Archive - Many Such Cases

Desire Digest 001

Notes on "hawk tuah," the beauty industry's idea of sexuality and more

Jun 27 •

Magdalene J. Taylor

Sundress Eroticism

The sundress and all the mystery surrounding what exactly it is offers a glimmer of hope for the state of our sexual culture.

Jun 7 •

Magdalene J. Taylor

May 2024

Bring Back Meeting In Real Life

Dating wasn't always so complicated. We don't need new apps or start-ups to fix it — we just need friends of friends.

May 30 •

Magdalene J. Taylor

April 2024

Optimization Will Not Save You

The Huberman story highlights the shortcomings of treating our bodies like a computer.

Apr 9 •

Magdalene J. Taylor

March 2024

Death by Situationship

The "situationship" romantic dynamic is a marker of our tediously unerotic time.

Mar 21 •

Magdalene J. Taylor

It's Obviously the Phones

When it comes to loneliness, the decline in sex and our increasingly depressed culture, phones are an obvious culprit. What good is it to deny that?

Mar 5 •

Magdalene J. Taylor

January 2024

Do These People F*ck: The Sex Symposium

Notes on my afternoon at a sex conference for women over 40.

Jan 31 •

Magdalene J. Taylor

December 2023

The Celibates, the Gooners and the Moralists

A reflection on the last few months — plus, some notes on Urbit Assembly

Dec 19, 2023 •

Magdalene J. Taylor

October 2023

"Do These People F*ck?"

Exploring how we contribute to our sexual culture, physically and spiritually, in real life — in this case, at a Substack party.

Oct 18, 2023 •

Magdalene J. Taylor

August 2023

What Do We Even Mean When We Talk About Porn Today?

Thinking about Camille Paglia, ahegao and the limits of our current ability to discuss our sexual culture

Aug 15, 2023 •

Magdalene J. Taylor

July 2023

'The Idol' Embodied Our Sexual Culture

The controversial HBO show captured something honest about sexuality, obscenity and trauma that many of us are too afraid to confront.

Jul 7, 2023 •

Magdalene J. Taylor

June 2023

Women Control Sex. Now What?

Confronting the reality (or theory) that women control sex won't get any of us far.

Jun 7, 2023 •

Magdalene J. Taylor

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