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Photos of friends, lovers and afters in Berlin’s party scene

Dreams and How to Keep Them – Vincent Wechselberger’s new monograph documents a decade of hedonism in the German capital, and the people he met along the way.

  • Music
  • Hannah Mildner

Jesse Glazzard’s messy portrait of queer friends, lovers and chosen family

The Sound of Dirt and Beauty — The photographer’s debut monograph explores tender, unpolished moments shaped by the people who he surrounds himself with, while offering a window into the UK’s working-class LGBTQ+ community.

  • Culture
  • Sunny Sunday

Inside Yoshiwara, Japan’s oldest red light district

Asasuka soaplands — Despite numerous fires and harshening sex work laws, the centuries old area continues to persevere in East Tokyo. Manami Okazaki traces its history and meets people who shape its present.

  • Culture
  • Manami Okazaki

Reynaldo Rivera’s intimate portrait of queer Latino love

Propiedad Privada — Growing up during the AIDS pandemic, the photographer entered a world where his love was not only taboo, but dangerous. His new monograph presents inward-looking shots made over four decades, which reclaim the power of desire.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen
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The strange suburban mundanity of San Fernando Valley’s porn industry

The Valley — Legendary photographer Larry Sultan grew up in the northern Los Angeles suburb, which also happened to be the 20th century epicentre of the country’s adult film industry. Spending days on set shooting life behind the scenes, his now-canon series blurred fantasy, desire and domesticity. 

  • Culture
  • Isaac Muk

What is a mommy kink, and why is everyone a mother now?

Mommy issues — In an extract from the second issue of PULP, a new erotic, queer zine, Megan Wallace dives into why mothers are currently the ‘kink du jour’.

  • Culture
  • Megan Wallace
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Inside the weird world of audio porn

Porn without pictures — Storyline-driven and ethical, imageless erotica exploded during the pandemic. Jess Thomson speaks to the creators behind the microphones.

  • Culture
  • Jess Thomson

We need to talk about super gonorrhoea

Test & vaccinate — With infection rates of ‘the clap’ seemingly on the up, as well as a concerning handful of antibiotic resistant cases, Nick Levine examines what can be done to stem the STI’s rise.

  • Activism
  • Nick Levine

Inside London’s Museum of Sex

For two days only a derelict house in south east London will become a hub of artwork exploring eroticism, sexuality, gender, and the body.

  • Culture
  • Brit Dawson

How sex workers are fighting back against online deplatforming

The #StopDeletingUs campaign is resisting a mass wave of deletions of sex positive accounts and arguing for fairer moderation of sexual content online.

  • Activism
  • Alex King

The real reasons young straight men aren’t having sex

‘I self sabotage’ — Sex among young men is declining – and the things holding them back from physical intimacy are more complicated than you might think.

  • Activism
  • Magdalene Taylor

The sex workers left in turmoil over monkeypox

‘It’s been terrible‘ — With the UK now set to run out of vaccines, people working in the sex industry – particularly outside of major cities – have been left especially vulnerable, reports Brit Dawson.

  • Activism
  • Brit Dawson

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