TESS TICKLES

I’m Tess Tickles, darling — a glitter-streaked wild child. My words poke, prod, and tickle your darkest desires until you’re begging for the next hit.
A SCREW REVIEW

The Story of O: The Most Uncomfortable Yes in Literature

The Story of O, written by Anne Desclos under the pseudonym Pauline Réage, is not here to make you feel sexy, safe, validated, or empowered. It’s here to sit you down, cross its legs, and stare at you until you get uncomfortable. Written in 1954, it predates modern language about consent, which is exactly why […]
SMUT FROM THE PAST

Syphilus: The Horny Shepherd Who Ruined Everyone’s Weekend

efore syphilis was a pamphlet at the clinic or a punchline in a bad stand-up set, it was a Greek-flavored morality tale with gods, hubris, and one extremely unlucky shepherd who couldn’t keep Apollo’s name out of his mouth.
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Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers: Cult Cinema with Lou Reed’s Muse

Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers isn’t a “forgotten gem” so much as a dirty fingerprint on cultural history. And Holly Woodlawn is right there in the middle of it, laughing, swaying, refusing to behave, forever walking on the wild side and dragging the rest of us with her.