He brought handcuffs & blindfold on our 1st date – Rachel
Talk about coming full circle: when your friends-with-benefits from age 12 comes back around to become your life partner and make your deepest taboo fantasies come true.
I trained to be a dominatrix – Rain Dove
Rain Dove grew up with a birth certificate that listed gender as “F.” For much of their life, they imagined that “F” stood for “Failure” to be properly “Female.” Today Rain is a gender-bending model who walks runways for designers of both masculine- and feminine-coded clothing.
ADHD and your orgasm – Catieosaurus
How can kink un-kink you? Cate talks about using kink as therapy for chronic pain, emotional overwhelm, and neurodivergent patterns. Also: the unseen effects ADHD can have on your sex life.
My vagina was dry as a bone – Gabby
What happens when a girl grows up in purity culture and gets married to the first boy who pays attention to her, just so she can have sex?
The Evangelical Church Stunted My Sexuality – Brenda Marie Davies
Brenda grew up in a “sex silent” household and transitioned right into purity culture. For a naturally highly sexual person, this spelled dysfunction and disaster.
Sex with women is 10/10, highly recommend – Tori
Tori grew up in purity culture, learning what she didn’t want: a life with more shame than sex, and strict gender roles.
Dating while pregnant – Tammy
Tammy shares how American Jewish culture shaped her expectations and led her into situations that were unhealthy and even dangerous.
Sex and Cerebral Palsy – Karin
Karin lives with cerebral palsy. She talks about learning to appreciate her body and seeing herself as worthy of pleasure.
Not saying ‘no’ doesn’t mean ‘yes’ – Danielle
Danielle’s earliest sexual experiences were non-consensual and has impacted her in implicit, explicit, and confusing ways.
I like to get tied up – Natalie
Natalie talks about how binge and purge eating behaviors have affected her experience of sex and her body. She also traded sex for lodging when she didn’t have steady housing.
