Why Are People Into That?!

“You’re still a Madonna to everyone else but maybe you’re a little bit of a whore for him sometimes” In this special episode of Interrobang, my guest is Jacq the Stripper, a writer, comedian, stripper and illustrator. She is kickstarting Striptastic! a full-color coffee-table book of illustrations, interviews, and data collected from a survey she conducted with nearly 300 strippers from around the world. The campaign ends the morning of Sept 7th but you can buy the book and some other excellent stripper swag in perpetuity by visiting jacqthestripper.com/striptastic to pledge that shit! We recorded a full-length conversation about why people are into strip clubs, but in this preview we answer a sex advice question from a fan. To find out what jack and I think about grappling with the Madonna-Whore complex, listen now! Interrobang is the name of the short exclooosive segment that you get when you subscribe to YAPIT on Acast because you just can’t get enough uncensored pervert conversation. But I’m releasing thi

In this preview of my longer interview with queer pornographer Chelsea Poe, we discuss butt selfies, sexting fails, and the future of trans porn. Subscribe to YAPIT on ACast Plus to hear this and more XXXtra interviews with my guests!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fire! Fire! It’s not just a toy for teenage dirtbags anymore! It’s also a primal element that can be harnesses for kinky sex. Lamalani sat down with Tina to explain the erotic appeal of a flame to all five senses, describe some really fun fire play scenes, and instruct us on how to play safe with this dangerous force of nature. If you’ve ever wondered what folks mean when they talk about a flame “licking,” this is the episode for you! Lamalani originally hails from the Pacific Northwest, lived in the Bay Area of California and is currently pursuing her PhD in the Midwest. She held the title of Washington State Ms Leather 2008 and International Ms Leather 2009. Professionally, Lamalani has been a purchaser and sex-educator at the women-owned sex toy store Babeland, bondage rope maker with Twisted Monk and craftsperson at Mr S Leathers. She was awarded the Northwest Regional Pantheon XV, Leather Emerald Award 2011 and named in The Advocate magazine's 2010 list of 40 exemplary people under 40.  See ac

This is a raunchy one, folks. We talk about a whole lot of out-there fetishes on this show. Every so often we like to switch it up and talk about something conventional, familiar, and even vanilla. Which leads us to... cocksucking. Subversive writer and podcaster Merritt K has a lot to say about the job of blow: its versatility, its portability, its theatricality .. and her perspectives are anything but mundane. What makes a great cocksucker? A great cocksuckee? What is the advantage of the mouth over other holes? Do you have to have a cock to get your cock sucked? Does consent have to be hot to be necessary? (hint: Nope) These questions and more on the latest episode of YAPIT?!.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's kinky craft day on Interrobang?! with my guest, International Ms Leather 2009 Lamalani Siverts! Find out how to make a torch for fire play using simple hardware store materials -- and discover whether Lama prefers baths or showers -- by subscribing to YAPIT?! on ACastPlus!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's all well and good to play a video game or go on a tour of the ocean floor with a virtual reality headset: but if you're jerking off, you need that shit to seem really, really real! Ela Darling is here to make that happen: she's the world's first VR cam girl. Ela and her pioneering company are working tirelessly to assure not only that VR cam models have presence and immersion for the viewer, but that this science-fiction-cum-science-fact industry creates new and sustainable revenue for model-entrepreneurs. Ela not only has a deep understanding of nerdy tech stuff, but intrinsic compassion for the sex workers who put the reality in virtual reality. DISCUSSED: The Uncanny Valley / Presence / Engagement / Immersion / Light Reflected Off Skin / Caligula-style Orgies / Would Artificially Intelligent Sex Workers Pass a Turing Test? / Dragons Fucking While Flying / Combating Loneliness / Inter-pupillary Distance / "Maybe They Get Off on Disappointment" / Teledildonics / The First Martian Ejaculation / Shoot...

