Perks Magazine

One reader describes her brush with the Human Papillomavirus (HPV).

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‘How I became aware of my masochism.’ Erotic novelist David (Pinke Grapefruit) explores what being a masochist means to him.

Sex can be functional and legitimate or it can be sexy and pleasurable, but never both…

Tennessee-based Boudoir/Intimate photographer and blogger Tennille Melcher shares her passion for empowering others.

Clarissa-Jan Lim shares the story of a self-proclaimed feminist BDSM couple Ian Locklear and Nicole Lavoie and the ways they reconcile their feminist views with their D/s lifestyle…

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?’

At 39, single mother Jaime reflects on dating, her ‘Cinderella Syndrome’ and starting over.

Essena O’Neill may be weeping her carefully crafted ‘this is REAL’ and ‘I’m doing it for my 12-year-old-self’ story all over her website, but she is also asking you and me to send her money now that she has to make a living like the rest of us.

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

Objectifying images may be less comfortable and more confronting to watch, but they can evoke a more direct physical response. But what if there is an emotional cost of continually engaging in this kind of ‘disturbing arousal’?

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

Rhonda’s commandments for love, lust and life.

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

Rhonda reveals her struggle with jealousy and what it means to hold on by letting go.

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

Is there such a thing as the ‘right’ number of partners?

Rhonda struggles to define what ‘relationship’ might mean while still exploring her sexuality.

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.

The first in a series of posts where Rhonda explores self-image, projection, and the ego-defences we use to preserve our sense of self.