weekly dispatches by maude® on modern intimacy through the arts, culture, science, and relationships.
What Queer Intimacy Invented.
A look at how queer communities redefined connection, care, and closeness for everyone.
What Queer Intimacy Invented. Culture
A look at how queer communities redefined connection, care, and closeness for everyone.
Famous Queer Couples Who Should Be in Textbooks.
We’re taught history as if it’s straight. As if all great love stories followed the same script. But behind some of the most iconic books, artworks, and cultural movements are...
Famous Queer Couples Who Should Be in Textbooks.
We’re taught history as if it’s straight. As if all great love stories followed the same script. But behind some of the most iconic books, artworks, and cultural movements are...
Erotic Activism: How Queer Desire Fuels Social Change.
When we talk about activism, most people picture protests, petitions, and policy change. But there’s another kind of activism that’s just as powerful — it’s intimate, it’s electric, and it’s...
Erotic Activism: How Queer Desire Fuels Social Change.
When we talk about activism, most people picture protests, petitions, and policy change. But there’s another kind of activism that’s just as powerful — it’s intimate, it’s electric, and it’s...
Queer Sex Ed Is for Everyone.
Because good sex ed doesn’t stop at straight. If your first sex ed experience felt more like a cautionary tale than a conversation, you’re not alone. For many, sex education...
Queer Sex Ed Is for Everyone. Sex education
Because good sex ed doesn’t stop at straight. If your first sex ed experience felt more like a cautionary tale than a conversation, you’re not alone. For many, sex education...
Gut Feelings: What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You.
What your body’s been trying to say, but you’ve been too distracted to hear. You know the feeling. That low-grade sense of being off. Not sick. Not fine. Just… off....
Gut Feelings: What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You. Sex education
What your body’s been trying to say, but you’ve been too distracted to hear. You know the feeling. That low-grade sense of being off. Not sick. Not fine. Just… off....
The New Intimate Health Routine.
Because a strong base is the start of feeling good, every day. Let’s be honest: “intimate health” sounds like something your doctor says when they’re about to hand you a...
The New Intimate Health Routine. Sex education
Because a strong base is the start of feeling good, every day. Let’s be honest: “intimate health” sounds like something your doctor says when they’re about to hand you a...
The Sex Ed You Deserved, According to SIECUS.
Not the sex ed that left out half the people and all the real questions. Let’s rewind. You’re 13. You’re sitting in a classroom that smells like pencil shavings and...
The Sex Ed You Deserved, According to SIECUS. Sex education
Not the sex ed that left out half the people and all the real questions. Let’s rewind. You’re 13. You’re sitting in a classroom that smells like pencil shavings and...
Sex Ed is Lifelong.
Because sexuality, intimacy, and identity aren’t static—and neither is learning. We’re often taught that sex education is something you get once, tucked into an awkward school semester or a rushed...
Sex Ed is Lifelong. Sex education
Because sexuality, intimacy, and identity aren’t static—and neither is learning. We’re often taught that sex education is something you get once, tucked into an awkward school semester or a rushed...
Delayed Gratification: The Erotics of Waiting
A deep dive into why slowing down might just be the key to better intimacy—and how waiting can make everything feel more electric.
Delayed Gratification: The Erotics of Waiting Relationships
A deep dive into why slowing down might just be the key to better intimacy—and how waiting can make everything feel more electric.
the spring reset: your skin, your pH, and you.
Winter takes its toll on your skin, your routine, and your sense of balance. The air shifts, the layers come off, and suddenly, everything from your face to your body...
the spring reset: your skin, your pH, and you. Sex education
Winter takes its toll on your skin, your routine, and your sense of balance. The air shifts, the layers come off, and suddenly, everything from your face to your body...
The Lost Art of Leaving a Voicemail
Once upon a time, before read receipts and instant replies, there was the voicemail. A delicate dance of anticipation, intention, and just the right amount of mystery. You had one...
The Lost Art of Leaving a Voicemail Culture
Once upon a time, before read receipts and instant replies, there was the voicemail. A delicate dance of anticipation, intention, and just the right amount of mystery. You had one...
how to have great phone sex.
Our guide to giving good aural.
how to have great phone sex. Relationships
Our guide to giving good aural.
what makes cruise ships so sexy?
Unpacking romance on the open seas.
what makes cruise ships so sexy? Culture
Unpacking romance on the open seas.
cultural history of pubic hair.
So where did our wax on, wax off mentality come from?
cultural history of pubic hair. History
So where did our wax on, wax off mentality come from?
what is the male g-spot?
Everything you need to know about the underrated erogenous zone.
what is the male g-spot? Sex education
Everything you need to know about the underrated erogenous zone.
can you actually feel your partner’s orgasms?
Addressing the age-old, oft-posed query: “Did you come?”
can you actually feel your partner’s orgasms? Sex education
Addressing the age-old, oft-posed query: “Did you come?”
what is a sex therapist?
Your sexual wellbeing is an essential part of wellness overall.
what is a sex therapist? Culture
Your sexual wellbeing is an essential part of wellness overall.
a history of queer printed erotica.
Mags and their digital descendants.
a history of queer printed erotica. History
Mags and their digital descendants.
at what age are people having the most sex?
Sex recessions and the generational divide, examined.
at what age are people having the most sex? Culture
Sex recessions and the generational divide, examined.