What Is Love? Baby Don’t Hurt Me.
By Erika Allen / A zine by London-based photographer Sam Hiscox, titled “What Is Love? Baby Don’t Hurt Me,” has had me thinking about a couple of things. 1: What could have happened to Trinidadian...
View ArticleI Interviewed Kristen Stewart for the Cover of Wonderland
Words by Karley Sciortino / photos by Hedi Slimane / I hung out with andro icon and my celeb crush Kristen Stewart in LA for the cover of the UK mag, Wonderland, which came out last month. You can now...
View ArticleMy Fave Instagram Moments of the Week
I’m adding “art curator” to my resume, lol. Here’s a selection of the hottest, funniest and most beautiful Instagram posts I’ve come across over the past week – xo Karley P.S. follow me on Insta, duh...
View ArticleMy PURPLE TV Takeover: Censorship and Freedom of Expression
By Karley Sciortino / I’m taking over Purple magazine’s PURPLE TV this week, with 7 days of videos on censorship and freedom of expression, curated by me! HERE you can see all my chosen vids all week...
View Article11 of the Most Arousing Erotic Artworks Ever
By Loren Olson. Loren is an art editor at Rizzoli, New York. Here she walks us through some of her favorite erotic artworks throughout history: It’s no secret that there are some downright raunchy bits...
View ArticleBoob Chart
By Lessa Millet / A scientific look at a woman’s greatest accessory… Lessa is a filmmaker, animator and illustrator. And my girlfriend (most importantly). See more of her drawings on Instagram.
View Article5 Recommendations for Life: Freedom of Expression Edition!
By Karley Sciortino / A couple weeks ago, I took over Purple magazine’s PURPLE TV, with a week of videos on censorship and freedom of expression, curated by me. In case you missed it, I’ve condensed it...
View ArticleWhy Am I Hot?
A couple weeks ago, I (Karley) had the pleasure of speaking on a panel at the Frieze Art Fair. The panel was about female attractiveness—how does society assess who’s “hot,” and what gives a person...
View Article5 Recommendations For Life
Words: Karley Sciortino / photo: Mary Ellen Mark You guys don’t have jobs, right? Everyone’s just at home all day, masturbating? Yeah, me too. Cool. So, why don’t you close your PornHub and Seamless...
View ArticleWhat Does Society Have Against Bisexual People?
Writer and academic Kristen Cochrane discusses the myth of the slutty, crazy bisexual, from Basic Instinct to Jennifer’s Body. Earlier this May, the media went insane after another celebrity had come...
View ArticleWhy the “Slut” Always Dies: Moving Past the Slasher Film Cliche
Badass writer and academic, Kristen Cochrane, looks back at film history and asks: why is it that in horror films, the girls who have sex always die, and usually first? You don’t have to be a movie...
View ArticleSex Work Legislation is Failing Sex Workers: A Toronto Exhibition Digs Deep
Kristen Cochrane looks at whether various laws intended to “protect” sex workers can actually make conditions more dangerous, and a new Toronto art exhibition that focuses on sex work legalization and...
View ArticleWhat’s Your Butt Identity?
Butts are majorly on-trend these days. It’s vital that you develop the right butt identity and then build a corresponding butt brand, and/or associate with the appropriate butt subculture. Or...
View ArticleNeocamp Premiers His New Song, “Tell Me What You Like”
Kristen Cochrane talks with musician Luke Howlin — aka Neocamp — about the essence of camp, playing a character, and his Enya obsession. In Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay ‘Notes on “Camp”’, she describes...
View Article5 Recommendations For Life
There’s so much junk on the internet these days that it can be hard to find the good stuff. Thankfully, I’ve done that for you. Below are 5 pieces of internet that I believe will make you a smarter,...
View ArticleWhy Amy Schumer’s Slutty Feminism is Changing the World
I’m like stalker-grade obsessed with Amy Schumer. I’m pretty sure I’ve watched every clip that exists of her online, even the awkward foreign TV appearances that are dubbed over in Chinese so I can’t...
View Article5 Recommendations for Life
Below are five things that I’ve seen/listened to/read in the past week that either made me smile, made me smarter, or blew mind :) P.S. This is my favorite edition of “5 Recommendations” so far! So...
View ArticleThe 5 Trendiest Ways to Wear Bondage Rope this Summer
Ella Weisser walks us through this summer’s hottest rope trends. It’s the problem that’s been on everyone’s minds lately: How can I take my rope bondage looks out of the dungeon and into the summer...
View ArticleA Brief History of Period Art
Kristen Cochrane looks back at the history of period art (aka Menstrala), and the badass female artists who made it, from the 1970s until today. I distinctly remember—at the curious, liminal age of...
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