The Perfect Trifecta The new attention economy will always privilege the lowest common denominator in performance art, as it does in everything else. Julia Friedman 4 Jun 2024 · 8 min read
Sex and Smashed Steel A look back at J.G. Ballard's ‘Crash’—one of the the 20th century’s greatest and most disturbingly prophetic novels. Benjamin Kerstein 2 Apr 2024 · 25 min read
Against Polyamory Despite its sex-positive presentation, it is contrary, and perhaps even hostile, to the spirit of Eros. David Polansky 25 Jan 2024 · 6 min read
The Sex of Skeletons To suggest that a spirited discussion of the importance of sex and gender in archeology threatens “scientific integrity” is to misunderstand the nature of science. Lawrence M. Krauss 11 Oct 2023 · 7 min read
Oppressed or Oppressor? Quillette Cetera Episode 16 Debating feminist philosopher Holly Lawford-Smith Zoe Booth / Holly Lawford-Smith 7 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
Marching Backwards Mary Harrington’s proposed solution to the excesses of modern feminism is an overcorrection. Marilyn Simon 3 Mar 2023 · 14 min read
Rebalancing the Gender Narrative Richard Reeves’s new book is a valuable contribution to a gender debate stuck on outdated axioms. Ari David Blaff 30 Dec 2022 · 7 min read
Infidelity Reconsidered As a society, we should not presume to judge the relationships of others based on our own moral code. Limor Gottlieb 6 Oct 2022 · 7 min read
Tinder and Toxicity Why Lonely Single Men Should Delete Dating Apps. Domanic Towers 25 Aug 2022 · 7 min read
What Explains Women's Fascination With BDSM Fiction? Every generation or so (i.e., roughly every 25 years) a woman (it’s always a woman) writes a book about kinky sex—and a very specific type of kinky sex. Robert King 9 May 2022 · 10 min read
Diamonds Aren't Forever (And Neither is Your Love) Diamond is the most valuable, not only of precious stones, but of all things in this world. ~Pliny The Elder Loving someone, and having them love you back, is the most precious thing in the world. ~Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook At age 11, I first glimpsed the bewildering anthropologic spectacle Rob Brooks 17 Feb 2022 · 14 min read
Naturally Selective: Female Orgasm and Female Sexual Selection Female orgasms themselves could, once again, be roughly divided into being located either deep inside or comparatively on the surface. Robert King 7 Jan 2022 · 9 min read
The Ironies of Sex Young people are still discovering their sexual selves and are often lost when exploring the sexual terrain of someone else’s body and mind. Gregory Gorelik 22 Sep 2021 · 8 min read
Can We Have Sex Back? For a start, sex can be pretty delightful, and if you are a smart person (as many—though by no means all—academics are), you will likely find that sex with other smart people is much more satisfying than sex with the dumb. Alice Dreger 20 Sep 2021 · 6 min read
