I Can’t Believe People Tell Sex Workers to “Go to the Police” If They’ve Been Raped

A Few Thoughts About Stoya, James Deen, and the Rape Allegations Made on Social Media by Mistress Matisse On November 28, writer, director, and porn actress Stoya fired off two tweets that would upend the porn world. @Stoya: “That thing where you log in to the internet for a second and see people idolizing the …

Mistress Matisse is Doing the Lord’s Work on Behalf of Sex Workers

By Noah Berlatsky At the end of July, Neal Falls booked an appointment with a sex worker named Heather in West Virginia. He planned to kill her, as police believe he may have murdered as many as nine other sex workers in Ohio, Illinois and Nevada. But with Heather he failed. But with Heather, finally, …

Family History and Addiction Risk: What You Need to Know to Beat the Odds

by Rita Milios You grew up in a family of substance users. You know that your risk for developing an addiction to drugs or alcohol is greater because of this hereditary factor. But what exactly are your risks? And is there anything you can do to reduce your risk? According to the National Council on …

Awakenings

And now for something completely different. I’d like to welcome my friend and colleague, Vivian Slaughter, who has some interesting things to say about becoming the brilliant young sexologist she is today. Becoming a feminist was a big deal for me; in high school I was very anti-feminist, I was the Cool Girl, I didn’t …

More SEX WISDOM with PJ Raval — Podcast #422 — 06/23/14

[Look for the podcast play button below.] Hey sex fans, welcome back. Award winning filmmaker and documentarian, PJ Raval is back with us again today to continue our discussion of his groundbreaking move, Before You Know It. Like last week, he’s here as part of the SEX WISDOM series because his film shines a spotlight …

Spank me, daddy!

Name: Karla Gender: female Age: 32 Location: Quebec I think I want to try spanking. I never tried it, but it gets me hot thinking about it. I think my partner might be up for it, but I have yet to ask him. I thought I’d ask you first. What are your thoughts about spanking? …