Culture & Trends

Hookup Culture Grows Up: How a New Generation Is Demanding More From Casual Sex

America's hookup scene is going through a serious glow-up, and women are leading the charge. From dating apps redesigning their interfaces around female experience to Gen Z users straight-up refusing to fake satisfaction, casual sex in 2024 looks nothing like it did a decade ago. Here's what changed, who changed it, and why it matters.

Aug 15, 2026

Red States, Blue States, Same Desires? How American Adult Entertainment Tastes Have Totally Shifted

Forget everything you think you know about who watches what and where. A decade of data on American adult content consumption tells a much more complicated — and honestly more interesting — story than the cultural stereotypes suggest. We broke it down by region, generation, and the forces reshaping desire across the country.

Aug 11, 2026