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Reevaluating the Role of Technology

December 27, 2021July 11, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

Privacy, surveillance, and the power of social media were major themes in 2021

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January/February 2020 / Technology

How YouTube Gives Us Love without the Messiness

January 2, 2020August 4, 2020 - by Michael Harris

Meet the online community providing millions with illusions of intimacy

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My Father, the Secret Pornographer

May 23, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Rebecca Duclos

I recently discovered my dad used to write gay porn

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How Police Cracked Canada’s Largest Child Pornography Ring

August 22, 2017July 11, 2021 - by Robert Kolker

Inside the year-long effort to take down a criminal organization hiding in plain sight

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Illustration by Miko Maciaszek

Books / May 2017

Why Is Neanderthal Erotica So Hot?

April 19, 2017April 3, 2020 - by Marisa Meltzer

A new novel by Claire Cameron explores forbidden terrain

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Illustration by kulykt

The Porn Paradox

March 9, 2017November 11, 2019 - by Stephen Marche

Pornography is everywhere. And despite what some activists say, that might not be a bad thing

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Sunny Leone Rises Again

September 8, 2016April 14, 2020 - by Aparita Bhandari

How a retired Canadian porn star is helping India confront sexism

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Illustration by Paul Kim

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The Pleasure Principle

July 12, 2016December 4, 2020 - by Mark Mann

The demand for porn has never been higher—and selling it has never been harder

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Illustration by Alena Skarina

January/February 2016

Orifice Space

December 15, 2015April 7, 2020 - by Natalie Zina Walschots

My life as a porn cubicle drone

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Photograph by Raina Kirn and Wilson Barry

The Talk

April 30, 2014October 21, 2021 - by Rachel Giese

A new sex ed program for boys asks them to explore the question of what makes a good man

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