You know that moment when you first wake up? Somewhere between dreaming and consciousness; not yet remembering the night before. I bask in that second. I stretch my legs long in bed and feel some cracker crumbs. What time did Moira leave? I was sitting at the bar for awhile, a glass broken beneath my [...]
On my laptop there is an ever-increasing folder of images. Some of them, like this one (found here) end up as photos on Rabbit Write. But many, you’ll probably never see. They are, plainly, porn. I have this worry-fantasy, where a friend or someone will pull up my laptop to find these naked bodies projected [...]
Yesterday I was in the shower, the warm-cool space where I do my best thinking, and I realized that so much of what I’ve learned about my sexuality has been through asexuality–from somewhere invisible in sex-positivity, in feminism, from somewhere that isn’t sexual at all. Asexuality is the lack of sexual attraction. It’s not like [...]
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Txt: See ed note in bold Too many of us have made those three little words our mantra: I’m so fat. I’m arguing that you should never say them again, and not because “you’re totally not” even though that might be true. When you say “I’m so fat” what you are saying is that your [...]
Grant Stoddard is the much loved underdog of the sex-writing world. His “I Did it For Science” column at Nerve gave us a hands-on account of his personal exploits, which saw him tackle everything from dressing up like a baby to doing a sample Real Doll at the factory. A few must reads: Experiment: To [...]
Freshman year, we went on a field trip. We filed from the school bus with it’s soggy-sandwich smell into the county jail, which smelled like Mr. Clean. The only thing I remember was the guy on the news. The one who had killed a baby, smashing it against a wall. He was in a holding [...]
Known as “the man with a pussy,” Buck Angel has become a cultural icon. He’s a successful porn star—who’s addressed audiences at Yale University. Angel does the talk-show circuit, but when he took Howard Stern up on a dare to ride the Simian Sex Machine, the joke was squarely on Stern. Angel is redefining gender [...]
It was exciting and awkward, spending the night with a friend for the first time. The smell of the house, the routines, the furniture. They were new worlds. The next morning when Lila and I were awake, we stayed in bed, talking, rolling to change positions every so often. We made up jokes to write [...]
When Karen decided to go off the pill, her relationship wasn’t going well. She had a husband whose depression hung heavy, dampening the air. Karen began noticing a putrid smell, emanating from her husband. “I couldn’t stand to be close to him because he smelled so bad, it wasn’t what we call body odor, it [...]
There’s got to be a moment when it switches on. But in that moment, I assume it’s great conversation, or I don’t assume anything, basking in the electricity of my own voice, the mirrored image of my lashes batting. On this night, I felt it, a current prickled beneath my skin. It was after dinner [...]
