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Posted on July 26, 2018 July 26, 2018

What I Learned On An Accidental Date With A Trump Supporter

Anna Laird Barto
Written by
Anna Laird Barto
Posted in
Lust+Liaisons
Tagged
Bernie, dating, Hillary, Islamophobia, Muslims, online dating, racism, socialism, trump

Maybe now you have to pay $29.99 a month to find out if you match a Scorpio or a xenophobe? Read more

Posted on July 11, 2018 July 11, 2018

Amnesia And Other Gifts

Katie Tandy
Written by
Katie Tandy
Posted in
Lust+Liaisons, members-only
Tagged
love, memoir, memory, relationships, sex, trauma

My fascinating if mildly morbid research started because I couldn’t remember having sex with my ex boyfriend. It was as though someone had come in with kindergarten scissors and started sloppily snipping those memories away. Read more

Posted on June 15, 2018 July 11, 2018

I Convinced Myself I Wasn’t A Lesbian

The Establishment
Written by
The Establishment
Posted in
Lust+Liaisons
Tagged
gay, lesbian, lgbtq, love, memoir

‘I had decided that I would shut out everybody before anybody alienated me.’ Read more

Posted on June 12, 2018 July 12, 2018

On Finding Pride While Having Faith: A Roundtable of Queer Believers

Ruth Lyons
Written by
Ruth Lyons
Posted in
Lust+Liaisons
Tagged
bisexual, faith, Growing Up, LGBTQIA, love, queer, relationships, religion

‘I was in and out of the closet so much, people believed I’d found Narnia.’ Read more

Posted on April 16, 2018 August 10, 2018

My Feminism Couldn’t Save Me From Loving A Violent Man

Sarah Ross
Written by
Sarah Ross
Posted in
Lust+Liaisons
Tagged
abuse, feminism, relationships

I found myself in the position I never expected to be in, echoing the words of countless women undone by the violence of the men in their lives: ‘But I still love him.’ Read more

Posted on April 12, 2018 December 10, 2018

What A Fake ‘Female Orgasm’ Statistic Says About Gender Bias

Suzannah Weiss
Written by
Suzannah Weiss
Posted in
Lust+Liaisons, Society+Politics
Tagged
brain-body, gender, orgasm, research, sex

For years, experts have been peddling a damaging falsehood about the time it takes for cis women to orgasm. Read more

Posted on March 26, 2018 October 9, 2018

Strip Club Raids Are Weapons Of Gentrification

The Establishment
Written by
The Establishment
Posted in
Lust+Liaisons, Society+Politics
Tagged
capitalism, gentrification, new-orleans, sex work, society-politics

This is not about worker safety and public welfare. This is about paving the way for politicians and the elite to gentrify cities. Read more

Posted on March 15, 2018 October 9, 2018

The Legislation That Would Harm Sex Workers—In The Name Of Their Own Protection

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Written by
devcollab
Posted in
Lust+Liaisons, Society+Politics
Tagged
abuse, human-trafficking, sex work, sexual assault, society-politics

‘FOSTA will make our lives exponentially more dangerous under the pretense of protecting us.’ Read more

Posted on March 5, 2018 August 3, 2018

The Problem With ‘Feminist’ Sex Products

Suzannah Weiss
Written by
Suzannah Weiss
Posted in
Lust+Liaisons
Tagged
Sex Products, Sexuality

‘If you’re making money off of the oppression of women, that doesn’t seem very feminist to me.’ Read more

Posted on February 23, 2018 September 19, 2018

The Fixer Upper, A Love Story

The Establishment
Written by
The Establishment
Posted in
Lust+Liaisons
Tagged
essay, house, love, lust-liaisons, relationships

This isolated and imperfect project house embodies some kind of emotional petri dish. Read more

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