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Nicole R. Goode, M.A., ABS

Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) candidate

I am a psychologist, sociologist, sexologist, and erotologist. Subscribe and join over 1,000+ newsletter readers every week!

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The August 2026 Issue Is Here and She Is Lustful. Come See Why. 💋🔥

The August 2026 issue of Psyche, Sex, and Society is now live, and this month we are taking a clear‑eyed look at desire, autonomy, and the cultural forces shaping how we relate to one another. Our lead article, “The Lust Problem: Is American Culture ‘Freaked Out’?”, examines how everyday interactions are increasingly filtered through a sexual lens. People are being sexualized before they are recognized as human. The piece asks a pressing question: when does the pursuit of pleasure begin to...

about 1 month ago • 1 min read

The July 2026 issue of Psyche, Sex, & Society is officially live, and this one arrives with piercing insight. Romance has long been one of America’s most seductive myths, shaping how we imagine intimacy through movies, music, family lore, and the quiet expectations we inherit. Yet as cultural scripts grow louder, many feel an unmistakable dissonance. The gestures are grand, but the connection is thin. The performances are polished, but the emotional presence is missing. The rituals remain,...

2 months ago • 1 min read

The June 2026 issue of Psyche, Sex, & Society has officially dropped, and this one arrives with the unmistakable embodiment of freedom. This month, we’re stepping into the intimate terrains where autonomy, desire, and self‑knowledge meet. Inside, you’ll find: • A deep exploration of solo‑sexuality, autosexuality, and autoeroticism • Why more women are choosing celibacy as reclamation rather than retreat • How to channel libidinal energy into creativity, grounding, purpose, and meaning In...

3 months ago • 1 min read

The MAY 2026 issue of Psyche, Sex, & Society is here, and she isn’t whispering. She arrives with passion, depth, and an unapologetic feminine intelligence that refuses to shrink for anyone. This month, we step into the charged terrain where erotic consciousness meets psychological truth. These pages explore the places where desire becomes a form of knowing, where embodiment becomes a form of power, and where women reclaim the parts of themselves culture keeps trying to domesticate. Inside,...

4 months ago • 1 min read

The APRIL 2026 issue of Psyche, Sex, & Society has officially arrived, and this one goes straight for the places culture tells us to avoid. We are pulling apart the relationship scripts so many of us inherited without ever consenting to them. We are asking the questions that cut to the bone of relational agency. We are naming the truths that get flattened into caricature. This issue is inviting you back to the center of your own desire, your own authorship, your own relational design. Inside...

5 months ago • 1 min read

The wait is over. The March 2026 issue of Psyche, Sex, & Society dropped yesterday, and it is one of our most powerful issues yet. This month, we don’t just honor women’s history. We honor women’s power—the ancestral, embodied, world‑shaping force that predates the written record and outlives every attempt to silence it. Inside this issue, you’ll find: 🌍A return to African-centered visions of sacred womanhood 👑A grounding exploration of the Womanist stance and cultural sovereignty ⚡A sharp,...

6 months ago • 1 min read

The February 2026 issue of Psyche, Sex, & Society has officially dropped. This month, we journey into the living body. Into rhythm. Into intimacy. Into reclamation. Inside this issue: ✨ Lunar-Erotic Mapping: Reclaiming Rhythm, Intimacy, and the Healing BodyExplore how cyclical awareness can transform the way we understand desire, connection, and embodied healing. 🌊 The Lunar Body: Women’s Erogenous Tides, Liquid Sexuality, and the Art of Mutual SeductionDiscover sexuality as fluid,...

7 months ago • 1 min read

The January 2026 issue of Psyche, Sex, & Society is here, and it goes straight to the root. This issue invites readers into bold, necessary conversations about power, identity, and human wholeness in a world shaped by Eurocentric patriarchy. Inside, we explore: 🜁 Same Monsters, Different BodiesHow Eurocentric patriarchy distorts masculinity, femininity, and our collective humanity in the United States 🜁 The Divine Feminine & Divine MasculineEnergies, consciousness, and sacred ways of being...

8 months ago • 1 min read

The December 2025 issue of Psyche, Sex, & Society is officially here. This is an invitation to return home to love in its most expansive, liberatory form. In our eleventh issue, we disrupt inherited scripts of love and desire by expanding the language of love, decolonizing sex and intimacy, and reimagining romance as an embodied, erotic way of living. Inside this issue, you’ll explore: What it truly means to romanticize life—transforming the everyday into the erotic and living love as a...

9 months ago • 1 min read

The wait is over! Our November 2025 issue of Psyche, Sex, & Society has officially arrived, and it is one of our most liberatory and soul-stirring editions yet. This month, we journey deeper into the intersections of intimacy, identity, liberation, and collective healing. Our November issue is packed with culturally grounded conversations, embodied scholarship, and transformative narratives designed to shift how we think about desire, power, and pleasure in our everyday lives. From ancestral...

10 months ago • 1 min read