Best of 2013: Sex
Nights Out In a New Town
Traveling with a sex tourist to the Uzbek city of Tashkent.
Srinath Perur Open 55min
Wildcatting: A Stripper's Guide to the Modern American Boomtown
Cycles of boom and bust in the drilling town of Williston, N.D., as seen from the perspective of an itinerant dancer filling one of three slots at the only strip club in town, Whispers.
What Do You Desire?
Entering her thirties single and adrift, the writer heads to San Francisco to spend time with Kink.com’s Princess Donna Dolore and attend a gangbang “where all the men were dressed as panda bears.”
Emily Witt n+1 35min
My Life With the Thrill-Clit Cult
Investigating San Francisco’s OneTaste, which promises personal and professional success through the practice of orgasmic meditation.
Nitasha Tiku Gawker 35min
Sleeping Together
A visit to Tokyo’s first co-sleeping cafe, where one can pay a set fee to sleep next to a woman in 20 minute increments, though spooning, being patted on the head, and a change of pajamas are extra.
Gideon Lewis-Kraus Harper's 10min