Seven years ago, Adrineh Simonian bowed out of a successful career as an opera singer to produce pornography instead.

To ban, or not to ban, that was a question this month for the popular OnlyFans website, which announced a prohibition on explicit content only to reverse itself days later.

This episode examines our personal relationships to pornography and erotica and how they’re shaped by dominant cultural narratives about pleasure.

Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop announced the launch of its first self-branded vibrator on Sunday, just in time for Valentine’s Day.

The tech that turns you on is back for year two with CES approval.

When Bella Thorne joined OnlyFans and crashed the site in August, it was the least surprising thing to happen on the platform. OnlyFans had been aimed toward a moment like Thorne’s for a while; similarly, the adult industry had been heading for a moment like the rise of OnlyFans for years.

Undressed. A new erotic platform where the power lies with the practitioners is gaining ground. The business model will revolutionize the sex industry, it sounds. Has porn become progressive?

How comfortable are you talking about porn? Does it make you embarrassed? Ashamed? If you knew more about how porn is made, and how to navigate your own exploration of pleasure, would you still blush at the mention of it?