI's: Sexually-Transmitted Infections in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/stis-sexually-transmitted-infections/page/2/#post-10668 Fri, 29 May 2026 16:27:17 -0400 I received public school sex education in the mid 80s and early 90s during the height of the AIDS epidemic. I read SPIN magazine’s coverage of the epidemic month after month; pictures of men wasting away haunted me. Some of our family friends who were gay died. One day they were here and the next not.

I ended up absolutely terrified I was going…Read more

]]> 0 9d7c0bb00d6a98f54a3dae33606c683e Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Intentional Motherhood in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/intentional-motherhood/page/2/#post-10663 Thu, 28 May 2026 11:50:27 -0400 One of the things I am getting out of this discussion is that early education is irreplaceable. If pregnancy were framed not as something dangerous on the one hand or virtuous on the other, but rather as a biological fact within a woman’s control, then motherhood would be supported. The biological fact of pregnancy is politicized and weaponized a…Read more

]]> 0 988cdab70bc6187499a4a9067d298e5f Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Two Sexual Revolutionaries in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/two-sexual-revolutionaries/page/2/#post-10662 Thu, 28 May 2026 11:38:41 -0400 The biggest thing I learned was about menstrual extraction. Honestly, I had never heard about that and I wonder why. I am reflecting on my personal biography and experiences.

The image of Carol handing out specula at a women’s conference is blowing my mind. It’s deeply poignant how simple all of her methods are and how much we have been ind…Read more

]]> 0 c1bb6ec24b0d5fb6343d9ad2be0b1e38 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic My Menopause Experience in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/my-menopause-experience/#post-10646 Sun, 24 May 2026 20:08:47 -0400 My experience has been marked by two trends: the fear of everyone around me and a total re-evaluation of my womanhood and sexual life.

My friends and I tend to talk about our fears about our bodies at this stage– vaginal pain, sleepless nights, rampant anxiety, heavy bleeding, exhaustion, emotional irritability. Most of us are experiencing one…Read more

]]> 0 700f826ab43fa928688ed6d84269cd31 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Menopause Questions Attitudes Feelings in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/menopause-questions-attitudes-fears/#post-10645 Sun, 24 May 2026 20:00:01 -0400 For years, the information I have been given about menopause has a negative slant to it. It is presented in our culture as another thing to bear, rather than another miraculous phase of womanhood. The questions that I am asking myself are, “How can I approach this phase of life with greater joy and curiosity than I did my menstruating phase? What…Read more

]]> 0 3b7d4deae10692596bf9d009f20f6426 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Sexuality and Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, and Motherhood in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/sexuality-and-pregnancy-breastfeeding-and-motherhood/page/2/#post-10644 Mon, 18 May 2026 15:48:53 -0400 As I reflect on all of the thoughts and feelings I had during this module, a few things rise to the surface:

– Carlin’s sharing about sex during pregnancy helps to dispel the myth that men aren’t attracted to pregnant women. Or that pregnancy is somehow a horrible condition that makes you lose all sex appeal.

– Another myth that I confronted in…Read more

]]> 0 e424903702c900d8570888138dc7d17d Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Menstruation Open Share in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/menstruation-open-share/page/2/#post-10643 Sat, 16 May 2026 12:44:14 -0400 I would like to release the belief that “women in our family have difficult periods.” I always got my period during milestone events in my life— the first time was the day I “graduated” from primary school. My celebration had to be cut short. This continued with my sixteenth birthday party where I had such debilitating cramps my mother insisted…Read more

]]> 0 c5909ec7178a53f71cdd9c669308e55c Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Honor and Self-Care During Menstruation in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/honor-and-self-care-during-menstruation/page/2/#post-10642 Sat, 16 May 2026 12:33:13 -0400 Because my cycle has always been accompanied by migraines and strong cramping, it has been a true battle to accept menstruation. Yet as I look back, aside from a few years on birth control pills, I never followed my doctors’ recommendations to stop having periods. I wanted to get through the mystery of the intense pain by myself. The best thing I…Read more

