Feature image via hourglass and class. Photo from Jess Baker’s campaign to #EmpowerAllBodies, photographed by Jade Beall Photography.

Welcome to NSFW Sunday!

by andrew thomas clifton

+ Whether or not to have sex while you’re staying with friends is situational (or you could just ask what’s okay for everyone with your words):

“The urgency of needing to fuck on vacay has often been decided for you by fate and circumstance. Couples in the throes of early courtship often rightly feel the need to bone everywhere and should be sympathized with and admired. The solo traveler who happened to meet the perfect one-night stand may be motivated by now-or-never constraints on the hookup and feel he or she needs to do whatever it takes, wherever it takes, and should also be treated with compassion. The more settled-in couple may never feel the need to broach the issue, because they’re fine not doing it for a night, but this could go the opposite way, too: Much like how people are always allegedly having sex at weddings and after funerals, sometimes it’s the inappropriate, inconvenient scenario that turns boring sex hot again for lots of people. Can you blame them?”

via womenofcolor

+ Porn is old:

“When the Gutenberg Press was established in 1440, porn quickly found a home in literature. In 1524, the first book of erotic engravings was published. And in 1749, John Cleland wrote the erotic novel Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, later as known as Fanny Hill. But getting the material out there wasn’t easy. Cleland and his original publisher were arrested and jailed immediately after the book’s publication. The Boston Globe reports that a bishop denounced the book as “The lewdest thing I ever saw.” The novel covered themes like bisexuality, voyeurism, group sex and masochism. The book was deemed “obscene” and remained underground in the United States until 1966.”

Sami Price and Shane Castle via crashpadseries

+ Polyamory is also old.

+ At Oh Joy Sex Toy, Danny Wylde shares how to make your at-home porn hotter, including help with lighting, framing and using more than one camera (even if your cameras are just your phones).

via blackandcurvy

+ Want to get better at cunnilingus? Lifehacker has your back. (So do we.) (The quoted material assumes that the vulva-haver is a lady. Not all vulva-havers are ladies.):

“Taking your time is another great way to help her feel more relaxed and excited about what you have in store for her. The clitoris is extremely sensitive, so you don’t want to dive in right away. Kerner recommends spending plenty of time ‘kissing, hugging, touching, and sharing fantasies,’ and making sure she’s aroused before starting to make your way between her legs. Once you’re down there, continue taking your time. Kerner says to ‘start with light vertical licks from bottom to top.'”

via lesbiansilk

+ Our Ultimate Lesbian Sex Survey found out some pretty interesting things about monogamy vs. non-monogamy — like that of survey-takers in relationships, 60% of trans women and 17% of cis women are in non-monogamous relationships, and that 11.6% of people in non-monogamous relationships prefer monogamy. We also busted some non-monogamy myths and produced some really glorious infographics for your enjoyment.

via rodeoh

+ Why do Autostraddle’s sex-related posts land us behind so many popular web filters, but mainstream sites with more explicit nudity or similar levels of sexual conversation don’t face the same challenge? Ali investigates.

+ People make a lot of assumptions about sex and disability, such as about sexuality, desirability and that sex must be spontaneous. These assumptions are wrong.

via Tomboy Bkyln

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