Jessica Stoya
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Jessica Stoya
@stoya.bsky.social
Writer. Raconteur. Sex Icon. Intimacy coach through BestSelfPsych (but not a psychotherapist).

Regular column at Slate, occasional bylines elsewhere.

USA born. Living in Serbia.

Retired from adult due to infrastructure barriers.
This… I think this is my brand…?
November 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Also about half of the pieces in question were hand finished by artisan level seamstresses

Not exactly something you want to consign to a short second life as a jizz rag
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Sales tax, with bonus international and state by state complexity comes to bear

And then someone has to deal with the bad actors who will obviously be wanking while endlessly requesting further and more granular details

In the end, the cost of admin makes it far less profitable than you’d imagine
November 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I assume you’re trying to be helpful, and taking the lighthearted and impulsive approach common to social media

Unfortunately, international shipping is a whole business, with juggling of many sets of laws. Add one of a kind status (can’t just replace if lost), spicy nature…
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Sage and caps-warranted advice
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Also soup, coffee, tea, and any hot but sort of wet food like a stew or a stir fry or baked beans
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
OH this might be functional and way easier than delving into contacts

Yeah, some of the time it’s a glasses on, “oh wow I can see way better than without”, head outside “hmm, now I see not much at all” because of fogging situation
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Thank you for (as usual) giving useful and personal commentary
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
No but I can catch a balled up sock more than half the time which is SOMETHING

An experiment with a basketball is next

Good tip about the nightstand, thank you
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Bravo and good luck if they dilate your pupils
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Aaaaaah

Ooh

Yeah, this is good
November 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Ugh, but the fidgeting means fingerprints…
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
It was just getting the correct (or at least much closer to correct) prescription 🤷🏻‍♀️
November 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
First time in memory, so maybe previously when my left eye was being treated as a child?

My exact words to the eye doctor were “wowwwwwww is this what people are talking about when they say ‘depth of field’?”
November 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I literally started with “I am a highly specialized nonfiction writer and, if the world were a reasonable place, would never have to be in charge of companies, thus saving us both the bizarre and highly specific questions I will ask in an attempt to get all things correct the first time.”
November 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM