Updates & Carlyn Beccia's Halloween Interview on PBS
Quick shout-out to The Science of Sex's writer and Sexography's editor Carlyn Beccia who was gave an interview to PBS on Halloween
(Belated) Happy Halloween!
I hope you had a wonderful spooky day and you’re ready for the rest of chilly, spooky season.
I’ve got a few goodies in the works right now. Here in Athens, I’ve been thinking a lot about pornography, its consequences, and its paradoxes. Yes, pornography is full of strange, bizarre paradoxes, philosophical twists that make it something of an unfathomable enigma (for better or worse).
I’m also doing an update piece on the ever-moving science of what people really mean when they self-identity as pornography addicts, seeing as the addiction model does not work with pornography.
It’ll also include some practical tips for anyone impacted by pornography in a negative way. Just because porn isn’t addictive (which means it doesn’t fit the model of addiction) doesn’t mean that people don’t struggle with it. We’ll get into that soon.
I’m also working on an all-encompassing piece on sociosexual orientation, which is huge and impacts our lives so much more than we tend to think it does. I’ve gathered and read quite literally countless research papers on the subject (as in, I actually lost count of them), so it will draw on multiple data points. Hopefully it will teach you something about yourself, your life, and will help you guide your own relationships in a positive way.
All of this, of course, when health permits.
I’ve been having intermittent health issues, but I refuse to let them keep me down. Two days ago, I hiked to one of the highest points in Athens, or even the Attic peninsula, and took these photos of the expansive city that never ends, trailing off in its vast, seamless density.
Here’s a video of the entire landscape and a close up of the Parthenon for anyone who’s never been here:
Carlyn Beccia: Monstrous: The Lore, Gore , and Science Behind Your Favorite Monsters
I wanted to take a moment to give a quick shout-out to our very own writer,
, who’s my partner editor over at Sexography on Medium and writes occasionally here on The Science of Sex. Carlyn recently gave an interview to PBS about hr book, Monstrous: The Lore, Gore, and Science Behind Your Favorite Monsters.*For those of you who love Carlyn’s writing, she’s soon starting her own Substack where she can be followed,
and hopefully, she’ll be penning a few pieces for The Science of Sex in the near future.Here is some of Carlyn’s work in case you missed it:
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Can't wait to read your upcoming pieces ! Take care :)
I've been reading Carlyn's work on medium for a long while. I'm glad to see her appearing on substack.