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The Pursuit of Male Friendship is Horrifying
With "Friendship" and "The Rehearsal," today's media representations of male friendship and sense of belonging are both labelled comedies. Why, then…
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What Is the "Sexual Wellness" Industry Trying to Tell Us?
From Kourtney Kardashian's new "intimacy" gummies to a luxe "sensual body care" brand, consumer goods are signalling that our desires are dictated by…
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Men and Women Still Don't Get Each Other. But Aren't We Supposed to Try?
Some notes on my new gig at Playboy.
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April 2025

"When did sl*t-shaming come back? Did it ever leave?"
Advice for Our Sexual Culture Part VI: young neo-Puritans, the "half your age plus 7" rule, dead bedrooms and the problem with feeling "valid"
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'White Lotus' and the Pain of Desire
The third season of Mike White's hit HBO drama understood something about our struggles to dominate our wants, be they sexual or otherwise.
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Main Character Energy
Our romantic lives are often guided by a digitally-imposed need to be the main character, to live "for the plot." What if the story isn't our own?
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March 2025

Social Media's Pornographic Subterfuge
Desire Digest 008: Not another Sabrina Carpenter essay, why IG models are lying about having Down syndrome and some thoughts on "Adolescence."
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“Why Does Everything Feel So Sexual If We’re All So Sexless?”
Advice for Our Sexual Culture Part V: the decline of first date etiquette, the physical progression of an adult virgin relationship and more.
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Reject the Digital Dating Panopticon
Stories of young men like Harry Sisson dating several women at a time continue to circulate. Is this culture of romantic surveillance doing us any good?
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Advice for Our Sexual Culture: Part IV
Answering your questions on keeping your fantasies hidden, the problem with men's sex toys, online crushes and whether a better sex life will really…
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Even Our Sex Scandals Are Sexless
Desire Digest 007: Elon Musk and natalism's IVF problem, notes on boudoir shoots and whether Hollywood still serves as a cultural barometer
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February 2025

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