Category: MEL
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Sexy Wrestling and “Watching Porn” Paperback!
Two very cool pieces of news for you, my darlings! 1) Sexy Wrestling: A Story and an Article Way back in 2011, I was visiting San Francisco to see friends and interview a few folks about their personal experiences with pornography for my documentary film project, “Consent.” Through some series of events that has slipped…
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Links I 10/10 Recommend
It’s only natural that my blog is awash with fresh new links to nurture your weekend reading needs! I 10/10 would recommend that you read any and all of the following.
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A Lotta Links for Your Weekend: Playboy, MEL, and more!
Just in time for you to zone out at the end of your work-week, here’s a whole lotta links to enjoy! (Or rage out about, or be grossed out by, as may be appropriate in some cases. Hey, it’s a lotta links! I like to give options!) My new work at Playboy and MEL, and others’…
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“Watching Porn” Won an Award!
“Watching Porn,” my half-memoir, half-informative-book-about-the-adult-industry, won the gold medal (top honors!) in the Sexuality/Relationships category in the Independent Book Publishers Awards, or IPPYs!
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Consent Apps and a Birthday Book Sale (and poached eggs)!
Birthday book sale! $5 off my signed book until February 14th! Also a new article! Go go go!
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Au Revoir, 2017! It’s Been Intense.
It’s been a hell of a year. For everyone. The kind of year that you look back at and feel truly, deeply thankful for what you still have. Together we’ve seen our political system taken over by buffoonery and mean spirits. As a country, we’ve lost forward momentum on civil rights, health care, environmental issues,…
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Porn Through the Decades, and Contemporary Camming
The hits just keep on coming! This week I’ve got two articles to share with you, which were both fascinating to research. Hopefully they’ll be equally interesting to read! Porn Through the Decades First, I spoke to some of my greatest heroes to research an article for Men’s Health about changes in porn through the…
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Israel, Turkey, and Revenge Porn—Oh My!
The holidays are officially under way, and I’m frantically typing away in a desperate attempt to meet my deadlines before the year ends! Meanwhile, a few things I did months ago are coming full circle. Check these articles on (consensual) porn in Turkey, revenge porn in the U.S. (with a French guy), and Watching Porn in Israel!…
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Lynsey G: Relentless Optimist
You may know that I’m a relentless optimist. Particularly when it comes to writing about sex and sex work, I’m especially upbeat. Especially in times like these, when there’s so much trying to divide us, I think the unity and happiness of sex are more important than ever. So, you won’t be surprised by the…
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Ethical Porn—in L.A. and the Land Down Under
Ethical porn is a hot topic of conversation, both here and around the world. So I’ve spent the last week talking about it a lot. Ethical Porn Down Under I wrote an article for MEL Magazine about the truly fascinating porn scene in Australia! To whit: porn is heavily restricted there, so pornographers are pretty…