The second installment of my project, The Man Series went live on Sexis today. This time I am talking to prolific writer, photographer and sexual activist David Steinberg who was recently named Erotic Photographer of the Year. Being one of the visible and outspoken guys working in the realm of feminism and sex, he’s got [...]
A bong is being passed around the art school dorm. Brett, a DJ, is talking. “It’s good to not eat for like three days. Then on the fourth day have a little meal. Then little meals from there.” Alex, a film major, listens. He stamps out a cigarette and lights another. “Sometimes I won’t eat [...]
I’m sitting on the edge of the bed. The room is dark, filled with the sound of flesh smacking flesh and throaty “ahhhhhs.” Next to me are huddles of middle aged men, standing, pants-off, half-hard. I’m sitting upright, purse in lap feeling a bit overdressed. In front of me is a triple set of couples, [...]
creatures by donna wilson Ned and I were in the middle of dinner. We were at Handlebar, a vegetarian restaurant we used to go to a lot. He probably ordered 3 sides: vegan mashed potatoes, smoked Gouda mac and cheese and collard greens. I probably got the “green meanie” a sandwich with sprouts and avocado. [...]
photo by Morgan Dale A woman gives birth to a baby and afterward, the doctor comes into the room and says in a formal tone, “I have something to tell you, Mrs. Smith.” Instantly, the new mother knows that something is amiss. “What’s the matter, Doctor?” she asks worriedly. “Is my baby all right?” The [...]
It was hidden beneath layers of black clothes. When I’d find myself alone in a rest room, I’d look in the mirror and lift my shirt to reveal the fuzzy underarms, a shock of hair that felt luxuriously soft and foreign. Arm-pit hair serves an evolutionary purpose. It helps waft our scent to the noses [...]
Photo: Ryan McGinley I wrote this profile on male sex-workers 4 years ago. Re-reading, I realized, it sorta fits my thread on enthusiastic consent. Consent, I had concluded, is not the opposite of rape, enthusiastic consent is. But, still it was tricky. What about times when you just have sex for your partner? And where [...]
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Overview: You know that time when you are dating someone new and that inevitable urge comes up, this need to know what the ex was looks like. When in that crunch it’s kind of like, you aren’t sure which is worse, if the ex is attractive or if they are ugly. In comes science. We [...]
image by Conrad Roset My body floated into the bedroom in a cream baby-doll nightie. I found it hanging on the “nicer items” rack in a thrift store. It was Oscar De la Renta and still had the tags on. After buying it, I stood in front of a mirror, admiring the billowy layers of [...]
You know you are watching a commercial for tampons when the soft lighting blurs to reveal some complacent looking woman, joyfully kicking her white-spandex-coated legs. Recently, Kotex came out with an ad that cramps this usual style. “The ads on TV are really helpful, because they show that blue liquid” says the woman on screen, [...]
