Sex Issue (2023)

November 16, 2023

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 … Read More

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Sex Issue (2023): Full Design

Read the full design of our newest issue, the Sex Issue.

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The 3rd Nassau Weekly Smut Competition

CW: This is some gross stuff.

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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.”

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A Note on Dobbs v. Jackson and Brexit

What might Brexit teach us about the political ramifications of Dobbs v. Jackson?

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He’s Not A Munch: Interviews About Oral Equality

Talking head.

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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.”

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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.

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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.”

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A People’s History of the Sex Issue

Celebrating 35 years of journalistic perversion.

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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.”

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Verbatim

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Overheard on a walk

Gamer guy, walking on gravel: This sounds just like breaking a Minecraft dirt block.

Overheard while reading the Nassau Weekly Smut Competition entries

Smut reader: Don’t ruin this pear for me

Overheard after the final Nass submission deadline

Nass newcomer: I should probably submit a verbottom

Overheard in New College West

Sophomore, possible bassist: When I think of my bedroom, I think of sticky and sweaty.

Overheard while driving to a curling tournament

Curler: All bassists are sweaty

Overheard over text

Resolute socialist: Watching the GOP debate with the college republicans right now.

Friend: How's that going?

Socialist: Holding in my scoffs of indignation

Overheard while watching NCAA soccer game

Fan: Girls don’t wear bras anymore, it’s 2021

Overheard in Coffee Club

Film buff: Judi Dench is an actress? Oh right, she was in Cats.

Overhead while fixing appliances

Bystander: I’ve seen people do CRAZY things with nine volt batteries