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Sex on the Beach Kinda Sucks, Actually

The first time I had sex on a beach I was 22 and convinced I was in a Calvin Klein perfume commercial. There was moonlight. There was a man whose name I have lost, though I remember his hands, one twisted in my hair and one shoved down the front of my bikini while the tide came up around our knees. By morning the smell of Obsession was gone, but the sand was not. It had moved into my vagina. I felt like a sandy clam and it was fucking hilarious and unforgivable all at the same time. I walked to the car like I’d lost a knife fight with the ocean.

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What ‘Euphoria’ Gets Wrong About Sex Work

If you’ve been online the past few weeks, you’re at least vaguely aware of Euphoria Season 3. The Zendaya-led HBO series was once lauded as “boundary-pushing” and “authentic,” but as its final season unfolds, creator, director, writer, and executive producer Sam Levinson has lost much of his public favor. Some attribute that to the four-year gap between Seasons 2 and 3. Others blame it on the show’s portrayal of online sex work. 

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