Sex Advice With An Edge
By Sophie Pezzutto With pirated and amateur pornography widely available online, porn no longer provides a steady income for many working in the adult industry. During my research interviewing transgender porn stars in Las Vegas, the overwhelming majority of those interviewed said that now, more than ever, they rely on a variety of other income …
By Lux Alptraum A short walk from my home on the Lower East Side of Manhattan lies Katz’s Delicatessen, one of the neighborhood’s biggest tourist attractions. It’s possible you’ve heard of Katz’s because of its famous pastrami sandwiches. But it’s equally likely you know it for reasons completely unrelated to its food: Katz’s is the …
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Why female pleasure must be at the heart of sex education Bring in compulsory sex education classes from the age of four – and end the idea that sex is only about power and pleasure for men By Jess Phillips I was given a shell-clasped plastic case in pearly pink. Inside were two sanitary towels …
By Olivia Cassano In heteronormative porn scripts, enthusiastic consent is about as common as a real female orgasm. However, there’s a fringe of mainstream society that actually knows how to practise affirmative consent, and one from whom the general community could learn a thing or two: BDSM enthusiasts. As it turns out, kinksters are the …
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Since the most common symptom is actually having no symptoms, talking to any partners about sexual health is even more important than it is awkward. The good news is talking about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and getting tested leads to more honesty, open communication and better relationships (and health) in the long run. Here’s how …
Erika Lust’s new app is making it easier to talk about kinks and fantasies By Marianne Eloise The XConfessions app lets users swipe left or right on sex acts they’re willing or not willing to try Erika Lust is currently making five films at once – no small undertaking, especially as her erotic films are cinematically beautiful; …
Real D/s relationships go beyond ‘Fifty Shades.’ By Tiffany Diane Tso When it comes to understanding BDSM, non-practitioners generally equate the kinky lifestyle with the chains, ropes, whips, and handcuffs found in Christian Grey’s “red room of pain” in Fifty Shades of Grey. And among the different elements included in the BDSM portmanteau (bondage and …
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– A guide to understanding the essence of human sexuality and gender By Sasha Ranganath Humans have always boxed everything up into black and white contrasts and standardised ideals, essentially losing touch with what it means to be human. In this ever-changing, quick-paced world, where everyone is in a hurry, let’s take a step back …
the truth about women and sex By Joanna Moorhead When a heterosexual couple marries, who’s likely to get bored of sex first? The answer might surprise you… What do you know about female sexuality? Whatever it is, chances are, says Wednesday Martin, it’s all wrong. “Most of what we’ve been taught by science about female …
This Simple Shift Will Immediately Spark Intimacy In Your Conversations By Danielle Dowling, Psy.D. We’ve all been in a situation where we’re uncomfortably asking questions of the person we want to impress or connect with, only to find ourselves running the conversation into a brick wall. Connecting through conversation is an integral part of any …
Teaching Kids About Boundaries and Consent What we can learn from the Dutch: Talking openly about bodies helps keep shame at bay, and may help a child speak up if there is a problem. By Bonnie J. Rough As a growing number of #MeToo and #WhyIDidntReport stories have put a new focus on childhood sexual …
by Hannah Rimm The ‘Big O(s)’ There’s a lot of talk about the “Big O,” but did you know there’s more than one kind of O to sing about? Orgasms in women may seem a little harder to spot since there’s no obvious spray to end the play. But they exist, and with a little …
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By Simone Paget When I was younger, attraction, desire, love and sex were all tangled together in one big elastic band ball of feelings. I equated physical attraction with romantic love and found the two nearly indistinguishable. If I was attracted to someone, I’d immediately make it my goal to date them, often sacrificing my …
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– how older couples can rediscover the intimacy of the early days A lifetime together can make some couples complacent, uncommunicative, or changed so much that they no longer recognise the person they first fell for. Here, in week three of our Be Your Best You series, Claire O’Mahony asks the experts how older couples …
It can be tough, so here’s some help. By Sophie Saint Thomas Once, at a medical appointment, I saw a nurse who seemed unable to wrap his head around the fact that I was sexually active but not on birth control. I wasn’t sleeping with cisgender men at the time; I didn’t need pregnancy protection. …
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