“When you're young, being different is not cool. But when you're older, it absolutely is.”— Lane Moore, cosmopolitan.com
“Having a nonstandard body was beautiful, because the way I loved wasn’t the standard either.”— Lauren Strapagiel, buzzfeednews.com
“Your partner can reassure you all day that your vagina is beautiful and perfect, but it's still quite common to feel insecure when someone is that up close and personal.”— Sophie Saint Thomas, allure.com
“I’ve been driving for the past few hours. Everyone is sleeping and I’m thinking about my future.”— Sex Diaries, thecut.com
“Mine was thrilled. Apparently he had secretly hoped this. But also he was excited that I discovered a new side of myself, and he enjoyed watching that happen.”— Cosmopolitan, cosmopolitan.com.au
“We weren’t just noticing each other. We were out there to be looked at. We were cruising.”— Mikaella Clements, hazlitt.net
“Both inside and outside the club, being a stripper can be taxing for anyone regardless of their sexual preferences.”— Sofia Barrett-Ibarria, vice.com
“Even when you’re with a loving and trusted partner, initiating sex is incredibly vulnerable.”— Vanessa Marin, allure.com
“Sex, in other words, is a key way we express ourselves as queer people, and we’re lucky enough to be part of a community at the vanguard of sexual expression.”— Alexander Cheves, them.us
“Big dick energy is, ultimately, that secure aura exuded by a man who knows he’s got the goods.”— Zaron Burnett III, melmagazine.com
“Sarah and I had met to get a drink together, which became two drinks, which became me confessing that I had fantasized about BDSM but never engaged with it outside of incognito browsing tabs on my laptop.”— Dana Schwartz, thecut.com
“This wasn't a meaningless one-night stand anymore. Something about it felt real.”— Jen Winston, marieclaire.com
“What is a kiss if I can’t devote entire personal essays to understanding what it meant, what I want, where we’re going? What is a kiss if it doesn’t make me ask questions?”— Ella Dawson, femsplain.com
“Relationship anarchists don’t disregard commitment; they just go about it very differently than monogamists do.”— Sophie Saint Thomas, gq.com
“You know you’re not better than me. You’re not better than phone sex!”— Ari Graynor, Katie, amazon.com
“Lauren: 'This doesn't make me a whore.' Jesse: 'A whore?! No, it makes you awesome.'”— Justin Long and Lauren Miller, Jesse and Lauren, amazon.com
“And this wasn’t supposed to be a fucked up poem but it’s turning into a fucked up poem because I haven’t been able to cum in three years without thinking of his hips sliding into mine: like first base, like second base, like third base, like home.”— Trista Mateer, amazon.com