“Medieval people feared death by celibacy as much as venereal disease, and practiced complex sexual health regimens.”
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Posted inEditor's Pick
The Sex Lives Of Common Vegetables
“Nature is full of species for which sex and gender are more fluid than the heterosexual gender binary that is commonly accepted in Western societies.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Are Men in a Spermpocalypse?
“One man journeys through the many movements—sci-fi startups, DIY donor clubs, group masturbation retreats—urgently attempting to address the ‘crisis in sperm.'”
Posted inReading List
Love, Lust, Loneliness: A Valentine’s Day Reading List
Essays, reading lists, and editors’ picks on relationships, breakups, and many different kinds of love.
Posted inFeature
Predator or Prey
“I still want to feel each meal, each touch, each body I absorb into mine.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Love and the Burning West
“She nearly died while fighting a fire. All she could think about was the tragedy of dying while still a virgin.”
Posted inNonfiction
On the Hotness of Not Getting Any
Edging, or extending the time leading up to an orgasm, is almost a character of its own in Normal People, Run, and Portrait of a Lady on Fire. It also has a lot to teach us about sexuality and consent.
Posted inNonfiction
The Lie of ‘One Last Time’ with My Ex
Ella Dawson learns about the perils of break-up sex the hard way.
Posted inNonfiction
Secret Museums
Struggling with the world’s, and his own, homophobia, one queer young man searches for intimacy in the world of internet porn.