Hi! I’m Camille Sojit Pejcha, a writer, sextuple Scorpio, and, according to genius culture critic Rayne Fisher-Quann, “the closest thing we have to a modern-day Carrie Bradshaw.” Pleasure-Seeking is an independent publication on sex, desire, and modern culture.
What should I expect?
Fun, flirty writing, free from the tyranny of SEO and the censorship of social media. Home to essays, cultural criticism, reported features, scene reports, personal reflections, interviews and sex/relationship advice, Pleasure-Seeking is a place to explore what we want and why we want it, using pop culture as any entry point to discuss how desire shapes our lives.
Who reads Pleasure-Seeking?
Highly sophisticated perverts; people who want something fun to talk about at dinner parties; people who are intellectuals, but not prudes; people who aren’t afraid to let their freak flag fly, and people who actually are afraid and want to live vicariously through me.
Wait, who are you again?
I’m a writer covering sex and culture for magazines like The New York Times and Document Journal, where I worked as Features Director and originally launched Pleasure-Seeking as a monthly column. There, I took readers along with me on a series of wild and frankly ill-advised exploits, from getting tied by Shibari experts to infiltrating a $12,000 sex party, interviewing my ex-boyfriend’s ex-girlfriends, and documenting the queer nightlife scene that’s still thriving at New York’s Chelsea Hotel. I’ve also interviewed hundreds of artists, thinkers, and makers—from the niche (feminist porn directors, erotic jewelry designers, and cyborgs) to the mainstream (your favorite novelists, musicians, and movie stars like Charli XCX, Ottessa Moshfegh and Viggo Mortensen).
After five years on staff at Document Journal, I’m excited to be going independent and relaunching Pleasure-Seeking on Substack, where I’ll be expanding to new formats, foster a direct dialogue with my readers, and publish new writing once a week instead of once a month.
Why should I subscribe?
Unlike Carrie Bradshaw, I am not paid $4/word by Vogue, so if you like Pleasure-Seeking (or you like me!), the single best thing you can do is subscribe.
In addition to my weekly story, paid subscribers will receive first access to an advice column and podcast I have in the works, as well as recommendations, personal stories, and and photo diaries from my wildest nights out—so if you want to hear more about these topics from a personal perspective, you can support Pleasure-Seeking for $6/month and help me bring my most ambitious dreams for this project to life.
Your subscriptions are what allow me to keep doing what I do, on Substack and beyond. And the more support I get on here, the more time I can dedicate to exploring New York’s sexual underground—which means that by liking and subscribing, you are pretty much keeping the beating heart of culture alive!! If you’re a true patron of the arts, you might consider opting for a paid or founding subscription and sharing Pleasure-Seeking with your friends, lovers, and enemies.
Come hang!
I’m excited to get to know you all better, so don’t be a stranger! You can share your thoughts in the comments, submit your sex and relationship questions for the advice column anonymously here, follow me on Instagram/Twitter, or just say hi at askpleasureseeking@gmail.com.
I’m happy you’re here—and I hope that in untangling my desires, I’ll help you make sense of your own.
xoxo
Camille
