Brit Dawson

Brit is a former staff writer at Dazed and MEL Magazine, and a writer for British GQ, VICE, The Face, and more

Vex Ruby 5
Life & CultureThe virtual cam girls bringing impossible fantasies to life
deepfake
Life & CultureWill the Online Safety Bill really stop deepfake porn?
01 Vee
Art & Photography6 fetishists debunk the kink scene’s biggest myths
spirited away no face
Life & CultureThis book explores how Studio Ghibli grapples with grief
Carol Leigh
Life & CultureRemembering sex worker rights activist Carol Leigh, in her own words
PURPLE(1)
Life & CultureImagining a world where sex work is decriminalised
the future of sex toys v3
Life & CultureGuybrators, Joysticks and teledildonics: inside the sex tech revolution
Nigel Shafran: The Well 90s fashion photography
FashionHow Nigel Shafran ushered in an electric new era of fashion photography
90s phone sex lines – Operator podcast
Life & CultureHorny dads, armed raids, and a coup: the wild story of phone sex in the 90s
Brit Dawson laser tattoo removal
Tried and TestedEverything you’ve ever wanted to know about laser tattoo removal
Pussy Riot
PoliticsPussy Riot respond to being labelled ‘foreign agents’ by Russian government
Liara Roux, Whore of New York 1
Life & CultureLiara Roux on her confessional, capitalism-skewering book Whore of New York
Amanda Seyfried as Elizabeth Holmes in The Dropout
Film & TVA first look at Amanda Seyfried as Silicon Valley scammer Elizabeth Holmes
The Touch of the Master’s Hand by Greg Barnes 1
Life & CultureHow the church imbues young, horny Mormons with sexual shame
Her film by Spike Jonze
Science & TechAn AI trained on Reddit has warned researchers that it’ll never be ethical
Billie Eilish
MusicNo rest for the wicked: Billie Eilish is already working on her third album
America’s Next Top Model problematic moments
Film & TVAmerica’s Next Top Model’s most shocking and problematic moments
When Harry Met Sally fake orgasm scene
MusicThis album is made from the sound waves of people’s orgasms
Virgil Abloh
FashionFrank Ocean, Kanye West, and more lead tributes to Virgil Abloh
Samantha Jones in Sex and the City
Film & TVThis is how Samantha Jones has been written out of the SATC reboot
Drag Race UK season three finalists
Film & TVWho should win RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season three?
Drag queens on Twitch are getting swatted
Science & TechDrag queens on Twitch refuse to be silenced by hateful swattings
Sex work Decrim Now protest
PoliticsWhy is offering support to student sex workers seen as radical?
Mick Rock and David Bowie
MusicLegendary music photographer Mick Rock has died, aged 72