In its third ever sex issue, the Nass goes deep into reproductive rights, contemplates hard truths about men, and penetrates the taboo.
Letter from the Editors
We strive to be a democratic publication, one whose direction is shaped by our contributors more than our editorial staff. When we floated the idea for a sex issue, we received overwhelming enthusiasm from the Nass community. So we went ahead with it. Previous mastheads had done this—in 1988 and 2006. But those were […]
Sex Issue (2023): Full Design
Read the full design of our newest issue, the Sex Issue.
The 3rd Nassau Weekly Smut Competition
CW: This is some gross stuff.
The Case Against Sex
“What about sex reduces the male brain to a pile of mush? Are these the leaders of the next generation? The very best of our future investment bankers and Raytheon interns? We’re doomed.”
A Note on Dobbs v. Jackson and Brexit
What might Brexit teach us about the political ramifications of Dobbs v. Jackson?
He’s Not A Munch: Interviews About Oral Equality
Talking head.
Sexter, Over Time
“I feel yucky, I said. I licked a fucking banana. We’ve all been there, my friend said, but I wasn’t so sure that he could relate to using a banana as a sensuous prop. I ate the banana since it was peeled already.”
All About the Money: On Fiscal Republicans’ Anti-Choice Rhetoric
A Nass writer speculates about what the political right stands to gain from overturning Roe v. Wade.
Kissing Covens: The Gilda Stories as a Manifesto of Radical Black Love
“The horizontal, chosen family works outside of the law — in The Gilda Stories, love is never codified by a wedding, same sex and interracial relationships play out beyond the reach of history, and one can have limitless mothers.”
A People’s History of the Sex Issue
Celebrating 35 years of journalistic perversion.
DEAD DOVE: DO NOT EAT: A Personal(ish) History of Fanfiction
“Now that it’s mainstream, it’s hard for me to reconcile the subcultural nature of fanfiction and fan spaces with its ever-increasing visibility. For almost a decade, I’ve been so entrenched in fan culture that it surprises me when someone doesn’t know what Alpha/Beta/Omega dynamics entail.”