This is Interrobang! Available exclusively to Acast+ subscribers! Sign up now to get access to this and other bonus content from Tina Horn and Why Are People Into That?! An interrobang is when a question mark and an exclamation point are next to each other. Really. That’s the actual name for that. On this episode of Interrobang, my guest is Merrit K. She’s the host of the Woodland Secrets podcast and the editor of the anthology Video Games for Humans. She is also very funny and prolific on Twitter @merrittkopas. Merritt told me about two related sexual interests that I really didn’t know very much about: pregnancy fetishes and the Omegaverse. What the actual fuck is that? Keep listening and find out! Interrobang is produced and hosted by Tina Horn. Follow @TinaHornsAss on Twitter and Instagram and visit WhyArePeopleIntoThat.com.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Privacy! Boners! Feelings! THIS is a very special episode of YAPIT, in which we investigate the subject of Tina’s new book: Sexting: The grown-ups Guide of Sex Tips to Getting Dirty Digitally. Tina wanted to invite someone with fresh, smart, refreshing ideas about naked selfie pride, choosing your own SMS adventure, and the ethics of digital privacy. After reading Alana Massey’s “feeling journalism” about online dating and technological intimacy, Tina asked Alana to be on the show; whereupon, Alana proclaimed sexting to be her highest art form! DISCUSSED: “You’re not sexting with my butt, you’re sexting with me” / "You are starring in my personalized smut" / Cyber-sex / A/S/L / “I just took a sexy picture of myself; can I send it to you?” / The Gift Dispatch Sext / “Just because you’re on your phone doesn’t mean you can phone it in.” / The power to turn someone on even if you’re not in the same room / Teleportation of arousal / Stopping someone in their tracks / Reciprocity, caution, vulnerability /... &#

Is blood just another sexual fluid? Or is it dangerous paint? Canadian photographer Maxwell Lander (whose unparalleled new book, Carnal Anomaly, is out now!) is prepared to open veins and find out. Max is infamous for breaking through all kinds of barriers: between art and vulgarity, sex and violence, and sometimes the literal skin between human insides and the outside world. Tina climbed into Max's Times Square hotel bed to giggle and shiver about knives, guns, scalpels, needles, and pushing beyond the limits of desire. DISCUSSED: David Cronenberg's Crash / Canadian health care / Beefhearts Discovered in Garbage Cans / Fake Zombie Blood / Taking Things Too Far / The Taste of Menstrual Blood / Confronting Mortality  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Kink is about exploring the uncontrollable in a controlled way. It's about feeling unsafe in a situation that is actually safe. That's the art of it." Erotic humiliation can be about so many different abstract things, and Princess Kali is here to break it down! This retired dominatrix, producer of Kink Academy, and author of Enough to Make You Blush explains how diminishing someone's ego can be one of the hottest kinds of BDSM. Whether it's objectification, financial domination, gender play, domestic service, or exposure, kinky humiliation is an intense form of power exchange that keeps on giving! Princess Kali has spent over fourteen years exploring not only the how but the why of alternative lifestyles. Her experience working as a professional dominatrix has given her a unique understanding of the motivations behind erotic humiliation play as well as a passion for helping people participate in it more safely and enjoyably. Her engaging style of presenting has been welcomed at more than 150 venues...

In this special bonus episode of YAPIT, notorious genderqueer performance artist Johnny Blazes answers sexting advice submitted by Tina's Patreon patrons. Tina may have written the book on sexting, but Blazes knows a thing or two about a thing or too! Johnny Blazes is a performer, educator, and author who is notorious for their exuberant and glittery approach to the stage and classroom. johnnyblazes.com.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“Making porn informed how I wanted to have sex for the rest of my life. I just want to have sex with my friends who understand craft and narrative and know how to empathize through art.” Tina was so excited that cam model and writer Milcah Halili wanted to talk about the erotic appeal of narratives and storytelling. They went extra deep in a discussion of the stories we tell ourselves, our partners, and our clients in order to live. DISCUSSED: Spice Girls as ancient arcetypes / Coming Out Like A Porn Star / Tuxedo Mask / Feral Black Street Cat / Messy Punk Girl / Sk8ter Girl / Femme Worship / Storytelling Domination Ring / “I go a little batty if i cant be mean to someone” / Choose Your Own Adventure Porn / Dreams as cCeative Nonfiction / Getting into porn by taking a writing class with Lorelei Lee / Demisexuality / Asexuality LISTEN:

