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Paper, Cotton, Leather
2025 - a year in review.
Jan 2
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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Asian Representation at the GayVN Awards 2024-2026
Dec 2, 2025
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Taking the Nightshift
Attending the 20th Berlin Porn Film Festival and performing in Los Angeles.
Nov 20, 2025
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Meditation on Mediation
Reflections on my final shoot with Himeros.tv - exploring the cinematic language of video games, the performance of queer pleasure, and the friction of…
Feb 27, 2025
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Coda: Queering Virtuosity
Notes on virtuosity - from RuPaul, Machiavelli, Arendt, Brown, Foucault.
Feb 8, 2025
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Beyond Virtuosity - Crowdsourcing Knowledge
Part two of a two-part reflection on bondage performances beyond virtuosity. This second part reflects on the experience of NARiX and the format of an…
Feb 1, 2025
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Beyond Virtuosity - Happy Together
Part one of a two-part reflection on bondage performances beyond virtuosity. This first part consists of notes on a performance I did with Thai artist…
Dec 22, 2024
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Folsom Street Fair 2024
A brief selection of moments from the streets.
Oct 2, 2024
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Sexual Sanctuary
The bridging of differences through the sharing of erotic joy. My experience of a Himeros.tv production.
Sep 10, 2024
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Burning the candle on both ends
A reflection on my content creation journey over the past 21 months, slowing down my output, switching to become a JustFor.Fans exclusive, and mapping…
Jul 30, 2024
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Digital Demiurge of Desire
Artificial intelligence, the commodification of authenticity, and the threshold of fantasy.
May 17, 2024
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About us / Without us / For us
My "virgin" experience of the GayVN Awards 2024 in Las Vegas.
Feb 8, 2024
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Of Wax and Walking Shadows
Thoughts on the making of 'Human Chandelier'
Nov 21, 2023
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Knowledge is Power
Initial sharing of results from the informal survey on rates of compensation among AAPI sex workers and content creators in North America.
Oct 17, 2023
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