ISSUE V: Taboos

ARTICLES

Featured

The Future is Sensual (Tech)

Sensual tech is bringing all of the body’s senses into play to create a more connected, intimate future.

Forbidden Fruit: Why We Want What We’re Told We Can’t Have

Everyone’s a lot naughtier than you think.

The In-Between: My Feminist Fetish

Can a man be a feminist on the streets and a dominator in the sheets?

Furries and the Politics of Sex Research

When it comes to research on furries, both sides of the aisle tend to get rather… animated.

My Body and Other Adventures: Have Toys, Will Travel

There’s nothing like locking eyes with a TSA screener over a freeze-frame of your bag of dildos.

Questioning the Gender Binary

There are important questions the queer community must ask, but everyone’s too scared of being called transphobic.

Zach and the City: Unabashedly You

“How a magical night with a trans porn star at a Jamaican sex resort taught me to be me.”

Sex in the Champagne Room

Most strippers frown upon “extras”, but in doing so, aren’t they upholding the same stigma all sex workers face?

A Queer Girl’s Guide to the G-spot

The Spot, the Myth, the Legend: navigating the many peaks of the orgasmic landscape.

Painted Stories

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Namrata's Story

Menstruation is a natural part of every woman’s life, but it was stigmatized in Namrata’s cultural traditions. A simple test was enough to prove them wrong.

Shirley's Story

This trans sex worker loves her job. She just wishes people would change their attitudes about it.

Mihlali's Story

His South African tribes told him he had to de-queer himself in order to be accepted in his community, but they were wrong. All he had to do was move to the city.

Nicole's Story

A woman with a passion for seeing the world sings the praises of traveling alone.

Stephan's Story

It’s easy to assume non-monogamy makes a long-term relationship hard to achieve. For this happy polyamorist, it’s worth the effort.

Pierre's Story

Raising a child is a full-time job, but somebody’s got to do it — so, why does society still look down on stay-at-home dads?

Damian's Story

When sex work is your side gig, kinky BDSM sessions are sometimes part of the job — and that’s how Damian found his inner dom.

Mrs. SM's Story

Talking about infertility is hard when your culture stigmatizes it. That’s why Mrs. SM is doing it anyway.

Business of Sex

Featured

Despoena Calypso

For this leather-clad mama bear, representing Atlanta’s premier leather bar is a sacred duty.

Bella French

Running one of the fastest-growing adult platforms ain’t easy, but there’s no place Bella French would rather be.

Zachary Zane

The pivot from academic to sex writer and slut extraordinaire was the best decision Zachary Zane ever made.

Amberly Rothfield

From homeless, to phone sex star, to consultant, Amberly Rothfield is the Cinderella of sex.

Emma and Fin

The philosophy of both their relationship and podcast community is “the more the merrier!”

Duke

With full creative control to pursue his passions, Duke is the master of his erotic universe.

Mistress Skye Marlowe

Mistress Skye loves getting into people’s heads — but she doesn’t live there rent-free.

Casey Carter

Community, erotic fiction, and a nice cigar. What more can a woman ask for?

ISSUE V: TABOOS

ISSUE V: Taboos

ARTICLES

Painted Stories

Business of Sex

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