Happy New Queer! Welcome to Part Two of a very special crossover episode of Why Are People Into That?! with Siouxsie Q of the Whorecast and Sam Solo of the On Your Face podcast! Tina spent New Years Day at the Whorecastle in Oakland. To get pumped about 2016, these three sex workin, indie media makin pals sat down to do a Year in Sex review of 2015. In Part Two, they talk Ashley Madison hack, Magic Mike XL, and Sex Worker Heroes like Zola and Heather. LISTEN:    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Happy New Queer! Welcome to a very special crossover episode of Why Are People Into That?! with Siouxsie Q of the Whorecast and Sam Solo of the On Your Face podcast! Tina spent New Years Day at the Whorecastle in Oakland. To get pumped about 2016, these three sex workin, indie media makin pals sat down to do a Year in Sex review of 2015. In Part One, they talk Jessica Jones, The Force Awakens, and the consent scandals that defined the year. Part Two is coming atcha soon! LISTEN:    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month’s episode is, if we may say so, the kind of conversation you’ll only find on Why Are People Into That?!. Poet Arielle Greenberg tells Tina Horn all about her fetish for hedonism. Arielle gets off on encouraging a partner to have another drink or another doughnut, to fuck a hot stranger, or to be in any way decadent. From an exploration of the seven deadly sins to a brand new way of thinking about certain cartoons, this discussion may inspire you to think about your own indulgences in a new, hornier light! DISCUSSED: Bacchanals / Templeton’s awesome night at the fair / The fetish possibilities of Greed, Pride, Envy, Sloth, Rage, Lust, and Gluttony / Feeding and Gaining / Emotional Edge Play / What do Magic Mike, Boogie Nights, and Caligula have in common? / Belly Worship / Cigar and Bootblack parties / Naked Desire LISTEN:

Cooper Beckett has a media empire devoted to swinging – a form of non-monogamy in which couples play with other couples – and has devoted extensive blogging, podcasting, and now a book to the subject. So what is it about swinging as a kind of sexual adventure that is such a turn-on? DISCUSSED: The difference between polyamory and swinging / A case for choosing swinging over cheating / Why the swinging community is welcoming to bi women more than bi men / Beyond “The Ice Storm” and key parties LISTEN:

Tina was pretty over the moon to talk to legendary comedian/storyteller/perv Kevin Allison about cruising. What do anonymous semi-public BJs have to do with gay male cultural heritage, and – more importantly – where are the best spots in NYC to get/give one? On his podcast, RISK!, Kevin is not shy about his erotic exploits, and this episode pokes around in the tons and tons of tiny little closet sized rooms in the bathhouse of some dirty minds. DISCUSSED: The Secret Spiral Staircase of the Limelight / One Night in Central Park / The Bijou/ The West Side Club / The Guy Who Made Me Tie My Shoes To My Balls / “Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here” / Heart on my Sleeve, Cards on the Table / The Shadow World Where Rules Don’t Apply LISTEN:

When Tina Horn thinks of bicycles, you know she thinks about sweaty, greasy sex. Luckily, she’s not the only bikesexual around. For this episode, Poppy Cox, the creative director of the Bike Smut film festival, came over to discuss the connection between bikes and civic politics, the history of women’s liberation, and what might be involved in taking a bike slut home from a bar. LISTEN: Poppy Cox is a performer, costumer and sex-positive feminist. She lived and worked in London, UK for seven years where...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Pop quiz: What did Tristan and Tina discover they both love while recording this episode? 1. Deep water penetration by enema 2. Using butt plugs to be lazy tops 3. The gender-bending potential of anal bottoming 4. Having a hotel room pajama party at a fancy women’s leather event 5. All of the above and more! LISTEN: Tristan Taormino is the author of 8 books, including The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women. She is the editor of more than 25 anthologies including The Ultimate Guide to Kink and...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How is being an editor like being a voyeur? What advantages does erotic fiction have over visual porn? How can erotica be a tool for richer fantasies and hotter sex? Why do we associate written erotica with women and visual porn with men? All this and more comes up when Tina sits down with prolific erotica writer and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel. LISTEN: Rachel Kramer Bussel (rachelkramerbussel.com) is the author of Sex & Cupcakes: A Juicy Collection of Essays...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.