The editors who commission and shape the Journal. Everyone works under a scene name, which is standard practice in this community, and we are plain about what each writer does and does not claim. Nobody here holds themselves out as a clinician.
Editor
Commissions and shapes the first-person stories.
Experience: Twelve years editing personal essays and interviews about sex and relationships.
Sexuality and relationships writer
Writes the interviews about desire, dynamics and disclosure.
Experience: Nine years interviewing people about sex, kink and long-term relationships.
Community writer
Covers scenes, meets and the people who find each other.
Experience: Eight years reporting on kink communities and local scenes.
Reference editor
Writes the plain-language definitions and the "is this normal" answers.
Experience: Ten years writing plain-language explainers on sex research and psychology.
Safety and health writer
Covers how to try something without getting hurt, and when to get help.
Experience: Nine years covering sexual health and harm reduction for lay readers.