March 2025

Electro-stimulation was first pioneered in the 1950s, with the invention of a Relax-A-Cizor, a device which stimulated muscles as the individual relaxed. The electric currents were supposed to be a form of exercise, making people thin as they slept (the device was eventually banned by the FDA, being linked to miscarriages, paralysis, and hernias, amongst […]

Although the term’s been used on niche web forums since at least the late 90s, solosexuality drew a flurry of mainstream media interest in 2015. Back then, VICE notably—and erroneously—suggested solosexuality must entail a lack of interest in emotional connection or relationships with others. Riffing on the widespread cultural belief that masturbation is an inferior