Welcome to a very special edition of NSFW Sunday: Shenny Day! Today we celebrate the best matchup in all of L Word history. Unfortunately, the inevitable Shenny OTP was destroyed by bad writing and portrayed with such menace and inaccuracy that Shenny fans remain the most misunderstood people in all of fandom until this very day. I

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… Important news regarding sex and creatures of the sea: The worst sex in the world is anglerfish sex, and now there’s finally a video.

… Every Way To Find A Date, Ranked By A Shane: “I hope that in the “Where Are They Now” interview, Shane reveals that after the show ended, she discovered the joys of polyamory and is now leading a fulfilling life with multiple partners, minus the guilt and self-loathing. And you know what? I feel like the more well-adjusted Shanes of the world have a lot to offer in terms of dating advice.”

… If you can’t be with the one you love because Ilene Chaiken drowned her in a swimming pool, love the one you’re with: women share their pleasure principles in a podcast about Literal Self-Love.

…. There isn’t much Shenny fic out there on the web for some reason, except on the official Shenny website, which you’ll have to register with in order to read any stories on. However, I would highly recommend doing just that so that you can read This is Treasure….  If you don’t want to join that really important website, I also enjoyed And Guest over at Archive of Your Own. In fact it was the first fic I ever read in my life! (I read it last week.)

… Then I wrote you some original Shenny fan fiction: This Is What I Want.

… If you wanna sext someone after reading that fic, here’s some tips on how to do it.

… In the wake of FOSTA, which is a terrible initiative that will do far more harm than good for consensual sex workers as well as victims of sex trafficking, I think former sex workers Jenny and Shane and me  would encourage you to re-read this today —> What We Owe To The Hidden, Groundbreaking Activism of Sex Workers.

…. Noted switch Jenny Schecter also enjoys being submissive and knows that submission is power, too — Confessions of a Little Spoon:

That power struggle translates to our bedrooms, and can make anyone (regardless of gender) feel as if they’re less powerful when they enjoy being dominated or even held. There’s no man in the relationship I have with my girlfriend, which should free us from the gendered roles to which many straight couples still conform. Yet, I can’t help but feel everything that makes me submissive — when she makes the first move to initiate sex, when she lays me down in her bed, and when she drapes her arms around me to cuddle — relegates me to the “feminine” role in our relationship and makes me weak.

… In the alternate universe I believe in, Shane and Jenny are a happily married and totally poly couple. Here’s Some Advice from a Polyamory Coach on Dealing With Relationship Jealousy.

… At Oh Joy Sex Toy, a comic on why it’s okay for “strange things” to turn you on and how these preferences and desires develop. Relevant to Shenny interests for obvious reasons.

… On a more serious note —> Writing Ourselves Whole: Using the power of creativity to recover and heal from sexual trauma.

… This old list of All 97 of The L Word Sex Scenes, Ranked is wrong, I’m sorry, no shade to Tracy who is a great person. This list of the top 15 L Word sex scenes does not include every L Word sex scene ever, but is still better because it’s more accurate.

… How To Buy A Strap-On and Dildo: Lesbian Sex Shopping Guide: If you want to fuck Cherie Jaffe next to a pool, this is the post for you.

… The star signs you’ll have best sexual chemistry with, according to Cosmo. (If you wanna know what this looks like according to us, check out Your Completely Queer Guide to Horoscope Hookups.) Whichever the most compatible star signs are, that’s what Jenny and Shane are.

… Ah! French boudoir postcards! These pictures are not of Claude or Marina, but still. (via Eros Blog)

… Americans love having sex in risky places. The bathroom at The Planet isn’t on here, because nobody really understands how it feels to be Jenny, you know? (“Completely dismantled,” by the way, is how it feels.) Also by the way, here’s our list of the most ambitious places you’ve had sex and the gayest places you’ve had sex.