Category Archives: Interview

Interviews with people I admire or who have moved me.

Male Pornstars: Behind the Scenes of the Man Project

16th
Sep. × ’10

Zak Smith is an artist whose work has been featured in the Whitney Biennial and The Museum of Modern Art, among others. Zak Sabbath is an alterna porn-star who has co-starred bedside Sasha Gray and Joanna Angel. Zak’s written a book about his experiences in the porn and art worlds,  entitled We Did Porn , [...]

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Tao Lin on Sex Scenes, Masculinity & Gender

7th
Sep. × ’10

Tao Lin is a twenty-something novelist, poet and short story writer whose  fifth book, Richard Yates was released today. Written in Lin’s signature sparse monotone, Richard Yates tells the story of a couple,  Dakota Fanning and Haley Joel Osment. They drink soy milk, talk on g-chat, shoplift from Whole Foods and destruct one and other [...]

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Carol Queen Talks about Old People Having Sex

19th
Aug. × ’10

This past Sunday, I was a guest on the fabulous Kink on Tap podcast.  One of the things we talked about is how sex–and adjacently STI’s–are on the rise for  senior citizens. I spilled to the audience something I have been working on: a journalism piece about elderly BDSM. This one is coming soon, but [...]

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What I’ve learned about Sex from Asexuality

30th
Jul. × ’10

Yesterday I was in the shower, the warm-cool space where I do my best thinking, and I realized that so much of what I’ve learned about my sexuality has been through asexuality–from somewhere invisible in sex-positivity, in feminism, from somewhere that isn’t sexual at all. Asexuality is the lack of sexual attraction. It’s not like [...]

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Getting a Sex Education: Behind the Scenes of the Man Project

24th
Jul. × ’10

Grant Stoddard is the much loved underdog of the sex-writing world. His “I Did it For Science” column at Nerve gave us a hands-on account of his personal exploits, which saw him tackle everything from dressing up like a baby to doing a sample Real Doll at the factory. A few must reads: Experiment: To [...]

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How do you Know your Gender? Behind the Scenes of the Man Project

16th
Jul. × ’10

Known as “the man with a pussy,” Buck Angel has become a cultural icon. He’s a successful porn star—who’s addressed audiences at Yale University. Angel does the talk-show circuit, but when he took Howard Stern up on a dare to ride the Simian Sex Machine, the joke was squarely on Stern. Angel is redefining gender [...]

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Men & Feminism: Behind the Scenes of the Man Project

29th
Jun. × ’10

The second installment of my project, The Man Series went live on Sexis today. This time I am talking to prolific writer, photographer and sexual activist David Steinberg who was recently named Erotic Photographer of the Year. Being one of the visible and outspoken guys working in the realm of feminism and sex, he’s got [...]

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How Men & Women are Different: Behind the Scenes of The Man Project

10th
Jun. × ’10

photo by Morgan Dale A woman gives birth to a baby and afterward, the doctor comes into the room and says in a formal tone, “I have something to tell you, Mrs. Smith.” Instantly, the new mother knows that something is amiss. “What’s the matter, Doctor?” she asks worriedly. “Is my baby all right?” The [...]

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How Naked Jen got me Naked, an Interview with a Guerilla Nudist

31st
Jul. × ’09

Naked Jen’s nickname is straight-forward. Naked Jen gets naked everywhere: on the street, while walking her dogs, touring on vacation, on the steps of the capitol building and most recently at Chicago’s Navy Pier at it’s most crowded — just after the fireworks grand finale. She records this public nudity on her blog, NakedJen.com It [...]

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Hearts Revolution (Music Feature: Interview)

29th
Apr. × ’09

The giddy sound of Hearts Revolution is infectious and haunting — sugar coated but piercing. Sweethearts and band-mates, Lo and Ben are two pieces of the BFF necklace that make up this riot grrrl spirited electro-thrash band. Hearts Revolution first got media attention not solely for their music but also for their bubble-gum colored ice cream [...]

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