General Interest

The Weird, Wonderful and Occasionally Alarming

Some of the most-read articles on the entire blog sit in this subcategory, and that’s no accident. People are drawn to the strange stuff. Case in point — our piece on 10 strange things people have put in vaginas is consistently one of the highest-traffic pages on the site. Part curiosity, part cautionary tale, it’s the kind of article you click on thinking “this can’t be real” and leave thinking “people really need to buy proper sex toys.” It’s entertaining, but there’s a genuine safety message underneath — improvising with household objects is a terrible idea, and emergency departments across the country have the stats to prove it.

That’s sort of the spirit of General Interest as a whole. Even the lighter, more entertaining content tends to carry something useful in it. We’re not writing clickbait for the sake of it — although we’re not above a provocative headline if the article behind it delivers.

Industry Stuff and Behind-the-Scenes

This section also houses content about the adult industry itself — what’s happening in it, who’s doing interesting work, and where things are heading. Our article on Adultsmart being named one of the top 50 adult blogs in the world falls into this camp. It’s a bit of a brag, sure, but it also gives readers a sense of the broader adult blogging landscape and how Australian content holds up against international competition.

We also cover trends in the adult retail space, shifts in regulation, and the occasional deep-dive into how certain products or subcultures have evolved over time. It’s the kind of context that most adult sites don’t bother providing because it doesn’t directly sell anything. But we think it makes for better reading and a more informed audience.

Opinion, Debate and the Occasional Controversy

Fair warning — not everything in General Interest is going to be universally agreed upon. Some articles are opinion pieces, and some of those opinions are deliberately provocative. We believe in the right to free expression, and that includes publishing views that might rub some readers the wrong way. The adult world isn’t a monolith. People disagree about ethics, aesthetics, kinks, politics and culture, and pretending otherwise would make for a very boring blog.

That said, we’re not interested in being offensive for sport. The goal is to spark conversation and get people thinking about topics they might not have considered. If an article makes you uncomfortable, that’s not always a bad thing — discomfort is often where the most interesting thinking happens. And if you disagree with something you’ve read, the comments section is right there.

Pop Culture, Taboos and Pub-Worthy Facts

There’s a whole strand of content here that falls under the category of “things you’d bring up at a dinner party after a couple of drinks.” Historical oddities about sex, strange laws, celebrity scandals, cultural attitudes that vary wildly from country to country, and the kind of trivia that makes people lean in and say “tell me more.” Sex touches every part of human culture, and once you start pulling at threads, the stories you find are endlessly weird and fascinating.

We also write about taboos — not to break them for shock value, but to actually look at why certain things are considered taboo in the first place. Sometimes the answer is sensible. Sometimes it’s completely arbitrary. And sometimes it reveals more about the culture doing the judging than the thing being judged.

Who Reads This Section

Honestly? Everyone. General Interest is the section people land on when they’re browsing out of curiosity rather than searching for something specific. It’s the rabbit hole. You come in looking for one thing and leave twenty minutes later having read three articles you never expected to find interesting. If you’ve got a spare half hour and an open mind, scroll through and see what grabs you. That’s the whole point of this section — it’s here because not everything worth writing about fits into a tidy box, and we’d rather publish it anyway than leave it on the shelf.