Reporter Anna Louie Sussman discusses the growing trend for users of online dating platforms to employ AI chatbots to create their romantic profiles, flirt, and arrange dates. As the skill for writing original prose or even grammatically correct sentences becomes a lost art for many, AI fills the breach but reduces the most intimate forms […]
The surreal phenomenon of sex toys being thrown onto basketball courts during WNBA games as of late has a new plot twist: a cryptocurrency group has come forward and claimed responsibility for starting the trend as a protest of sorts against the state of things in the crypto world. I’ll admit that upon first glance […]
Pop star Harry Styles is not currently touring, but he has found a new way to monetize his sex appeal by marketing a double-sided vibrator (adapted for both external and internal use) and his designer lubricant. His “Pleasing” brand previously specialized in female lifestyle products such as cosmetics and candles, but has now opened a […]
There are lots of parallels between sex and food, and I’m surprised the two don’t cross over in the news more often. For one, both require an appetite, and appetites need to be sustained. Slutty Cheff is an anonymous chef from London, England, who writes about her experiences in the restaurant industry – the Orville […]
It’s not really Hard Copy’s style to announce a death as news but Andrea Gibson was a phenomenal fuckin’ burst of light on this planet and we’d like to take the opportunity to make you aware of them and their work if you’re not already a fan. As an activist and poet – as well […]
The increasing normalization of choking as part of sexual play is causing some sexual subjects alarm. We reported on this in a past sex news load, but the United Kingdom has in fact announced that it will ban the depiction of strangulation in pornography, primarily to safeguard women against violence. As BDSM styles of sex […]
The stunning acquittal of Sean “Diddy” Combs on the most serious counts of sex trafficking and racketeering surprised many, but not experienced federal prosecutors. Instead, he was merely convicted on two counts of violating the archaic 1910 Mann Act for transporting persons across state lines for purposes of sex work. The jury’s refusal to buy […]
Canadian writer and theatre maker Jordan Tannahill’s off-broadway production of Prince Faggot has been extended for a second time through to August 3rd at The Peter Jay Sharp Theatre in New York City. The show, directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury, is a co-production of Playwrights Horizons and Soho Rep. The provocative piece centers queerness within the monarchy and takes […]
According to a new study co-conducted by the dating app Feeld and sex educator Ruby Rare, younger generations are increasingly rejecting societal norms around relationships and intimacy. Relationship anarchy, a philosophical approach that aims to avoid hierarchies and other traditional conventions that have cemented themselves to mainstream relational ethics, is on the rise among millennials and Gen […]
OnlyFans is owned by American internet entrepreneur Leonid Radvinsky and could soon be sold in a deal worth a whopping 8 billion dollars. While the company is quite young, having been founded in Britain in 2016, it has significantly altered the nature of sex work around the world. By making sex work a more accessible […]
