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A Guide to Upgrading Your Sex Positions

There’s no need to assume with these six creative positions

Illustration: Janet Sung

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Can we still talk about sex?

Life on the outside is a complete shitshow. We literally don’t know what to expect from one day to the next. My friends are getting random personal cash donations from their White friends. The mayor of Los Angeles is cutting the police department’s funding — and redirecting funds to communities of color. All four officers involved in George Floyd’s death have been charged, although the ordeal is far from resolved.

I have a question, though. When the television is off, the phone is on Do Not Disturb mode, and the world is temporarily at bay… are you still having sex?

I think we are. I know I am. So although the world is completely unpredictable at the moment, we need to continue talking about the sexytimes. We need it now more than ever.

This morning, just as I was sipping my first cup of coffee, I turned to my partner with a morning icebreaker: “What are your favorite sexual positions?”