Sharing the Sexy #19
• This website will deliver your sex toy purchases to your door within an hour if you live in the Toronto area. Oh my god, is this the future?! • This poll infographic seeks to answer the question,...
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Obscenity, Authenticity, and Coming Out: My Day at the The Feminist Porn...
On Friday night, I attended the Feminist Porn Awards, an annual event held by my local sex shop Good For Her. I hadn’t planned on going, because I’ve been a little strapped for cash lately, but my...
View ArticleSharing the Sexy #22
• Hey, remember when women were seen as more sex-crazed than men? What the hell happened? Damn you, cultural paradigm… • This zine about sex with trans women is pretty fantastic. And it taught me a...
View ArticleLet’s Talk About Terminology: New Year’s Resolutions
A lot of my new year’s resolutions tend to center around language – which I guess makes sense, because I’m a writer and a very linguistically focused person. Last year I resolved to eliminate ableist...
View ArticleWhat I’m Into: Sex as a Service
I think I’ve always had a thing for sexual servitude. I remember feverishly reading fanfiction as a young teen and experiencing a surge of arousal when words like “deftly” and “expertly” were used....
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Escorts, Strippers & Porn Stars, Oh My!: My Top 5 Favorite Fictional Sex Workers
Sex workers’ rights movements have come a long way in the past century, but they still have a long way to go. There are places in the world where sex work is legal – certain kinds are allowed here...
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Interview: Tina Horn of “Best Sex Writing”
The two things I love most in the world are sex and writing. So, obviously, Best Sex Writing is the kind of book title that gets my attention. This year’s edition is edited by Jon Pressick,...
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Porn Review: Crash Pad Series episode 196
I love Crash Pad Series because their porn is obviously made for the non-male gaze, unlike all mainstream porn – but it lacks the frustrating clichés that tend to show up in “female-friendly” porn....
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Monthly Favorites: Smulder Smut & Cumshots
Toys • I’m still diggin’ on the rechargeable Magic Wand. When you want an easy, quick orgasm to alleviate stress, the Magic Wand is the natural choice. That was my situation this month: I had so many...
View ArticleSo Much, Not Enough: Sex Work Laws in Australia
Australia’s sex work laws have a long and interesting history. While sex work is legal in many areas of the country, there are still many stipulations that complicate sex work there. In Western...
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5 Reasons I’d Totally Hire an Escort
Sex workers are awesome. In the past few years, I’ve befriended several, and have come to realize just how profoundly vital and healing their services can be for their clients. Far from the...
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Links & Hijinks: Murder & the Mona Lisa
• Sarah says pleasure is a form of political resistance. “Queer intimacy is revolutionary. Joyfully reveling in ourselves, each other, and our pleasure is revolutionary,” she writes. “For marginalized...
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Book Review: Of Sound Mind and Someone Else’s Body
Content note: there are some discussions of nonconsensual sex, transphobia, gender dysphoria, and whorephobia in this post. Have you ever read the plot summary for a piece of media and immediately...
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5 Myths About Sex Work
It’s disheartening that sex work is still so stigmatized in 2018, even after the groundbreaking work of so many sex workers’ rights advocates throughout history. Whorephobic language is commonplace in...
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Sex Sells, Part 1: Selling Nudes
I’ve always loved good-lookin’ nudes. When I was a young(er) pervy little thing, I would creep to the family computer in the dead of night and surf SuicideGirls, GodsGirls, and archives of old Bettie...
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Sex Sells, Part 2: Camming
I log onto Skype. I send a quick “I’m ready when you are!” message to the stranger who paid me a few minutes ago. They call me up, and I put on my best Flirty Face. Maybe my clothes come off; maybe...
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Sex Sells, Part 3: Being a Sugar Baby
This week’s mini blog series on my sex work experiences is coming to an end. For this instalment, I’ve partnered with Rachaels London Escorts to tell you a story I’ve never really opened up about in...
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5 Great Reasons to Hire an Escort
I’ve learned a ton from my friends who are Toronto escorts about the power and magic of sex work. Contrary to shitty popular opinions about it being a seedy profession for the desperate and destitute,...
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10 Things I Could Do If I Hired a Male Escort
I thought a lot about male escorts when I was younger, because the thought of sex with men worried me and I wanted someone to shepherd me through it non-judgmentally. I wanted to be taught tricks and...
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8 Pieces of Useful Wisdom From Sex Workers
Each time I’ve dabbled in forms of sex work, like putting on cam shows and selling my used underwear, one of the best things about these endeavors has been connecting with other people doing similar...
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