Louisiana

The small tearing and wearing down of the red skin between my thighs reminds me of something I crave. Something that temperate weather and pristine places just don’t give a body.

Take The Cake: That Louisiana Chub Rub

Leaving Louisiana means going back to a place that’s colder — climactically and culturally. My chub rub will appreciate the cool down, but I am not looking forward to returning to a place that’s so dry. There’s something about New Orleans, so hot and haunted, that pushes me into my body and the precious tenuousness of my humanity.

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7 (Semi) Fast Facts On The Steve Scalise White Supremacy Controversy

Making sense of a troubling, and complicated, political scandal.

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Listful Thinking: 7 (Fabricated) Reasons Behind NC + LA's Oral Sex Ban

It has come to our attention that the fair states of Louisiana and North Carolina prohibit oral sex. Why, oh why, would someone do such a thing?

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