The kinda-sorta-weekly blog written by The Pleasure Centre creator, Aleks.

In these blogs Aleks covers important topics ranging from sexuality and sexual function, relationships and body image to feminist theory and mental health. 🧠 💕 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈

Stay up to date with new blogs and upcoming topics via our Instagram.

 
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Overvaluing Appearance

A fixation on appearance makes people vulnerable to overvaluing their appearance, and this may disrupt a person’s ability to live according to other values they might have.

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Book club is a free virtual community that discusses literature on mental health, sex, sexuality and more.

Join via ‘The Pleasure Centre Book Club’ Facebook page with people all over Australia and abroad. Follow our socials for all updates. Click the button below and you’ll be there before you can say “sex!”.

Need someone to write about the tricky topics? You’re in the right place. The topics that Aleks can contribute informative articles for include:

sexuality, body image (what it is, how to manage concerns, especially during sex!),  pleasure, understanding arousal, libido and desire styles, expanding adult sex education, feminist literature pieces and mental health. 
To explore samples of writing, check out the blog. If you have questions, contact us here.

Articles are roughly $150 p/500 words.

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Next months pick for The Pleasure Centre Book Club is 'Atomic Habits' by James Clear. The discussion thread will be posted at the end of March! The thread for last months read ‘The Ethical Slut’ will be up soon for members to share thei
Imagine that you’re born into a world and told, you are either a dog person, or a cat person. So you get assigned cat. After some time living in this world you realise you don’t fully align with the identity of being a cat person. But y
Have you bought a ticket to Queer Sex Ed workshop yet? They're an absolute steal at $35, and you'll be learning how to queer your sex life, and improve your communication skills. This workshop is a part of @bigthickenergy_ festival, so be sure to c
Rest is your human right. Don't let any amount of productivity anxiety, or boundary violation convince you otherwise. #rest #glennondoyle
A big part of mental health, relationships, and wellbeing is regulating our emotional distress. If don't we may start to fall into unhealthy coping, or there may be impacts on these aspects of our experience. #tipp #mentalhealth #emotionalregulatio
New Blog ✨This weeks blog explores skills we can use to regulate emotions in a world where stressors can be everywhere. This skill comes from Dialectical Behavioural Therapy designed by Marsha Linehan, and falls under one of four pillars in this ther
✨Announcement! Aleks will be speaking on the Mental Health Panel at the Wierd Women Festival. 3 days and 2 nights of workshops, panels, talks, music, performance and markets. Join Aleks at 2pm on the 19th. Follow the links via @wierd_women for entr
This is Vulvet, my trusty colleague that makes appearances throughout sessions. This has been an invaluable s-x education tool as I describe anatomy to clients, or coach them through pleasure mapping exercises. Thank you to @the.body.agency for mak
Lots of things can be found in the abstract ‘space’ in relationships. Shine a flashlight in there every once in a while. #estherperel
When we go to queer sex, it’s important to challenge socially constructed notions that sex is defined by a set of behaviours. Often this looks like penetration, orgasm, and ejaculation being placed on a pedestal. Instead, we want to conside