I am very excited to be a guest on an upcoming episode of “Mind Body Health & Politics” with Dr. Richard Miller! Dr. Miller is amazing. A clinical psychologist and the owner/founder of the Wilbur Hot Springs Health Sanctuary, he’s quite the trailblazer, with an amazing professional history. (you should read his Wikipedia page
One of LA’s “Deadliest” Hiking Trails is Getting Closed…
…or “Once Again, State of California & LA County Turbo-Charge their Race to the Bottom!” California – Los Angeles specifically – I love you. I am of you and your influence helped shape a large part of who I am today, but you’re really starting to test me with all
An Ode to the Little Pink Dog
I am the proud mother of an eight month old puppy. She’s a large (55 lbs and counting) pink & white, often obnoxious and always precious, cheetah bunny. (She has cheetah spots all over her back and butt and sometimes hops around like a bunny.) Little Pinky has such short
Who’s Afraid of Peer Review?
I recently came across this article “Who’s Afraid of Peer Review?” by John Bohannon in the October, 2013 issue of Science (Vol. 342, no. 6154, pp. 60-65). In this piece, John explores what would happen if he (with the help of Science) concocted a spoof research article and submitted it to several open access (OA)
Host Boys and Why You Should #PayForYourPorn – New Piece on UPROXX
Regardless of the business, friendly (“friendly”) contests between intra-industry folks who do similar things are pretty commonplace. And in the adult business, trade publications AVN and XBIZ regularly engage one of the most well-known, ongoing competitions. AVN (Adult Video News) covers adult business plus community/political news, whereas XBIZ is more
Thread from my Reddit IAmA (6/12/14)
Archive of my Reddit IAmA right –> here My Reddit IAmA/Ask Me Anything yesterday went awesome! I got so many good thoughtful questions, it was impossible to address them all in the allotted hour. I may even go in later today and answer some more… Yesterday was a super fun (though
Join my @Reddit #IAmA on June 12!!
Where will you be on June 12, 2014 at 7 pm EST/4 pm PDT? Hopefully on Reddit for my IAmA/Ask Me Anything event!! Come on over this Thursday, and ask me anything. That’s right – anything. (pictured: come join me on Reddit this Thursday, June 12!!) * * * Got
“On mental health and sensationalizing tragedy” – Op-Ed in… BroBible(?)
I recently contributed an op-ed piece to “bro” lifestyle & culture space, BroBible.com. Why?! you ask. Because contrary to popular belief, bros are capable of empathy and concern regarding wider social issues, too. I admit though that this piece, regarding similarities concerning ignoring mental health issues and sensationalizing relatively spurious factors
Dogpatch Press interview (5/28/14)
I was recently contacted by Patch O’Furr, the driving force behind Dogpatch Press. Dogpatch Press is a SFW blog dedicated to “making a mark on furry journalism” via explorations of Furry lifestyles and community. Patch had read my article in Porn Studies and had some questions about Furries within the
The Real World (4th ed)
Something so cool – me and my work are featured in a spotlight section of the brand new text, The Real World: An Introduction to Sociology! (pictured: The Real World, 4th ed) Published by the noteworthy and worldwide W.W. Norton & Company, this installment of The Real World is actually