]]> 0 b8623b83adb382ae6ea02983ccf6bdc1 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Grateful for Body Change in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/grateful-for-body-change/page/2/#post-10641 Fri, 15 May 2026 22:34:46 -0400 I’m three months without a period at the moment. I know it could come back (and probably will), but I am enjoying a respite from lifelong migraines. I have not known myself to be without headaches since I was 10 years old– now I’m 50. It has been startling to realize as I reflected on this journal prompt that I have lived pain-free for even more…Read more

]]> 0 b95ce0a27ad082ac70d8e3bcbd123699 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Struggle With Body Change in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/struggle-with-body-change/page/2/#post-10640 Fri, 15 May 2026 22:28:07 -0400 For the past three years, my left knee hurts consistently.

I have tracked it through hormonal changes, exercise changes, and stretching routines. It seems to be an ailment that responds to perimenopausal symptoms. I spent a year letting the pain dominate my perception of myself and preventing me from exercising. It got so bad that I couldn’t walk…Read more

]]> 0 16a83d34f34865276f1ae2a8702d081d Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Your Disliked/Shameful Body Part in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/name-a-body-part/page/2/#post-10638 Thu, 14 May 2026 11:04:23 -0400 I had pubic, underarm, and dark leg hair from a young age, around 9 or 10. I felt ashamed when other girls would comment on it in the locker room or sleepovers. “Grooming” has remained a source of stress and shame, as it feels like I can never get it right: grooming my pubic hair makes it too course, leaving it wild creates a huge curtain over my…Read more

]]> 0 dd34b892968b4db484301a011fba45c2 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Why Is Nudity Important in Bodysex? in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/why-is-nudity-important-in-bodysex/page/2/#post-10637 Thu, 14 May 2026 10:51:57 -0400 The Bodysex experience is not one of “personal privacy.” Being nude allows participants to confront and acknowledge that we all have the same human apparatus— a body— despite perceived differences between bodies. The time spent nude helps to slowly address shame, fear, and sadness about our bodies and gradually bring in acceptance and comfort…Read more

]]> 0 ffffdebac0cbb74f785ab95fe18f0afd Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic How Do You Feel About Your Orgasm? in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/how-do-i-feel-about-my-orgasm/page/2/#post-10610 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:48:17 -0400 I have been very shy and reserved most of my life as a survival mechanism. This trait completely shut down my true orgasm, which is often very loud and devotional. I will praise the Great Mother and/or my partner as I rise to climax. It took time to adjust to my true nature and the devotional frenzy the process of orgasm puts me in. On a good day,…Read more

]]> 0 c22d17e5e08d03e3b353a39294e5fc49 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic How Do You Feel About Your Body? in the forum Module 3: Bodysex is Focused on the Body https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/how-do-i-feel-about-my-body/page/2/#post-10609 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:34:22 -0400 I spent the first six months of my life in the NICU and then most of my childhood with constant illness. I began having migraines at age 10 and then horrific menstrual cramps at age 12. I developed the belief that my body was something the self had to survive, not enjoy. And I believed that all of my physical pain was my fault. It has taken…Read more

]]> 0 6dd09ced76c4789886fd7770211fdbd0 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Your Question for Betty in the forum Module 2: Who is Betty Dodson? https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/your-question-for-betty/page/2/#post-10601 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:55:45 -0400 Betty, tell me about your past life memories that inspired the BodySex workshops. (!!)

]]> 0 6f0dc53748a229507596c6d1321a5f2b Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Betty's Life in the forum Module 2: Who is Betty Dodson? https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/carlins-interview-with-betty/page/2/#post-10600 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:52:14 -0400 In this module, I was really struck by Betty’s warrior spirit. The head-shaving video and journal entry were revelatory for me. They demonstrated how Betty continuously created spaces where women were free to be stripped down to their raw power and essence. And I loved the phrase “Betty’s Orgasmic Army” in the Ms. obituary. It really does feel th…Read more

