Perspectives

Milk (2008): The Man Who Said His Name

Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1978, becoming the first openly gay man elected to public office in California. H...

BoysDo vs xHamster: The Aggregator and the Magazine

Softcore vs Erotic Photography: The Same Thing, or Something Different?

Softcore and erotic photography are often used as synonyms. They are not quite the same thing, and understanding the difference — or rather, understan...

BoysDo vs Hornet for Relationships: Editorial Content Is Not the Same as Shared Sensibility

Amateur vs Professional Erotic Photography: Craft, Authenticity, and the Space Between

The internet democratised photography in ways that nobody fully anticipated. The barrier between taking a photograph and sharing it with the world col...

BoysDo vs Reddit: The Subreddit Archipelago vs. an Actual Feed

BoysDo vs Flickr: The Archive and the Living Feed

BoysDo vs xVideos: The Other Largest Tube Site

BoysDo vs VSCO: The Photographer's App That Won't Let You Show Your Best Work

BoysDo vs FetLife: The Kink Network and the Art-Erotic Feed

BoysDo vs Romeo for Relationships: The European Long-Memory App and What Sits Underneath It

BoysDo vs OnlyFans: Discovery vs. the Paywall