How to Respectfully Hit on People7/6/2016 This new zine explains how to approach people romantically/sexually in a way that is as positive and empowering for everyone involved as possible.
2016 Summer Gift Guide!7/1/2016  I just finished putting together the 2016 Pleasure Pie Summer Gift Guide! It’s full of all sorts of awesome sexual freedom affirming, body loving, gender equality proclaiming creations. Check it out!
 By Nicole Mazzeo I am currently reading submissions for the masturbation zine that we’re making, and I love them so, so much! I am teary-eyed big-smiling and holding my hand to my chest as I read because it is so touching. I had no idea how powerful hearing about people’s experiences with masturbation would be for me! But the reason I’m writing this post is to tell you that I am EXTENDING THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT! You now have until May 25 to submit a piece. Don’t be intimidated by how amazing I just made all of the submissions sound! We love submissions that are honest, open, and clear. You don’t have to be a professional writer to submit a piece. We just want to hear about your experience of masturbation, because that is fascinating in itself! Submissions can be anonymous or not, up to you. Click here to read the full prompt & submit a piece! Update: This zine now exists! You can find it here.
On Whether or Not To Call Rape "Sex"4/4/2016 By anonymous Pleasure Pie contributor
[Content warning] I regularly see people proclaim that rape is not sex, and should not be called sex. As someone who has experienced rape, this feels unnecessarily limiting. Opening My Heart After Rape3/20/2016
By anonymous Pleasure Pie contributor
[Content Warning] 
I’ve always been a very polyamorous person, long before I knew the word for it. I feel like I tend to be very open-hearted, and very trusting. When I was in high school, I participated in a group trust fall exercise, and was about a thousand times better at trust falling than anyone else in the group, to the point that I sometimes fell before my partner was even ready to catch me (they did catch me though).
By Nicole Mazzeo
For two months this winter, I took time off from Pleasure Pie projects to reflect and do some self care. I wanted to check in with myself and my community to make sure that my activism (by “activism,” I mean everything I do with Pleasure Pie, including zine making, having events, giving workshops, writing, etc.) is as effective as possible, and that it’s not unintentionally harmful in any way (and if it is, fix that). When Rape Feels Familiar3/20/2016
By anonymous Pleasure Pie contributor
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I had a dream last night that I was raped by a neighbor when I visited his house. In the dream I was fifteen years old and he was in his late 30s or early 40s.
Masturbation Zine Call for Submissions!2/22/2016  Art by The Venus Emporium. Find them on Etsy. We’re making a zine about masturbation! Why?
2015 Holiday Gift Guide!12/6/2015  Obviously, the best gift is always a kitten, but if for some reason that’s not enough, we’ve come up with some empowering holiday gift ideas!
Click here to go to the gift guide! If your creations are physical items (zines, books, illustrations, art pieces, worksheets, stickers, etc.)
How to Plan Your Own DIY Workshop10/29/2015 By Nicole Mazzeo  You, too can put on a workshop! You don’t need to be an official “educator” or have certification (or even a college degree).
You do need passion for the subject and willingness to put time and effort into it. And you should know a good amount about the topic you’re going to cover. I recommend reading things on the internet (or, you know, books) – and fact checking anything you want to use. You can do it! By Nicole Mazzeo
[The “Sparknotes” version is at the bottom, for people with limited time/attention spans.] I’m not talking about respect for a person’s right to choose whether or not to continue a pregnancy, or respect for a fetus’s right to life (no comment on either of those right now). I’m talking about respect for people who you disagree with. Your “opponents.” Have you ever heard a pro-choice advocate talk about “pro-lifers”? Or a pro-life advocate talk about … “pro-abortion-ers”? (Or whatever anti-abortion people call pro-choice people.) If so, it’s likely that you’ve heard this done in a way that paints the disagreeing party as bumbling idiots. Not just bumbling idiots, but conniving, deceitful, bumbling idiots with really bad intentions. Sexuality events in Boston in October!9/29/2015  We just put out the October issue of Boston’s Sex Positive Newsletter, which lists all the awesome sexuality-related events we can find in the Boston area. Click here to check it out!
Also, Karen (the Pleasure Pie intern) made this amazing ghost condom graphic. Karen = the best! :D |
