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Open Arms: The Fantastical Pull of Tentacle Porn

by Cameron Glover
November 18, 2020 at 9:00am
The experiences of those who embrace tentacle porn offer a larger lesson about how we come to understand our own sexual nuances. Read more »
A woman on a laptop. She sits in bed and wears a t-shirt and fuzzy socks.

How Sex Educator YouTube Went from Guiding Light to Worrisome Shadow

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
October 28, 2020 at 12:02pm
In 2016, YouTube was a space to learn any and everything about sex; maybe, in 2020, it simply isn’t anymore. Read more »
an illustration of two people, one brown-skinned and one dark-skinned, kiss in front of a yellow background as they both wear masks

Love No Limit: The Messiness of Pandemic Sex

by Josie Pickens
September 29, 2020 at 1:06pm
Sex, even with those you are quarantining with, carries some risk of exposure. Read more »
Bella Thorne, who is thin and white, wears an orange crop top with cut outs and has bright red hair in pigtails.

The Grift List: Bella Thorne’s OnlyFans Debacle Screwed Over Sex Workers

by Erin Taylor
September 29, 2020 at 11:20am
She used OnlyFans as a playground for her celebrity voyeurism. Read more »
photo of a Black person's legs and feet with their underwear pulled down by their ankles

Unsalved Mysteries: The Case of the Heternormative Healthcare

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
September 23, 2020 at 9:00am
Many queer women are forced to navigate a queerphobic and nonaffirming healthcare system without any support.  Read more »
Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal play Marianne and Connell, a white couple standing side by side in a bar with their arms wrapped around each other, on Normal People

Horny Cailíní: Irish Girls Get Their Onscreen Sexual Renaissance

by Jess Keefe
August 26, 2020 at 10:00am
The women at the center of these series proudly flaunt their brazen desire. Read more »
Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B, both Black women, are back to back with the same styling, against a bright pink background. Their eyes are closed and their tongues are sticking out.

With “WAP,” Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Honor Women’s Pleasure

by Nichole Perkins
August 13, 2020 at 12:58pm
“WAP” is a reclamation. Read more »
an illustration of a Black woman laying across the couch, naked, with a hand covering her vagina

Love No Limit: Masturbation Opens Women up to Power, Play, and Pleasure

by Josie Pickens
May 28, 2020 at 11:02am
Pleasure is a human right. Read more »
Harry Styles, a white man with longish wavy brown hair, looks up at the sky with a smile on his face. On his left is a Black woman with her eyes closed; on his right is a white woman looking away from the camera.

So Wonderful and Warm: In “Watermelon Sugar,” Harry Styles Centers Women’s Euphoria

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
May 21, 2020 at 1:25pm
In “Watermelon Sugar,” women’s sexual bliss is the entire event. Read more »
A phone with Zoom open on the app store sitting on top of a laptop with headphones plugged in.

Sex Workers Have Always Known That Zoom Is Anti-sex. Now, the Public Knows Too.

by Erin Taylor
May 19, 2020 at 2:12pm
As we move into a more permanent online existence, people should be paying more attention to issues of surveillance. Read more »

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In a Bizarre 1976 Comic Book, Spider-Man Fought the Villain of Misleading Sex Education

by Sarah Mirk
April 23, 2014 at 3:52pm
Last week, I came across a very strange comic book: in 1976, Planned Parenthood teamed up with Marvel to publish a one-off comic in which... Read more »

Why You Should Pay for Porn

by Casey Quinlan
April 29, 2015 at 7:27pm
If you’re a progressive middle-class individual, chances are you think about where your food comes from. Maybe you try to buy shoes that are... Read more »

Tina Belcher's Sexual Revolution

​​​​​​​Tina Belcher, an animated teenaged girl. She wears glasses and has black hair with bangs.
by Gabrielle Moss
May 6, 2014 at 11:57am
Tina Belcher breaks all the rules of network sitcoms. That's why she's wonderful.  Read more »

The Dramatic History of American Sex-Ed Films

by Sarah Mirk
June 17, 2014 at 10:29am
In 1948, in a seventh grade classroom in Eugene, Oregon, a teacher dimmed the lights and flipped on 16mm projector. A film called Human... Read more »