Category: Personal essays

  • Dating as a sex blogger: when do I come out?

    Dating as a sex blogger: when do I come out?

    A young woman wearing a collar talking a BDSM harness and cuffs on a vlog. Photo.
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    One of my sex goals for 2020 is to be brave enough to flirt and to see if putting myself out there on dating apps can lead to good fucking. To share something that will surprise no one, I have a high libido and would like regular sex. However, when I’ve come to draft profiles for these dating apps, I’m left wondering if I should out myself as a sex blogger.

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  • Relationship uncertainty: there’s no happy ever after

    Relationship uncertainty: there’s no happy ever after

    A transmasculine gender non-conforming person and transfeminine non-binary person kissing
    Image from The Gender Spectrum Collection.

    I’m dating someone. I’m in love in a way that I haven’t been before. It’s the kind of love in a way that makes me stronger, the kind of love that I wasn’t looking for when I unexpectedly stumbled into the arms of an incredibly attractive enby who actually likes me back. But in the less fun things that come with navigating my first romantic relationship, I also have to deal with the uncertainty: it’s not that I doubt that they love me – I know they do – but I do know they might not love me forever.

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  • How to have the worst sex ever (if you’re me)

    How to have the worst sex ever (if you’re me)

    Red lipstick with condoms and birth control pills in pocket of jeans. Photo.
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    I’ve been thinking about writing this post for a long time, but didn’t want to share it until I could be sure that someone reading could potentially take something from my worst sex ever. It’s also important to note that I’ve published this with the knowledge and consent of the person I’m writing about in this post.

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  • Being called a tease as a slut in a cisheteropatriarchy

    Being called a tease as a slut in a cisheteropatriarchy

    A woman lies back with her hand between her legs, knickers pushed to the side so she can touch her cunt. Photo.
    Photo by Molly Moore, used with permission.

    My partner calls me a tease – a fair and accurate description given my investment in finding the words that will make them achingly hard and think about fucking me. But I remember, every time they say it with a fond grin or a playful groan, that for every person who affectionately calls me a tease, there’ll be another who’ll throw the words cock tease at me as an insult, or a justification.

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  • My partner is Facebook official with my metamour

    My partner is Facebook official with my metamour

    A transfeminine non-binary person and transmasculine gender-nonconforming person looking at a phone with upset expressions. Photo.
    Image from The Gender Spectrum Collection.

    “How would you feel about me making my relationship with my other partner Facebook official?” is quite a question. It falls under ‘questions life in a monogamous society doesn’t prepare you to answer’ if I’m honest. I’ll admit that as much as I have a fuck tonne of compersion for my enboifriend and their girlfriend – my metamour – I did have a small moment of jealousy.

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