United States of America
I am a recent graduate of Columbia College Chicago's nonfiction MFA program, previously published by Rolling Stone, The Rumpus, Glamour, BUST, Complex Life, and The Establishment, among others.
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When I was a kid, I watched over and over and over. I was never into superhero movies and even now, the only other superhero movie I've watched more than once is the new Wonder Woman. I'm not sure if my family ever wondered why I watched Batman Returns so much and if so, if they ever figured it out.
It's white, about twelve inches long with a bulbous head and a couple of buttons, and it became an icon of sexual liberation in the 1970s. It's the Hitachi Magic Wand and, though it's name has since changed, it's still one of the most popular vibrators on the market today, available in brightly-lit boutique sex-toy stores across the country.
When you think of cartoon or animated porn, there's a good chance the first thing that comes to mind is a boulder-breasted anime girl or an x-rated My Little Pony. It's also possible that when you picture the average consumer of porn like this, you imagine a basement-dwelling single dude who plays a lot of RPGs.
Midori talks in aphorisms. I realized this about halfway through one of her classes, "The Art of Feminine Dominance," while I was taking notes, and almost every note was an aphorism. So few words, so much meaning: "As a dominant, you may be able to help someone else free themselves to be themselves."
I am an emerging writer and fairly young kinkster. The letters on my keyboard are just starting to fade; the leather of my cuffs is just starting to crack. To excel at either of these paths—writing or BDSM—takes years of practice.
Ten years ago, The Wall Street Journal quoted me about my love of author Meg Cabot's books. I started reading The Princess Diaries when I was fourteen years old, and I was already a fan of the film.
A few months ago, writer and mother Ayelet Waldman tweeted her praise for Peggy Orenstein's recently released book, Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape . Then she asked her followers: "What are some non-misogynist porn sites to recommend to teens?"
We asked experts about the science behind consciousness in yoga and BDSM.
Jillian Keenan wants us to talk, and she wants to put the conversation in motion with her memoir, Sex With Shakespeare: Here's Much to Do with Pain, But More with Love. In 2012, by way of a New York Times Modern Love essay, Keenan, a journalist, outed herself as a spanking fetishist.
Everybody has a secret world inside of them... no matter how dull and boring they are on the outside. Inside them they've all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds. - Neil Gaiman, "The Sandman, Vol 5: A Game of You" * I've changed out of my street clothes and exited the bathroom.