Perks Magazine

Rhonda explores why it’s socially acceptable for women to flirt and compliment, but not straight men.

Rhonda chats to Natalie Swedosh about her Strike Up A Chat social interaction initiative that helps women and men reconnect in person.

‘Why do to your man what he can do to himself?’ This week I ventured into the erotic world of Tantric massage.

Fetish phone calls are a safe, anonymous way for individuals to explore their fantasies and desires. But how do you have a successful fetish phone call?

Rhonda Perky examines how everyday paternalism shifts accountability, and asks: ‘What makes us uncomfortable? Whose behaviour is really the problem? Where does the accountability lie?’

Ever wondered what happens inside a BDSM and fetish club? I donned a black mini dress, fishnets, CFM boots and my voyeur’s cap to find out.

Meet Melissa K.: Feminist and Submissive who has had to resolve the conflict between her rape fantasies and her strongly feminist ideals.

From D-Rex vs Triceracocks to Mr. Bearbottom, Christopher Adam Gray shares his whimsical exploration of sex positive concepts and figurative art with Perks Magazine.

Sex ‘addiction’ has become a label we slap on anyone we perceive as having a higher than ‘normal’ sex drive (whatever that is) or whose behaviour sits outside social norms (whatever those are). Is this just another form of slut-shaming?

A response to Jim Dowd’s ‘The Shootings Are Not Senseless’.

Can your communication style during conflict really make a difference?

From the blog: Rhonda Perky learns a tough lesson in feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

Rhonda reflects on the many ways she has taken on responsibility that never belonged to her.

I can’t change the way we objectify and value physical appearance; I can only change the way I see myself. I am more than my appearance, more than my achievements, and I don’t have to be seen to have value.

Rhonda recalls her journey out of the crab basket and beyond the mould in which she was once cast.

Negotiating safe sex should be straightforward. But when those involved fear rejection and judgement, when we associate asking for a condom with calling someone ‘dirty’, when we are socialised to defer to others, it gets complicated.

Rhonda reflects on the rise and fall of desire in a long term relationship.

Rhonda reflects on the role sex plays in life (or doesn’t) and the struggles many women face (re)connecting with their sex life.

Rhonda Perky goes under the covers to discover what it means to be a Modern Slut.

Rhonda reflects on her struggles to follow her dreams, trapped by the safety and security of inertia.