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Graphic Design: The Uncomfortable History of Sex Onscreen
Beatrice Loayza traces a history of sex in TV and movies, highlighting the important work of intimacy directors in the field today.
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Open-Minded: Rachel Krantz on Nonmonogamy as a Labor of Love
Journalist Rachel Krantz, a founding editor of Bustle, was 27 when she met Adam, a professor who encouraged her curiosity about nonmonogamy and dominant/submissive dynamics. What happened next is detailed in Open: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy (... Read more »
Hot and Unbothered: The Romance Novels Rewriting Disability and Sex
Gabriela Ramos Tavárez celebrates recent romance novels that give voice to the sex lives people with disabilities can have.
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Love Is the Drug: “Crazy For You” Puts a Societal Lens on Love and Sex Addiction
Reframing the way we think about love and sex can change our lives.
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Buzz Off: Of Course, “The Bachelorette” Found a Way to Objectify Sex Positivity
This show can’t run from its long history of peddling purity myths.
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Not Your Fetish: Trans Erotica Writers Redefine Desirability
Trans people have produced erotica long before 2017 and will continue to do so long after.
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Unlike “Gilmore Girls,” “Ginny and Georgia” Doesn’t Hide from Sex
Ginny and Georgia strikingly faces sex and sexuality head on, especially when held up against its predecessor.
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Celeb Buzz: Sex Toy Brands Are Increasingly Bringing on Famous Faces
Sexual shame can’t be stopped by the power of a pretty, popular, and palatable celebrity.
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Ill Will: The Problem With Individualizing COVID Risk
Messaging that’s exclusively about individual risk management is neither accidental nor inevitable.
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