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After writing professionally for 12 years, Regina Lynn decided she had to be the one to write about a topic that many have been shy about. That topic is sex-tech, which she described as “anywhere technology touches relationships, romantic and sexual,” involving anything from online chat to internet powered sex toys. The 35-year-old Lynn, who writes a weekly column and hosts podcasts for Wired.com, has released a book, “The Sexual Revolution 2.0,” and runs a personal Web site featuring archived material. She certainly has a gift for the topic of sex-tech, as her fearless approach has resulted in columns and podcasts that are full of flair and character, not to mention plenty of intimate personal details that the average person would not dare share with a vast audience. A former technology and home office writer, Lynn encourages people to take advantage of all technology has to offer, including using online chat to exercise one’s sexuality, without the fear of face-to-face relations. “What's great about sex tech is that it is fostering a more sexually permissive society in which we can talk about this stuff without feeling unsafe or embarrassed,” she wrote in her Feb. 2, 2006 column. Having been divorced for seven years, Lynn writes largely from personal experience. However, she downplays the difficulties of sharing her life stories with an audience. “I’m not afraid to do things, and I’m not afraid to write about it ... It’s just sex. It’s just tech. We’re still humans.” And she is still a human, as she reminds her readers and listeners, confessing her mistakes and weaknesses, and detailing aspects of her sex life, no matter how racy. In her Feb. 10, 2006 column, she went so far as to write in detail about her various porn-watching experiences she and her ex-husband shared, as well as chronicle the ways her sexual preferences have evolved over a 16-year period. “She’s not afraid to say it like it is, but she also knows how to strike a delicate balance between speaking her mind and really offending people,” said Whitney Byrd, longtime friend and one of Lynn’s many editors. Anything that inspires communication, Lynn said, is a good thing. She wrote in her Feb. 2, 2006 column, “Through the ever-growing online conversation, more of us will find our own comfort level with what is and isn't OK with us sexually -- as well as the skill to communicate that to our partners, both online and off.”
Her goals as a writer are to get people to think and talk about sex and sex-tech, and find that sex-tech is not as scary and unusual as it might sound. “What is the Internet? It is us,” she said. She plans to continue her column writing, has two more books in the works, and hopes to add more production and length to her podcasts. “I’m not going to run out of ideas for six years, and by then there will be something new to write about.” Lynn grew up in a small agricultural town in Northern California, and earned a bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing from the University of California at Davis. She currently lives in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Related Links: Back to Orange Journalism Home Page Orange Journalism: |
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