Brothel, Washington DC
“The closest we ever came to getting busted was when a dominatrix named Erin sat smoking on the porch, in full regalia, and ashed onto the neighbor’s lawn. He saw her do it and asked her not to. ‘Fuck you’, she said (she’s a dominatrix), and the authorities became involved”.
Michael Merriam
A night at the vibrator museum
Early vibrators were hand-cranked, two-person jobs – and prescribed by doctors. How far we’ve come since then.
Tracy Clark–Flory
Character and its discontents
“We are almost invariably surprised when it turns out that the different aspects of someone’s personality stand in tension with one another”.
Iskra Fileva
Why insults are a political issue
The Feel Free to Insult Me campaign wants to repeal the law against insulting words or behaviour. But do we really want more unpleasantness?
Zoe Williams
A better vibrator
Sex toys have transformed into sophisticated and well-designed gadgets that take their inspiration from Apple not Hustler. But one company has a bigger hope: that a better machine could mean better sex for a repressed nation.
Andy Isaacson
Pillolo per lui
E se bastasse solo “un po’ di blu” per convincerli a usarlo?
Stefania PIloni
Le porno change-t-il les ados ?
La majorité des 10-16 ans ont déjà vu un fim X sur Internet et beacoup d’aloescents adoptent les codes hypersexués des stars de la chanson. Des spécialistes s’en inquiètent.
Frédéric Joignot