We're on a break

Mar 19, 2024

Hello, my sweet babies.

I’m in D.C. currently, meeting my nephew. I thought maybe I’d have time and energy to write, but I do not. So thank you for your patience as I take a little time off to be with family.

In the meantime, consider checking out one of these posts from 2022:

Friday diary 15: I paid thousands to consider that I may be worthy of love simply for existing

Cathy Reisenwitz

December 16, 2022

Friday diary 15: I paid thousands to consider that I may be worthy of love simply for existing

Welcome to Sex and the State, a newsletter about human connection. To support my life’s work, upgrade to a paid subscription, buy one of my guides, follow me on OnlyFans, follow me on Twitter, support me on Patreon, or just share this post 🙏 ~~~~~ On Twitter recently someone asked “has anyone become massively more reliable to others without massively more self-coercion, guilt, shame etc? how did you do it?”

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Friday diary 17: Alone

Cathy Reisenwitz

December 30, 2022

Welcome to Sex and the State, a newsletter about human connection. To support my life’s work, upgrade to a paid subscription, buy one of my guides, follow me on OnlyFans, follow me on Twitter, support me on Patreon, or just share this post 🙏 ~~~~~ Last night I couldn’t sleep. I laid in bed thinking about the person I’m kinda dating. Or, as my sister put it to our friend, “the person I’m having sex with.” (In Alabama, thus far, it’s singular.)

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Porn and men's problems

Cathy Reisenwitz

August 8, 2022

Welcome to Sex and the State, a newsletter about power. I’m a writer working on decriminalizing and destigmatizing all things sex. I use evidence and stories to interrogate existing power structures to propose better ways of relating. To support my work,

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Friday diary 10: Do you both want to be the people you both want you both to be?

Cathy Reisenwitz

November 4, 2022

Welcome to Sex and the State, a newsletter about human connection. To support my life’s work, upgrade to a paid subscription, buy one of my guides, follow me on OnlyFans, follow me on Twitter, support me on Patreon, or just share this post 🙏 ~~~~~ One of the best things about a close relationship is that it has the potential to change you. Being very close to someone else tends to hold up a mirror. Seeing yourself as others see you is one of the best and worst parts of closeness.

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Thank you so much, and see you next week!

We're on a break

Friday diary 15: I paid thousands to consider that I may be worthy of love simply for existing

Friday diary 17: Alone

Porn and men's problems

Friday diary 10: Do you both want to be the people you both want you both to be?

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