Very young fetish

Dark techno pulses out from behind closed doors in a north London warehouse space, thumping at the walls and ceiling like God himself is pumping His fist to the beat. In the corridor just outside, people queue for the cloakroom to hand over their clothes. Coats first — then trousers, tops, bags and anything else that might get in the way. A few people disappear around a thick black curtain to get changed, but everyone is encouraged to turn up already wearing their outfits, paying heed to the strict dress code: "leather, latex, rubber, metal, nylon, lace, drag, chains, studs and naked skin".

Lillian , a something who lives in New York and Boston, is a single Asian American woman who actively dates. Needless to say, her Tinder inbox is a hot mess. She posts screenshots of their messages alongside photos of herself looking stoic, fierce and totally over it. She posts those, too. We have our own inner lives. We marvel and we create.

Though once considered deviant and shameful, today most psychologists lend us an entirely different view. Sexual fetishes are far more common than we think. A recent study published in the Journal of Sex Research, finds that one in three people in the US have taken part in one, at least once in their lives. Sex researchers are just starting to delve into the fetish world to see what can be gleaned from it. Some studies have reaped interesting results.

About a year ago, I stumbled upon an article that was just so damn inspiring. It was about this young man, Alex, and his reactions and actions after discovering that his girlfriend has a fetish called macrophilia. I never even heard about this fetish before reading that article.