Photographer Abigail Ekue talks about finding models on Craigslist, creating a safe space for amateur models to relax, and the intimacy of capturing men in quiet places. Plus, in honor of Valentine’s day, Allison shares a bonus intro about the erotic letters of James Joyce and Kahlil Gibran! Plus: Cyanotypes | Working with amateurs | Letting “flaws” stay in the frame | The beauty of wrinkles and scars | The value of “full frontal” | The importance of context in photography | Erotic props | Healing body image issues with nude modeling | Photogenic penises | Female bikers | Interracial couples | Edgy erotic stories | Eroticizing abuse narratives and much more! From the intro: http://mysteryboxshow.com https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/02/02/james-joyce-love-letters-nora-barnacle/   https://www.brainpickings.org/2017/01/20/kahlil-gibran-mary-haskell-love-letters/   https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/02/02/james-joyces-love-letters-dirty-little-fuckbird/   From the interview: abigailekue.com abigailekuephotography.com baremen.net instagram.com/nativecreative_photo twitter.com/abigailwrites

Performance artist, dancer, and storyteller Woody Shticks graces your ears with his exuberance on today's Artgasm. He talks about growing up in a closed religious community, finding ballet as a means of escaping his fundamentalist roots, surviving ex-gay conversion therapy, and developing body confidence through solo performance. 

 

MATH Magazine is high-quality smut for discerning tastes. It has a commitment to showing a range of body types, beauty ideals, genders, and identities all having a grand old sexy time together. Founder MacKenzie Peck talks about her journey to creating MATH Magazine and what it’s like to run a smut-powered business.

 

Plus:

 

Searching for the Big Bad Peanut Man | Horny teenage Googling | Hairy Hippies in Love | Not finding the right kind of porn | The ambiguously sexual narratives of Balthus | The sexy potential of dress up | Some simple questions to ask yourself to figure out what kind of life you want | Confronting internal biases of what is sexy | Reprogramming the masses through porn | Representing people without it being “about” that representation | Scaling up ethics | The Cambria List 

 

Links:

Math-mag.com

Mystery Box - February 14   -www.mysteryboxshow.com/

Hound Tall at Sketchfest: https://sfsketchfest2019.sched.com/event/ImYg/hound-tall-podcast-with-moshe-kasher

Artgasm on Patreon: Patreon.com/artgasm

Painter Alexandra Rubinstein talks about being slut shamed as an artist, celebrating female pleasure, and appreciating the beauty of naked men.

Also:

The Female Gaze | Cunnilingus Celebration | The Challenge of Finding Male Nude Models | Fear of Flaccidity | Understanding Masculinity | Female Passivity | Non-erotic Nudity | Russian Gender Stereotypes | Loving American Pop Culture | Tackling the Patriarchy Through Paint

 

Links:

Alexandra's website: http://www.alexandrarubinstein.com/index.html

Alexandra's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therubinstein/

Allison at Sketchfest: https://sfsketchfest2019.sched.com/event/ImYg/hound-tall-podcast-with-moshe-kasher

Patreon.com/artgasm

Kevin Allison of the RISK! Podcast joins Artgasm to talk about being the only gay member of his comedy troupe, feeling like a monster in love, and talking about some heavy stuff with humor and grace. PLUS!

Polyamory as time travel | Race play | Cincinnati’s Sexphobia | Trauma | Relating to monsters | Internalizing privilege & hate | Femmephobia | Racism in the gay community | Defeating stage fright with storytelling | Playing a character versus being yourself on stage  Risk-Show.com https://www.patreon.com/RISK

 

Patreon.com/Artgasm

Tinyurl.com/ReidProcess

 

Erotic filmmaker and photographer Isabel Dresler goes deep talking porn like an art queer, being a Snack Daddy, being the only female type on gay porn sets, and reveals the secret for making super convincing cum shots.

 

Snack daddies | We’re all cuckolds! (And it’s awesome) | Watching other people have sex is chill | Toxic Masculinity even exists on gay porn sets | Kanye West’s nonsense | Deep fakes |  Sexual fantasies | Subverting sexual stereotypes | Exhibitionism is awesome | Masturbation stigma | Gay porn vs straight porn | Being creepy for fun | The joys of color photography | The Male Gayz | Respecting the boners | Toilet slaves is safer to say than “water sports” | Harlequin romance gay boy porn

Journalist Michael Schulman teaches Allison how to delicately pry into the private lives of celebrities and how to ask a dumb question with style. Also: remembering Stan Lee, consent conversations on college campuses, Camp John Waters, and talking to young people about sex. Plus:

Journalistic standards for transgender subjects | Privacy versus shame | Doing your homework | How social justice shapes language | Restorative justice | http://www.michael-schulman.com

PART 2 with Dixie De La Tour! 

After a 15 minute rant about bisexual and queer erasure in Bohemian Rhapsody and the artistic imperative for explicit sex scenes, Dixie and I talk about how to create an effective sex positive story, how much detail is too much detail, why she uses celebrity avatars, and so much more. 

Allison sits down with her good friend Dixie De La Tour to tell stories of accidental swinging, being really into feet, and wondering how many drugs are too many drugs. They also talk about how details make a story feel real, how to talk about filthy stuff without alienating an audience, and the subtle art of smutty storytelling. Links: BawdyStorytelling.com

Patreon.com/artgasm

Buy Allison's books at girlsex101.com

Brendan Jay Sullivan got his start DJing for Lady Gaga, and he's still devoted to the underground nightlife of New York City. We talk about finding special spots in a city, how it feels to generate resonance in a room, the intimacy of sharing music with strangers, and the freedom that comes from not taking things personally. 

Also: The end of New York Megaclubs | Club Kids | iPods changing everything | Labels as a kind of performance | Purity Politics | WHen everything is indie, does the underground still exist?

 

Learn more: brendanjaysullivan.com

Support our patreon: Patreon.com/artgasm