The Intimacy Issue: Teddy Quinlivan
This sort of vulnerability with the self is exactly what inspired our May digital cover—the Intimacy issue. In thinking about what being intimate—both with others and with yourself—means during such strange times, we of course wanted to explore dildos, orgasms, and Chaturbate culture. It is office, after all.
But we also wanted to move beyond that. What do our current conditions mean in terms of being intimate in all facets of the word—being intimate with your thoughts? With abstraction? With objects or ideas? Do you cringe at your overgrown hair when looking in the mirror and the Snapchat camera? How has isolation played a part in your want or need to be intimate? Have you developed any new intimate relationships while in quarantine?
We asked 13 subjects to explore these ideas in a series of remotely-shot portraits and videos. We also asked each subject to write a diary entry with this vulnerability in mind.
We finish out this series with model Teddy Quinlivan.
It's easy to fall in love with Teddy Quinlivan—mostly because she knows how to make you fall in love with her. In addition to being stunningly gorgeous, the model simply goes there. She's funny, explicit, self-aware, and knows how to keep it cute while still making sure to grind the occasional gear. We knew we wanted to execute a "cam girl" concept for the Intimacy issue. Teddy was the perfect subject to do so with.
The culture of "camming" in today's world is an interesting one. Ten years ago, even, cam girls and boys were barely even a thing, not to mention that the act of camming was taboo at best. But as the internet rapidly progressed and online sex work became more mainstream, there is now a whole economy surrounding the act of filming yourself doing sexual acts for money.
Whereas the current global health crisis has depleted our national economy, it has created a boom in the camming economy. OnlyFans is more popular than ever. Chaturbate, and every camming platform, is experiencing a massive increase in both subscribers and performers. For many models and cam performers, it has become their only means of survival. Sexual pleasure has become essential, and cam girls and boys—not to mention the ever sought after trans and queer POC ones—have taken on a whole new relevance and power during this time.
In fact, through this cam boom, intimacy itself has taken on a whole new relevance and power during isolation. And with that, we complete our Intimacy issue with your new favorite cam girl, Teddy.
Watch this video, as well as all the other Intimacy videos, on .show, the new interactive video camera and shoppable video marketplace.
