The first time I looked at porn was in sixth grade, in my friend Jordan's unfinished basement on a dusty desktop computer. He typed in the exhilarating URL, Playboy.com, and to this day an image of a brunette with massive breasts posed in such a way she might have been smelling her own armpit remains emblazoned upon my hippocampus. Keep Reading →
Unicornland, as creator Lucy Gillespie explains, is chiefly a love story, and one we'd argue is a fairly unconventional one. Unlike the title of the new web series may suggest, the show is not a fantastical fairytale--in fact, it's a deeply realistic and empathetic portrayal of life post-divorce. The title of the show plays off the queer term, "Unicorn," commonly known in the poly community as a bisexual woman who dates couples. Keep Reading →
I've had a far longer relationship with Grindr than with anyone I've actually met on Grindr. I've also written extensively about my experiences, particularly those that left me feeling bereft of pride, or self-esteem, or self-worth. Which was an unhealthy number of experiences. About three years ago I wrote a popular piece, Why I've Given Up on Hooking Up, in which I, through painfully personal detail, went through my "addiction" to Grindr and other hookup apps and their demoralizing effects on me: Keep Reading →
The thing you need to keep in mind about anal sex is that, yes, exactly as you might expect, the act heavily revolves around that most unpredictable and untamed of regions: the butthole. And if, like me, just a whiff of coffee seems to trigger explosive bodily functions the magnitude of which could be compared to small earthquakes, sticking something up your butt is going to require some careful forethought. Keep Reading →
Rembrandt Duran was 23 when he stopped pursuing women. "I was like, 'Let me try this whole gay thing for a bit,'" he says. The gay thing stuck, and in the two years since, Duran has had sex with more than 550 men. He admits that his promiscuity is at least partially fueled by gay repression. "Maybe it's come from being ashamed and wanting to keep it 'on the low' or whatever," he says. "But now I'm the opposite--I'm shouting it to the world." And that includes on social media. If you follow Duran's private Instagram account, be careful opening it in CVS: the person behind you might think you're logged onto PornHub. Keep Reading →