Japan, a Nation of Love-on-the-Go

Japan, a Nation of Love-on-the-Go

  In Japan, there is the Sex Industry—the Red Light District, prostitution, peep shows, BDSM clubs—and then there’s the Love Industry. In Japan you can find an expansive collection of services to replace dedicated interpersonal relationships. At Host and Hostess...
Happy Accidents: David Cronenberg’s Crash

Happy Accidents: David Cronenberg’s Crash

Crash isn’t David Cronenberg’s first psycho-sexual cringe masterpiece, but it’s up there with his best. Cronenberg’s stories often center around the collision of the physical with the virtual; for example,  in Videodrome (1983) a mysterious and sexually arousing TV...
Sex in a Box

Sex in a Box

Recently, my best friend and I watched an entire season of Marriage Boot Camp in about two days (we then swore that no one could ever know, a promise that I guess I am breaking now, but I’m sure you all can keep a secret, right?). There’s just something intensely...
Self-Love: More Logical than No Love

Self-Love: More Logical than No Love

  Happy Valentine’s Day! I see you…Are you groaning at me? Are you jaded? What if this Valentine’s Day instead of hating the holiday and hating yourself in the process you went out and did something that made you feel awesome? How about some good...