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Cult Classic: The Movie “Secretary” Made An Entire Generation Kinky
Cashmere contributor Megan Hennessey writes on Secretary — what about the movie gets right, and wrong, about kink and BDSM.
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Nothing To Lose: An Examination of Virginity, Sex Culture, And Self Image
Cashmere Magazine contributor Gabby Felitto writes on sex, being a late bloomer, and how sex and virginity play a large part in our culture in an exclusive essay.
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On #SwingTok: How TikTok Became The Internet’s Most Popular Non-Monogamous Community
“In the past, swinging has been traditionally thought of as a private lifestyle. However, research has found that around 4% of Americans are involved in polyamorous relationships. It should come as no surprise that more people are talking about it online.”
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Sex, Art, and Money: Does Sex Work Subsidize The Arts?
“Many creatives are self-employed, and freelancers haven’t been able to demand more pay in line with the skyrocketing inflation. As bills go up, it’s getting harder and harder for artists to support themselves.”
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A Culture of Consumption: Hot Girls, The Male Gaze, and The Internet
“The male gaze erases female subjectivity and positions women as passive objects of male desire. It is a form of dehumanization that includes, but is not limited to, sexual objectification, in which women are narrowly perceived as sexual objects for male consumption.”
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Do You Really Have A Praise Kink?
“This misunderstood kink is about more than just compliments.”
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Blackness In Porn is Fetishized and Commodified. Can Performers Like Myself Change That?
“Race and sex in American society have shaped a worldview that extended to our industry. We are exoticized, vilified, underpaid, and partitioned as others in an already sexualized and charged circumstance, our bodies prized for their beauty and power yet divorced from our humanity.”
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Breathplay: The Risks, Rewards, and Science of Fetish Asphyxiation
“Breath play is not limited to choking, despite being the most prevalent way the kink is explored.”
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In The World of Smut, Black Authors are Taking Space: Hood Erotica and The Sex Lives of Black Women
“Black women aren’t usually the focus, and their pleasure is even less so. Thus, Black romance, pointedly erotica, has faced sizable barriers in the world of publishing.”
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Looks Good For Her Age: Aging In (and Out) Of Sex Work
“Being okay with that means moving into a different phase in our life. We no longer have to pick out our outfits to go grocery shopping. We’re no longer on display. It’s freeing, a sheer relief to blend in after spending so many years knowing we didn’t.”
