What I learned from 6 months of celibacy

There is a phrase I never thought I'd write. Though I didn't start out this past year wanting to have very minimal partnersex (and in the case of the past six months, none at all), at a certain point, it became intentional.

Here's a no-duh statement: sexuality has been one of, if not THE, organizing principles of my life. My own, other people's, the smear of all that together – this is how I've built not just my identity, but my career, my being, my sense of place in the world. Another no-duh sta