The World Issue
Long reads on sex, culture and pleasure travel, by Ali Imperiale.
The World Issue · 10 min readThe Sexiest Thing I've Ever Seen Was in a Paris BasementI said this last year about the BDSM demonstration in Prague. I take it back. What I saw in a basement in the Latin Quarter of Paris on my first…
The World Issue · 10 min readWhy Asking for Consent Can Kill the Mood in ParisI've been to Paris six times.
The World Issue · 8 min readDirty Talk Across Cultures — French Canadian vs AngloThere is a moment that happens early in any relationship where you realize that the person you're sleeping with has a completely different vocabulary…
The World Issue · 8 min readGetting Naked with Strangers Is Actually Good For YouLet me set the scene.
The World Issue · 7 min readHow Montreal Became Sin CityI live in Montreal. I love Montreal. And one of the things I love most about it is that it has never been particularly interested in pretending to be…
The World Issue · 10 min readI Went on a Sex Education Trip to AmsterdamI've been to Amsterdam before. Several times, actually — usually staying with friends who live outside the city, doing the classic tourist things,…
The World Issue · 11 min readI Went on a Sex Education Trip to PragueWhat comes to mind when you think of Prague?
The World Issue · 10 min readInside Tenga — A Day at Japan's Most Innovative Sex Toy CompanyI was in Tokyo for a brief trip and I did what I always do in a new city: I started Googling sex culture.
The World Issue · 11 min readInside the IndustrySex work in Thailand is probably one of the most talked about and most misunderstood industries in the world.
The World Issue · 11 min readJapan's Relationship With Sex Is Unlike Anything Else on EarthJapan is known for its cutting-edge technology, its extraordinary food, its anime, and its deep cultural modesty around anything to do with sex.
The World Issue · 10 min readPleasure Travel — What It Is and Why More People Are Doing ItI recently went to my first play party in Mexico.
The World Issue · 9 min readSex Across America — How Where You Live Shapes What You're Allowed to WantMost of my audience is American.
The World Issue · 10 min readSex in Mexico — Love Hotels, Legal Loopholes, and the Grip of MachismoLegal public sex. Love hotels with St. Andrew's crosses. Retirement homes for elderly sex workers. A shelter funded by a former sex worker. Public…
The World Issue · 9 min readThe Hidden Side of JapanJapan is one of the most fascinating contradictions on earth when it comes to sex.
The World Issue · 9 min readThe Most Sexually Confusing Country I've Ever VisitedThailand is one of the most sexually confusing places I have ever been to.
The World Issue · 8 min readThe Sex Tourism Capital Nobody Talks AboutI want to start with something honest: I almost didn't write this one.
The World Issue · 9 min readThe Top 5 Most Sex Positive Countries in the WorldI've been to around 40 countries. I've spent real time in probably a third of them. And one of the things that travel does — if you're paying…
The World Issue · 12 min readThe Uncomfortable Questions Nobody Wants to Ask About Western DatingYou walk by any tourist terrace in Thailand and you've probably seen it.
The World Issue · 7 min readWe Went to Montreal's Last Adult CinemaIf you've lived in Montreal for any length of time, you know about Cinéma L'Amour.
The World Issue · 10 min readWhat Really Happens at a 7-Day Intimacy RetreatKalimera, friends. That means hello in Greek. And I just came back from one week at an intimacy retreat in Crete called The Cocoon. Holy moly.
The World Issue · 10 min readWhat's Actually Happening in the BedroomHere is something I did not expect to discover in Thailand:
The World Issue · 9 min readWhy Solo Travel Is the Best Thing You Can Do for Your RelationshipWhen I tell people I'm going somewhere alone, the first thing they ask is whether everything is okay with me and Gab.
The World Issue · 9 min readWhy the Dutch Are So Comfortable With SexI've spent a fair amount of time in Amsterdam over the last few years — mostly because we have good friends who live there and it's an expensive city…