But does a one-time, 60-minute shrink appointment actually help? — I’ve gone to therapy exactly once. I was glad I showed up, but when my session concluded, I shook my therapist’s hand and never saw her again. I assumed this was the complete opposite of what you’re supposed to do. …

Almost exactly two years before the start of #MeToo, accusations of sexual assault brought down James Deen, one of the most powerful men in porn. But despite all of the mainstream male power brokers who have fallen in Deen/#MeToo’s wake—from Harvey Weinstein to Kevin Spacey to Leslie Moonves—the porn industry…

The motto at Tikkun Spa in Santa Monica is, “Heal your asshole. Heal yourself. Heal the world.” At least, it should be. The holistic spa’s actual motto is “Heal yourself. Heal the world.” But the spa boasts a signature “A-steam” treatment that makes the asshole-healing addition just as accurate. An…

There’s weed vodka and a host of terpenes that function like bitters, but will cocktails ever get psychoactive? — Ross Hunsinger, the director of food and beverage innovation at True Terpenes, describes himself as a “high-level beverage guy.” He’s a longtime brewer and creator of avant-garde cocktails, with a history of running conceptual bar programs at super-fancy, James Beard–level restaurants such as Aviary in Portland — including figuring out…

I’m on hold with Paypal to cancel a transaction, answering a dozen automated questions before they connect me to an actual agent. I’m speaking calmly, providing answers in my speaking voice rather than the temper-tantrum tone I normally save for such computer-mediated situations. I sent money to the wrong username…

Even though local laws prevent states from advertising their marijuana offerings to potential visitors from states without recreational marijuana policies, more and more people are flocking to them to enjoy a vacation with all the protections (and consumer options) adult-use weed laws allow. That is, while nascent, weed tourism is…

From dildos to cock rings to butt plugs, fungi abound in adult product lines — Here’s the thing about mushroom cocks — like the one purportedly belonging to the president, at least per Stormy Daniels and her incredible Toad pwn yesterday: Some people (though not Daniels, obviously) think they’re really hot. So hot, in fact, mushroom-topped and mushroom-shaped sex toys are a staple in any…

A conversation with a hypnotherapist and two of the men she’s hypnotized — Remember the hypnotherapy scene in Good Will Hunting? Although the movie is a serious conduit for many of man’s emotions, Will can’t take the idea of hypnosis seriously and supplies his therapist with bullshit responses to the scenarios he proposes instead of letting him in. IRL, though — or…

It’s the new Instagram influencer thing to do, and it allegedly forces all the nasty shit from your lymphs that causes everything from acne to brain fog to ‘slugging bowel function’ — I’m sitting in the chillingly air-conditioned SaunaBar, a semi-New Age spa concept in L.A., checking off boxes on an intake form as to why I’ve elected to have a lymphatic massage. I opt for “stress relief,” “detoxification” and “increased bone density.” The latter I’m particularly interested in as I broke…