The happy moments are lasting longer. They still feel temporal, but they’re no longer momentary. They can last for weeks at a time, and I can even begin to feel the bubbling of new aspirations, of new creation, of ideas … Continue reading
Having been dry, for months, on both style and content, as you may have gleaned, I haven’t been writing creatively. Aside from a week of National Novel Writing Month – which I stopped when I realised I was less interested … Continue reading
Chaucer’s main source material when he wrote his epic poem Troilus and Criseyde was Boccaccio’s Il Filostrato. In Il Filostrato Troilio is a rather straightforward young man who pursues the beautiful Cressida and meets with little resistance. Their coming together … Continue reading
Disclaimer: most of the information and knowledge in this article on gender and gender roles comes from a lecture I attended last year given by an expert on gender theory in literature. Due to the nature of this site and … Continue reading
Sex sells. There are no two ways about it. It’s why Bond girls adorn the opening credits in, at most, skintight catsuits. It’s why Sophie Dahl caused such a stir posing for YSL (above). It’s (at least in part) why … Continue reading
Erotic artists and sex bloggers are often joined by the same issues. Whether it be feminism, sexual freedom, censorship, Fifty Shades of Grey or Republican politicians who seem to think they have a right to say what American women should … Continue reading
When it comes to dating there is no denying that it can be tough out there and I can’t decide whether the advent of the internet has simplified things or made them more complicated. On the one hand, you can … Continue reading
It was a few months ago that I was awakened to the idea of the mind as an utterly free playground; a space where all your wildest, sickest, most twisted ideas could manifest and run wild; a place where no … Continue reading
Earlier this week channel four broadcasted a show titled Sex, Lies and Rinsing Guys. For a start I found it interesting that the word ‘sex’ was in the title of this show – perhaps that displays something of the producers’ … Continue reading
In light of several conversations on twitter and some of my own personal experiences, I have been considering drop. Sub-drop in particular, although top-drop too. And, as I feel sure exist, various other kinds of drop. For those of you … Continue reading