]]> 0 434a0db00ed3c8dc0b6f9966e11e0929 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Betty's Process in Creating Bodysex in the forum Module 2: Who is Betty Dodson? https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/bettys-process-in-creating-bodysex/page/2/#post-10580 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:36:31 -0400 I loved seeing Betty’s journals chart the process of Bodysex coming together. What struck me was the process of something being worked on and reflected on internally that then was expressed externally. The red ink drawing of the vulva, the fluid, and the tongue is just breathtaking. It shows the process of development from the pleasure of the…Read more

]]> 0 8ec649eab8162b45a6f5edd4c4bda486 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Betty's Lectures in the forum Module 2: Who is Betty Dodson? https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/bettys-lecture-at-chico-state/page/2/#post-10579 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:36:34 -0400 In the Chico State lecture, I watched the part where she describes the wedding night fantasy multiple times. Her delivery is so honest and the audience is absolutely captivated. There is such an incredible contrast between her appearance and demeanor and the women in the audience watching her. And that story is one of the most devastating personal…Read more

]]> 0 f4c4f8f0aa20ef78a01ee6be2524384d Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Betty at the NOW Sexuality Conference in the forum Module 2: Who is Betty Dodson? https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/betty-at-the-now-sexuality-conference/page/2/#post-10563 Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:12:24 -0400 I believe that Betty received a standing ovation at the NOW Sexuality conference because she gave the audience the opportunity to return to themselves, to see themselves without shame and to believe in their sexual potential. The clip of Betty, Carlin, and Sheila reading the transcript of Betty’s speech shows that Betty was modeling both v…Read more

]]> 0 3f5542669e809f712acaa7bb5e04394b Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Betty's Art in the forum Module 2: Who is Betty Dodson? https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/bettys-art/page/2/#post-10546 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 23:58:30 -0400 While there are so many stunning and arresting images in this gallery, I have to admit that the image that moved me personally the most is this vulva flower. In my return to my own sexual power and masturbation practice in my 40s, I have been inpsired by the sensuality of the water lily plants (the nymphaea). They are my personal sexual guides.…Read more

]]> 0 a454bb95155634073009f84e840c6259 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Working Through Resistance in the forum Sex for One: The Joy of Selfloving https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/working-through-restance/page/2/#post-10533 Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:27:39 -0500 <p class=”p1″>Definitely in reading the letters at the end of the book. That brought up a lot of shame, as I read the stories of how real readers discovered their sexuality. There was so much confession about repression and body shame. I felt like I was back in my bedroom masturbating at age 13, searching for evidence to reassure myself that I…Read more

]]> 0 6af2790d67c9d233d3c28fd5029de2da Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic What stood out for you while reading Sex for One? in the forum Sex for One: The Joy of Selfloving https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/what-stood-out-for-you-while-reading-sex-for-one/page/2/#post-10532 Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:23:34 -0500 <p class=”p1″>“We were moving past two thousand years of sexual repression in one afternoon. We were bringing masturbation out of the nuclear family’s darkest closet and placing it back into the Priestesses of Avalon’s Temple, where ancient sexual rituals were dedicated to the healing arts.” (Page 84, Kindle version)</p>
<p class=”p1″>I love th…Read more

]]> 0 5fc74b1c80fcc818a97b409c7122d8d8 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic Bodysex Documentary in the forum Module 1: What is Bodysex? https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/bodysex-documentary/page/3/#post-10518 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 02:33:25 -0500 It was really healing for me to listen to everyone talking about how sex relates to what they do in the world, how they bring their sexual energy into their creative and professional lives. I would have liked more dialogue about that, actually. I loved when Marisa said her intention was to “work in loving skin,” as if skin was something that you…Read more

]]> 0 307bfe29b8f3405cf2ff4486d2e89d36 Jenny Kellogg replied to the topic What is Bodysex? in the forum Module 1: What is Bodysex? https://education.bodysex.com/forums/topic/what-is-bodysex/page/3/#post-10507 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 01:24:45 -0500 <p class=”p1″>Bodysex is the brave act of welcoming and celebrating the female body and its intrinsic power, a power that is expressed through orgasm and the womb. Bodysex is a pathway to freedom from self-shaming and self-suppression. It is the legacy of a woman (Betty Dodson) who was courageous enough to believe in her capacity to teach from the…Read more

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