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Men, Call Out Your Friends

It’s time for men to take some responsibility for men.   Every time I post something online asking men to call out other men on shitty behavior, I invariably get…

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May 13, 2024
essays, film

Revisiting CAM Five Years Later

I was just rewatching the brilliant film CAM (2018) yesterday – about a camgirl whose identity is stolen – and I was struck by how incredibly prescient the movie was…

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October 19, 2023
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Ode to the Slutty Halloween Costume

“In girl world, Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.” That quote…

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October 6, 2023
  • Tosh from Urban Legend.
    essays,  film

    On Girls and Goths in the Early Aughts

    / June 16, 2023

    I think horror was always a part of my identity, lurking somewhere deep in my bones, long before I realized it. All things being relative, coming of age during the early aughts as…

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  • Claire Napier next to the cover for her comic, The Magic Necklace.
    Podcast

    Sexy Books Podcast: The Magic Necklace with Claire Napier

    / April 9, 2023

    In this episode, I chatted with comics editor, critic, and cartoonist Claire Napier to discuss her new horror-romance comic, The Magic Necklace: Ann-Rita’s acting differently since she came back, because she’s not afraid…

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  • SLR camera on a pink background.
    how-to

    Why You Should Take Naked Pics of Yourself, Now

    / April 9, 2023

    (This post is for adults, 18+ please.) Sometime after I hit my thirties, I began to love my body—to appreciate it, and enjoy it—in a way that I’d never been able to when…

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  • Natracare's organic cotton period products, including; tampons, applicator tampons, pads, curved panty liners
    health

    Why Are There So Few Safe Options for Menstrual Care?

    / April 2, 2023

    We all know that medical research for women lags embarrassingly far behind other medical research. Take this example: The myth that the clitoris has 8,000 nerve endings comes from a study on cows…

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  • Two dildos (one pink and one pink and blue) on a teal background.
    toy reviews

    Review: Portland Toy Co.’s iO Dual Density Dildo

    / April 1, 2023

    One great thing about dildos is that they’re kind of like My Little Pony for grown-ups. They come in fun colors and shapes, some of them are glittery, some have wild designs. There’s…

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  • birth control,  health

    No Pills, Plz: Why I’m Done with Birth Control Pills

    / March 14, 2023

    It feels a bit wrong to be writing anything that criticizes birth control methods these days—considering the state of women’s rights in the U.S. and the obliteration of Roe v. Wade, we need…

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  • Mood board for horror/romance novel.
    Writing

    A Horrormance Novel Mood Board

    / February 2, 2023

    I haven’t posted here in a bit, mostly because I’ve been working on a horror/romance novel for a couple of months now, and it’s the most fun I’ve had writing anything in years…

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    Sexy Books Podcast: The Body Horror Christmas Special

    / December 20, 2022

      In today’s very special episode of the Sexy Books Podcast, we open with a chat about what Blythe has been up to for the last year: Having a baby! We get deep…

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  • The Avant D9 Ergo Mini at high noon.
    toy reviews

    Review: Blush Avant D9 Ergo Mini Dildo

    / October 18, 2022

    The Avant D9 Ergo Mini Dildo by Blush Novelties is a simple, no-frills dildo, despite its mouthful of a name. More representational than realistic, it features an approximately 5-inch-long (1.3-inch wide) smooth, slightly…

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  • Different kinds of sexual lubricants surrounded by sex toys.
    health

    A Primer on Lube, Plus Some of My Favorites

    / September 30, 2022

    If you read my sex toy reviews, you may have a noticed a trend: I bring up lube quite often. In almost every post, actually. Why? Well, a few reasons. First of all,…

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Hello! I'm Claire, a writer and poet living in Los Angeles, and this is L.A. Jayne - a girly repository for all of my thoughts. I write about sex and queerness in life, art, and culture, and also about navigating women's health (with chronic pain) in the hellscape that is the U.S. health care system. Come for the rants, stay for the heartfelt essays and practical advice. I also have killer taste in movies.

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