Issues of FGT
Issue Fourteen: Exhibitionism (June 3rd)
Kirsty Logan writes about her early discovery of sex chats, Chelsea writes powerfully about her own experience with taboo, debauchette remembers when porn was taboo. There are banned books we’d like you to read, and some bizarre sex laws worth breaking (plus a bevy of corsets worth buying), and Jessie Shen wins again with her lush taboo notes. Reto Caduff gives us Nettie, drenched and lovely, and the Dirty Story touches his model. We round up a selection of photos that explore three taboos: asphyxiation, rough sex, and public performance. And with those, debauchette writes about the pleasure of fear and shame. I interview the beautiful Arden Leigh, a female pick-up artist, who offers her insight into a world where women prefer to be proactive in their pursuits. And for a tenuous taboo, I chat with Stephanie Weiss, author of Eco Sex, on what and what not to put into your body.
Bubbles, a stripper, on how she sells, why they pay, debauchette on hired intimacy, Chelsea on writing about sex for scratch, Kasia and a male masseur, Anonymous on the high-end sex trade, photography by the Dirty Story and Remi Rebillard, an interview with Jo Weldon, an interview with Katie West, and an unpublished piece by Melissa Gira Grant.
Betony Vernon on how to use tools, interview with a shoe fetishist by debauchette, a brief history of heels by Christina Voss, the elegant ornament of Alexander McQueen, beauty from the inside out/beauty from the outside in by Kasia Xavier, ornaMENtation by Chelsea Summers, the art of Boris Hoppek, photography by Lavonne.
Betony Vernon on the importance of ceremony, the protection ritual by Chelsea Summers, impossible couture by Molly Crabapple and Najva Sol, how to have the perfect one-night stand by Laura Yan, privacy and ritual in sex work by debauchette, how to enjoy your g-spot by Kasia Xavier, Midori on the art of seduction, self-care and natural beauty by Kim Anami. Beautiful things for slow sex, our favorite photos from you. Photography by Diana Scheunemann.
Franz von Bayros by Christina Voss, Marchesa Luisa Casati by Kim Anami, gypsetting by Kim Anami, the art of touch by debauchette, Maxi Geil! and Playcolt by Laura Yan, how to meet libertines by Kasia Xavier. Interview with Molly Crabapple. A round-up of our favorite photography. Beautiful things to buy. Our favorite confessions. New regular: Win This (send us your photography). Photography by Diana Scheunemann, merkley???.
Sex and bondage by Mistress Matisse, a grammatology of fucking by Chelsea Summers, waiting to have sex by Kasia Xavier, sexual restraint from a woman who lacks it by debauchette. Video by Marco Ovandi. Book excerpt from Belle de Jour.Photography by Peter Gmalion, Wolfgang Parker, Julien Mokrani, Carlos Nunez, Diana Scheunemann.
Interview with Suraya Sidhu-Singh. The biochemistry of bliss by debauchette, the euphoric balance of pleasure and pain by Mistress Matisse, when music becomes sex by debauchette, tantric full-body orgasms by Kasia Xavier, the gift of euphoria by Chelsea Summers, Cagnacci’s whore and Bernini’s nun by Lars Porsena. Photography by Reka Nyari, Martin Siebenbrunner, Aeric Meredith-Goujon, Aaron Hawks.
Kasia Xavier on unleashing fantasy, the tell-tale erotic heart by Chelsea Summers, the life of a pseudonym by debauchette, secrets in a dungeon by Mistress Matisse, transparency in a relationship by Kasia. Music by Benoit Pioulard. Photography by Nathan Appel, Frederic Fontenoy, Tony Ward, Julien H.
debauchette on the value of roleplay, positions of power by Mistress Matisse, the Temple of Terpsichore by Christina Voss, an orgiastic evening by debauchette, the birth of the boutique hotel by Kim Anami, sexual feng shui by Kasia Xavier. Photography by Noah Kalina, Vladimir Borowicz, Dudin Condren, Moritz Schell, Brittany E.
Miles Klee on music and the orgasmic pitch, fear and relationships by debauchette, masturbation in classical antiquity by Christina Voss, the elusive cervical orgasm by Kasia Xavier. Videos by I Feel Myself and Erika Lust. Photography by Aeric Meredith-Goujon, Pierre dal Corso, Martin Siebenbrunner, Chip Willis, Beatrice Neumann.
S&M 101 by Mistress Matisse, BDSM and transcendence by Gloria Brame, power and the facefuck by Chelsea Summers, forced sex by debauchette, a brush with violence by Alex Hoyt, the archetypes of force by Kim Anami, music for mindfucks by the dominatrix Anais Sin, the psychology of domination by Selina Raven. Photography by Nikola Tamindzic, Tony Ward, Bill Tong. Illustration by Conrad Roset.
David Lynch by Blake Butler, Chelsea Summers on her internet-induced slutfest, Kim Anami on how to make love stay (through sex), on being a slut and being in a relationship by debauchette, webcams by Kasia. Photography by Peter Gorman, Aeric Meredith-Goujon, Nathan Appel, Kristamas Klousch, Seyma Bayram, Noah Kalina.
Voyeurism by debauchette (republished in Best Sex Writing 2010, Cleis Press), throatfucking by Kasia, the dialectics of exhibitionism by Chelsea Summers. Photography by Cynthia Cortes, the Mofo, Noah Kalina, and Chip Willis.