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Culture & Entertainment

Rihanna, Freud, and Mormon Porn: Religious Fetishism in Pop Culture

The 2020 Savage X Fenty Show was a huge success, receiving high praise for inclusion, style, and body positivity—until Muslim fans on social media pointed out the use of a…

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Sex & Love

Pleasuring Myself as a Virgin

Sitting on the toilet in my small bathroom, I looked down and noticed short hairs beginning to grow. Naturally, my ten-year-old self wanted to know what they felt like, and…

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Culture & Entertainment

I’ll be honest—I love chick lit. Those identical pastel paperbacks, the spunky and financially successful heroines, the magical endings straight out of an R-rated Hallmark movie. Chick lit generally encompasses…

Life

Reclaiming My Mother Tongue

Sex & Love

We’re Different People Now: On Getting Back With Exes

Life

How a Pandemic Helped Me Heal from My PTSD

News & Politics

In Defense of Compulsory Voting

Life

Riding A Bike Through New York Saved My Sanity

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Sex & Love

Squirting, Explained

I don’t think there’s a way to contribute to the ever-intense conversation about squirt without being fully honest, so let’s start here: the first time I squirted, it was an…

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5 min

Fashion & Beauty

The Y2K Renaissance: Fashion As Pleasure

I’m in Los Angeles, and outside my window there’s a girl dressed in a bedazzled velour tracksuit. It’s not Juicy Couture, but it might as well be with the words…

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Rihanna, Freud, and Mormon Porn: Religious Fetishism in Pop Culture

Pleasuring Myself as a Virgin

Why I Love Chick Lit

Trending posts

Dear Gen Z, We Have to Stop Stanning Progressive Politicians

A Beginner’s Guide to UBI

24/7 Sylvia Plath: Capitalism and the Emotional White Woman

Outgrowing Brandy Melville

Reclaiming My Mother Tongue

We’re Different People Now: On Getting Back With Exes

How a Pandemic Helped Me Heal from My PTSD

Trending posts

Dear Gen Z, We Have to Stop Stanning Progressive Politicians

A Beginner’s Guide to UBI

24/7 Sylvia Plath: Capitalism and the Emotional White Woman

Outgrowing Brandy Melville

In Defense of Compulsory Voting

Riding A Bike Through New York Saved My Sanity

Squirting, Explained

Trending posts

Dear Gen Z, We Have to Stop Stanning Progressive Politicians

A Beginner’s Guide to UBI

24/7 Sylvia Plath: Capitalism and the Emotional White Woman

Outgrowing Brandy Melville

The Y2K Renaissance: Fashion As Pleasure

Dear Gen Z, We Have to Stop Stanning Progressive Politicians

A Beginner’s Guide to UBI

24/7 Sylvia Plath: Capitalism and the Emotional White Woman

Outgrowing Brandy Melville

The Language Gaps in Non-Binary Acceptance and Representation

Actor and Journalist Reed Alexander on the Symmetry of Storytelling

Yes, Mistress: On Being a Female Dom

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