Phantasmagoria: Murdering Madame Butterfly

February 1, 2016

The girl as creature, her wings the silk of kimono sleeves, Madame Butterfly is destined to die like an exotic specimen tacked to the wall when the white man first discovers her and then abandons her.

Phantasmagoria: Model Minority Mutiny

January 15, 2016

This is a series of confessionals about the intersection of Asia America and feminism in desperately melancholic times. Asian American women are committing suicide. The number of us with depression is rising at an alarming rate. It is my hope to illuminate the will to live in a radical spirit of exile. Welcome to PHANTASMAGORIA!

Interview with Madison Young on Porn, Sexuality, & BDSM

January 12, 2016

Madison Young is an author and radical feminist performance artist and director. Her breadth of work in the realm of artistic intersections within the fields of sexuality, identity, and pornography spans from documenting our sexual culture in her internationally screened and award-winning feminist erotic films to serving as the Artistic Director of the forward-thinking nonprofit arts organization Femina Potens Art Gallery. Young has curated over 500 performance art and visual art exhibitions and has exhibited her performance art, video art, and photography internationally. She is the author of Daddy: A Memoir, and two forthcoming books from Greenery Press and Cleis Press.

That One Time I Signed Up for A Sugar Daddy Website

November 12, 2015

One night in particular, I found myself brazen and curious. Yeah, I could do this. I could be an escort. I would be doing exactly what I do already, which is attending social events and partaking in too much conversation. Except this time, I would replace friends with an unknown older gentleman. It really didn't seem so hard.