Journal
Our journal is a literary exploration into our sexuality, desires, and inner beings, aiming to give voice to the individual storytellers and writers in our community as they share their most intimate encounters. This is a space where you can discover the deeper truths around your sexuality, celebrate creative approaches to pleasure and to honour our glorious, rich, lived experiences!
Living with herpes
Although it is a fairly harmless disease, genital herpes can be very scary due to its stigma, and can make the people who have it feel incredibly alone and unworthy. Our writer talks about her experience with the STD and how to tell potential sexual partners to navigating sex during an outbreak.
I bought a strap on with my abusive ex. Now I use it to heal my sexual trauma
Where as many people view sex toys as ways to further the sensations of pleasure and intimacy, they can however for others hold a great level of pain and trauma when trying to embed it within their sexual relationships. This article explores ways our writer overcame her previous trauma and began to use sex toys as an empowering tool to reclaim the domination which she felt was forced on her during an abusive relationship.
Being an erotic writer whilst on Antidepressants
Antidepressents are a great tool to help sooth the mind through our darkest days. They can however zap your libido which is especially challenging for our author whose main job it is to write about their sexual escapades even though their sense of desire had all but vanished!
Healing trauma through sensuality
Have you ever found yourself behaving and indulging in many self-destructive behaviours, predominantly related to sex? Have you lost yourself in trying to make sure you were someone else’s perfect sexual fantasy. Our author explores ways to come back to yourself and heal past traumas through awakening and empowering your sexuality.
My Gender is Sex
If you’re still caught up on gender roles, sexual spectrums, and where you exist along the binary, you’re apparently missing out.
Shadow journeys through play parties
Play parties can be perfect intimate spaces that offers a mirror into how we present ourselves to others and are charged with potential of self discovery and growth. This article explores how they can be useful in bringing to light our shadow so we can experience feelings of being free, empowered and authentic in how we shape our life.
Boy-pussy power: De-gendering pleasure
This article explores the role that performative masculinity has played in in making sense of the body and how the deep internalised misogyny & homophobia parading as the spectre of transgenderism has made its way into our bedroom.
Your sex life on anti-depressants
Have you ever heard of this presumption that if you start taking anti-
depressants your sex life will end? What about “meds turn you into a zombie”, “you won’t have any emotions” and even “your shrink will dump you in the loonie bin”? Our author takes us on a journey to debunk these statements
A year without performing a gender identity
This article explores the process of coming out as a queer nonbinary person during the pandemic and how our author found home in their body.
Getting over vaginismus in lockdown
The lockdown allowed for many of us to try a new hobby or skill such as banana bread making or binge watching Tiger King. For others, it was attempting vaginal sex.
Expressing our virtual love language
With the transition to a virtual relationship, our love languages have had to adapt and we have had to find new ways of expressing intimacy and sharing pleasure with our partners.
Having sex with your friends
Who said you can’t have beautiful compassionate sex and also maintain adoring friendships?
Seeking sexual gratification as a Femdom
We explore the workings of life as a fem dom and how to navigate the power dynamics in relationships
Setting Boundaries in Relationships
This guide explores ways we can find our boundaries and feel comfortable asserting them in a relationship
Celibacy as self reflection
Without the possibility of physical intimacy, lockdown has shown me how I can best serve myself without the need to pandering for others for validation or affection.
A reflection on sex in quarantine
Are we going to look back at these times of self induced celibacy fondly or are we just going to remember the amount of sex toys we got through in our depraved path to pleasure?
Lord forgive me for I have sinned
A personal account about a woman trying to overcome catholic guilt whilst navigating her sexuality
The importance of self love
Is it possible to truly love ourselves and not be an egocentric narcissist?
Erotic Parties Aren't for Sex Anymore – They're for Friendship
This is what happened when we managed to convert Vice magazine to our cause