I guess I'm also obligated to note that the experience of sex workers who are not upper/middle class/white probably have much worse conditions than a….

I think in general in my teens I had a lot of crushes on men on the Internet, most notably Momus since I was in my late teens. John Darnielle was als….

The second guy I met on the Internet was Tom, who I dated for around 6 months, which is by far the longest relationship I've ever had as an adult. We….

Basically, I feel inspired by any artist that seems to want to introduce the world to their likes and perspective rather than trying to shape their i….

I used LiveJournal frequently, almost daily, since ~age 13 until ~18. I kept a personal diary there. I also participated in various "LiveJournal comm….

I've gotten a lot of exposure for my writing. My writing blog has gotten over 1000 unique hits since the Observer piece (quite a lot as before it was….

I don't have much to say about honesty. All that I feel about it that people don't discuss as far as I know is how much effort it is to create truly ….

I admire self-awareness more than probably any other quality, and I think in terms of what qualities are "good" in a person, it's a mostly subjective….

There's just something "off" about equating the act of spending three years writing a book with the act of someone exploiting themselves by drunkenly….

There's often times a big difference between what you actually thought/felt in a situation and what you think you thought/felt. You have to do a lot ….

Towards the end of it [working as an escort girl] I could feel myself drifting towards a liquor habit and I had a few minor mental breakdowns due to ….

Besides the money aspect, I guess I was curious about sex work. In the way that most people are, but also because ever since I was a teen I had read ….

What i'm trying to get at is that to me nothing felt glamorous or exciting or sexually liberating about it. I also think the amount of money you can ….

I admire Joyce Maynard a lot, specifically her memoir "At Home in the World." Her writing is beautiful and fascinating and seemed to give me validati….

I admire narcissism in Momus and others who "own" it and use it as a way to explore ideas/themselves and also as a form of humor. I don't think of my….

I feel like people think of me as someone who really believes in a "sex as empowerment" philosophy, like Sasha Grey or something, when actually I fee….

As an adult I've connected a lot with men over the Internet. Nothing seems really notable (pre-"Adrien Brody") except I went to London in July of 201….

I want to say that of course I want my writing to be read and discussed by as many people as possible, but this is different than wanting personal, "….

I recognize that memory is far from infallible though. If I feel like I can't accurately describe something, I just leave it out. I also do things li….

I first emailed Tao Lin a story I wrote about the experience of losing my virginity sometime in April 2011. He didn't respond until it was later publ….

One thing about having mostly absent parents that I think was perhaps "good" for the development of my intellect/writing is that I was given almost t….