Do Unstylish Men Deserve Love?

Advice for Our Sexual Culture: swag gaps, the flightiness of contemporary dating and re-entering a world of desire.

May 28 • Magdalene J. Taylor

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Advice for Our Sexual Culture Returns

I'm bringing my advice column back for spring/summer 2026!

May 6 • Magdalene J. Taylor

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April 2026

In Defense of the Pickup Artist

Incel this, manosphere that—let's keep the lost art of actually trying.

Published on The Playboy Reader • Apr 30

The Bimbo Paradox

For years, people claimed being a bimbo was empowering. Does Bryon Noem think so?

Apr 9 • Magdalene J. Taylor

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March 2026

Don't Let the Gooners Get You Down

Desire Digest 0013: the post-Olympics sexual response and the rebranding of cheating as "ethical discretion"

Mar 3 • Magdalene J. Taylor

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February 2026

The Most Beautiful Corpse on the Livestream

Young men aren't looking for meaning. They're looking to mog.

Feb 19 • Magdalene J. Taylor

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Selling the Sex Recession

What does Valentine's Day mean in an increasingly single world?

Feb 11 • Magdalene J. Taylor

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January 2026

Defining the Anti-Erotic

Desire Digest 0012: The year ahead, "Heated Rivalry" and the offline vibe shift

Jan 7 • Magdalene J. Taylor

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December 2025

Desire Is an Obligation

Celebrating three years of Many Such Cases, plus 50 percent off (forever)

Dec 3, 2025 • Magdalene J. Taylor

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November 2025

We're Not Supposed to Be Thinking About Ourselves This Much

Desire Digest 0011: more notes on vulnerability and embarrassment, that one "The Chair Company" scene and the merits of "may I meet you?" as a pickup…

Nov 20, 2025 • Magdalene J. Taylor

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Is Avoiding Embarrassment the Only Goal?

Dating is now structured around avoiding humiliation above all else. Meanwhile, the price of love is often embarrassment.

Nov 12, 2025 • Magdalene J. Taylor

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What Is "Cuffing Season" Asking of You?

Thoughts on the annual push to couple up for the cold winter holidays, Feeld and listening to the fluctuations in our own desires.

Nov 7, 2025 • Magdalene J. Taylor

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