Category: Musings
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Question for readers: blog posts or podcast?
Help a blogger/podcaster out! Should I go with blog post interviews, or podcasts? Let me know what you think!
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Anybody else watching Transparent?
So I signed up for a free thirty-day trial of Amazon Prime so I could get some stuff shipped for free during my move, and planned to cancel it before I got charged. Like you do.
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Feeling Defeated
I was going to take a cue from the bravery of this woman (with whom I am honored to share the title “Staff Writer” for Luna Luna magazine, by the way) and attempt a brave and soul-searching admission of my compulsive porn habits. It would feel cleansing, I thought. And then I read that 50%…
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Thoughts on Celebgate: why are nipples such a huge issue?
When we find out that there’s an image of a nip slip on the internet, why is it that we click the link immediately? We’ve seen nipples before. It’s unlikely that these particular nipples are going to break the mold somehow. Besides a general question of size and color, they’re not going to blow our…
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“Suitcase Pimps” in the Adult Industry: an informational essay
The arrangement that you have with him is probably sort of unspoken. It likely didn’t start out the way it is now. Chances are he was just your boyfriend or good friend at first, and he saw all the hard work you were doing. He offered to drop you off and pick you up at…
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Less Serious Links and Videos for Your Nude Weekend Coffee Sipping. Or Whatever.
Well this week’s return to the world has been pretty tough on me, so here are some awesome, bizarre, ultra-bizarre, and heh-worthy links and videos for you to enjoy and feel less-serious about as you sip coffee in the nude on your fire escape this weekend. I mean. That’s what you do on weekends, right?…
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Consent, Mistakes, and Ripples: reflections on a mess
Things that happen in the past can and do send ripples into our futures and the futures of other people over which we simply do not have control.
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Another Pointless Pondering: the hissing inhale thing
I find it baffling. Like, why not moan or grunt a little, or just breath heavily? Why this weird tooth-sucking hiss thing? Does anyone out there have an answer, or speculation? I’m really curious about this phenomenon.
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Why I Can’t Write Erotica (or romance novels or sex scenes at all)
I focused instead on trying to get the voice right and to show that the woman was in control of her situation and her body, because dammit, feminism in a porno magazine was my way of fighting back!
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Vignettes from the Solstice
Sometimes, New York makes me insane with anger, feeling like everything I do is futile, like I will never have enough time or money or influence to live the life I want. But other days, like yesterday, it is full of all the things I need. Some vignettes for your enjoyment.