Have you been waiting to get your copy of Exposure: A Sociologist Explores Sex, Society, and Adult Entertainment? Know someone who *needs* to read it? Having trouble thinking of a clever gift for that intellectually curious/highly sassy person in your life? Well, never fear – special orders are here! I have
Though it’s not quite over with yet, 2015 was a year when matters of sexuality were BIG in the news. While there were some blows struck for gender equality, sex workers’ rights, and freedom of speech, there were just as many stories about attempts to promote “family values” at the
Sex Workers, Sexual Assault — Due to recent allegations from porn performer, writer, and visual artist Stoya* that porn performer James Deen sexually assaulted her, several reporters asked me questions about sex workers and sexual assault. I am not gonna lie… This made me extremely uncomfortable. On one hand, it’s about
I recently corresponded with writer/reporter Kate Lloyd re chemsex — recreational sex on drugs and all us ladies. Kate used insights from our conversation in the interesting essay “Why More Women Are Having Sex on Drugs” for VICE News’ lady-centric site, Broadly. Here’s some of what I had to say
Are you involved with the Porn Kills Love movement and Fight the New Drug? Then I’d love to talk to you! I’m writing an article about activism in 2015 — specifically re what gets young people involved, especially with a movement related to something “taboo” like sex and porn? Media
Hello friends! Below is the *FIRST* *DRAFT* of a passage I wrote about web camming. Some details… This passage is slated to be included in an undergraduate-level college textbook (Routledge, 2016) on sexual deviance — Not “These icky things are deviant, meep!” but “Let’s look at sex-realted behaviors that are thought of
I recently interviewed Jo Weldon for the highly cultural (and chic) Rogue magazine. You can read the entire interview below or on Rogue here — It looks awesome on their site, so I highly recommend at least taking a gander over there. The interview they published, unfortunately, was edited down
Way back in June, I spoke with Steve Bramucci, an editor at UPROXX Life, about consensual sex between adults. But there was a corollary — This was re consensual hook up sex happening between adults, one from a developing nation and the other from the United States. Steve framed our conversation
Back in late June/early July, I received some questions from Gareth May, a frequent contributor to VICE whom I’ve spoken to several times before. Gareth had some questions about “monster porn.” I thought they were very interesting and spent some time responding to his queries from a sociological standpoint. I don’t
In 2012, pre-Measure B in LA County, I wrote an op-ed for California’s Daily Journal (San Francisco, LA, and San Diego). The Daily Journal reports to lawyers on litigation, transactions, regulations, law firms, and settlements, with daily rulings, attorney-written columns, profiles of counsel, and more. Last week, their op-ed editor contacted me, requesting