Image courtesy of Vicky Vette.
Welcome to Elust 161
I'm a big fan of Vicky Vette. She's a porn celebrity with 744.8K twitter followers, numerous industry awards and is the owner of one of the most successful Solo Girl Websites of all time, Vicky At Home.
The Vicky Wiki is a fascinating read and her achievements are an inspiration.
I admire Vicky as a pioneer who has led the way for sex workers selling their own content directly to buyers rather than sharing profits with studios, clips sale sites and streaming platforms.
I believe personal websites are the future of sex work.
It's getting easier and easier for sex workers to build our own sites. Thanks to people like Vicky who have shown us the way.
One obstacle is the difficulty of reaching a large audience as a sex worker when mainstream platforms like social media and search engines do their best to suppress our use of their products for fear that advertisers won't want to share a platform with us.
Also in this edition, for the first time, Sex Worker Search. A Search engine that exclusively lists the websites of independent sex workers in search results. I believe Sex Worker Search is in the perfect place at the perfect time to accommodate a new wave of sex workers and clients abandoning ship en masse from escort directories which have always treated us with almost no respect at all whilst milking us for cash and have now lost everyone's trust via repeated incidents of hacks and raids by USA feds, the ever increasing prevalence of fake escort ads set up to scam clients, deplorable standards of customer service and painfully slow verification times for ads and photos.
Sex workers have a lot to learn from sex bloggers, toy reviewers and erotica authors about how to promote our personal websites.
I hope Elust can help us all to collaborate, co-promote and learn from one another.
Product Reviews
Funzze Remote Control Dual Stim Vibe
Hellga and I took the dual stim vibe for a joyride.
TOY TEST – PinkPunch PEACHU Clit Sucker
Morgan Destera reviews a cute but underpowered toy.
B-Vibe Trio Rechargeable Butt Plug Review
Safelust reviews a vibrating butt plug.
Harrow Bulb Depth Trainer From John Thomas Toys Review
Joanne plumbs the depths of anal training.
Erotic Fiction
Red Rose - first chapter of MIRROR SECRET MIRROR
Jessica Seaques has published an excerpt from her long awaited debut novel, Mirror Secret Mirror. A wide is ensnared by her husband's Mistress and finds herself completely at the mercy of this terrifying Femme Fatale.
Chapter one of The Ghost of Timor on When Jerry Met Ali. Alison gets handcuffed and sexercised by Jeremy.
William Wallace presents a cis male meets trans woman date and sexual encounter on Musings of a Switch.
Behind the Lens: A Tale of Intimacy and Artistry
A submissive model meets a dominant photographer in an erotic pussy whipping interlude thanks to Liz X.
Erotic Non Fiction
Cock Sucking - An Oral Fixation
The Barefoot Sub is a cock sucking slut.
Thoughts & Advice on Kink & Fetish
Silken claws on what a D/s dynamic is. And isn't. With an excellent example of why D/s works better for some than vanilla would using the example of a specific sock folding technique.
Sir puts the squeeze on Pieces of Jade.
Male Chastity: Everything You Need to Know
Violet Fawkes on cock cages.
Sex Work
Sandra talks dirty about her fantasy of getting used by anyone and everyone.
A Duo with Ruth and Her Habibi
Hellga meets with a new gentleman, a new duo partner and takes a spanking and a rough strap on fucking.
Why do we Need a Search Engine for Independent Sex Worker Websites?
I see so many people complaining about the current state of escort directories. Both clients and providers are looking for a change. Directories are history. Personal websites are the future. Conventional search engines and social media don't like us and don't want us on their platforms. Now is the time for a search engine for independent sex worker websites.
State of the World
Is It Time to Reevaluate Our Spending on Pleasure and Entertainment?
A timely pep talk from Sex Toy DB on prioritising the expense of purchasing sex toys. I'm off to buy me The Slubb.
Books and Movies
Laura Boyle for Ready for Polyamory has been reading The Anxious Person's Guide to Non-Monogamy by Lola Phoenix, Relationship Anarchy Book by Juan-Carlos Perez-Cortes, Why it's Ok to Not be Monogamous by Justin L. Clardy, and Multiamory: Essential Tools for Modern Relationships by Dedeker Winston, Jase Lindgren, and Emily Sotelo Matlack.
Writing about Writing
Adventures in Writing: Learning Lessons from Three Regrets of my Writing Life
Mischa Eliot follows the prompt "Write about a time when you didn’t take action but wish you had. What would you do differently?"
Poetry
A poem by Juan Eduardo de Casa.
Thoughts & Advice on Sex & Relationships
Sexy things that are really NOT that sexy!
Shared showers, shared baths and food sex can all be made to look sexy by professionals but I absolutely agree with Kaz B that all of the above are extremely challenging to actually make into actual sexy experiences.
