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Sex, Advice, & Videotape w/ Magdalene Taylor

·1 hr 18 min·5 clips
Magdalene Taylor describes a man asking permission to send a dick pic for psychosexual analysis.
A would-be subject for Many Such Cases asks permission to send an explicit image, wraps the ask in cultural analysis, and she refuses the job.

As heard by us

A fast, profane conversation that turns sex talk into a broader argument about meaning and performance.

Magdalene Taylor keeps the conversation moving through familiar but effective ground: dick-pic jokes, a blog-era stunt, and the awkward habit of dressing solicitation up as analysis.

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Why you'd press play

You want a dick-pic joke that turns into a critique of consent and internet culture.

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