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Posted on October 11, 2017 September 12, 2018

Why Do Teen Magazines Idealize Underage Girls Dating Adult Men?

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Written by
Erika Smith
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Society+Politics
Tagged
age-of-consent, kylie-jenner, lust-liaisons, teen-magazine, tyga

Magazines like ‘Seventeen’ and ‘Teen Vogue’ don’t just normalize couplings involving underage girls — they make them seem downright aspirational. Read more

Posted on October 10, 2017 September 12, 2018

My Path To Becoming A Third Parent

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Asexuality, coparenting, lust-liaisons, Parenting, queer

We define the values that we will hold as a family. Read more

Posted on October 2, 2017 September 19, 2018

Writer Of The Week: Tina Horn

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Arts+Creators, Lust+Liaisons
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feminism, lust-liaisons, sex, Sexuality, writer-of-the-week

‘The dichotomy between erotica and porn is classist and fake.’ Read more

Posted on September 29, 2017 October 9, 2018

The Body Sings Itself Into Oblivion

Katie Tandy
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Katie Tandy
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Lust+Liaisons
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dying, lust-liaisons, sex, sex-beasts, Sexuality

Do not — my mind bellows at my body — become sexually inconsequential. Do not relinquish this power like a wilting flower. Read more

Posted on September 27, 2017 October 12, 2018

The Kinky Power Of Cold Hard Cash

Tina Horn
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Tina Horn
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Lust+Liaisons
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cash, feminism, kink, lust-liaisons, money

The latest from Tina Horn’s sex podcast, ‘Why Are People Into That?!’ explores the online world of findomming, where cash pig submissives are treated like human ATMs. Read more

Posted on August 28, 2017 September 11, 2018

Why Are People Into Femme Dominance?!

Tina Horn
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Tina Horn
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Lust+Liaisons
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bdsm, lust-liaisons, podcast, sex, why-are-people-into-that

Maybe because female dominance can manifest in workplace assertiveness, creative boldness, or community advocacy. Read more

Posted on June 23, 2017 September 12, 2018

I Keep My Desire Everywhere But Out In The Open

Katie Tandy
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Katie Tandy
Posted in
Lust+Liaisons, members-only
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lust-liaisons, monogamy, sex, sex-beasts, Sexuality

I’d like to be more truthful; I’d like to tell you a secret. I want to fling myself into some shadowy places for a while. Read more

Posted on February 14, 2017 February 14, 2019

What Valentine’s Day Is Like When The Person You Love Is In Prison

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Sophie Brown
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Lust+Liaisons
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criminal-justice-reform, jail, lust-liaisons, Prison, valentines-day

For every sentence read out in court, there’s a family serving time for a crime that they didn’t commit. Read more

Posted on January 2, 2017 November 6, 2018

Japanese Cartoon Porn Helped Me Understand My Trans Identity

Sam Riedel
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Sam Riedel
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Brain+Body, Lust+Liaisons
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comics, essay, hentai, lust-liaisons, secondary-left

Internet perverts have argued for years over what types of futa, if any, make the consumer gay, but at 13, I had no interest in codifying the nuances. Read more

Posted on December 27, 2016 October 3, 2018

I Will Not Be Gaslighted For Speaking My Mind While Dating

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Written by
Wagatwe Wanjuki
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Lust+Liaisons
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dating, essay, lower-trio, lust-liaisons, online dating

I felt my inferiority complex kicking in. Read more

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