Maria Yagoda

Would you be down for a stranger to assess your masturbation skills over Zoom? For writer Maria Yagoda, whose debut book Laid and Confused comes out today, it was all in the name of prioritizing pleasure.

Jabby fingering? Perfunctory oral? No, thank you—I’d rather be among the growing community of celibate $luts who put their pleasure first, even when that means forgoing sex with a partner.