When we originally reviewed Salon , way back at its launch in late 1995, it was clear a new standard had been set. The magazine has of course continued to evolve, and to fend off new challengers along the way.
People are just perennially interested in things having to do with sex.
Particularly in America, he might have added, where, despite decades of changing mores, sex remains a more sensitive topic than in most of the rest of the world. Sex draws traffic and thus helps sell advertising, and Salon has been remarkably adroit in balancing the intentional bluntness of columns by Mmes. Bright, Camille Paglia, Courtney Weaver and Cintra Wilson with the rest of its wide-ranging content. We've maxed out columns on sex. Nerve is based in New York, and alongside the literary names it features contributions from members of the city's porn scene.