Jerk Explains it All

Tom Huddleston, Jr. wants you to know all about those things no one ever really talks about. From weird sexual fetishes to the history of female masturbation, Tom will take you there, and back.

PYD: Pretty Young Diva

by Tom Huddleston, Jr.

You can flash the paparazzi, sport a shaved head and wake up covered in vomit and John Mayer, but you weren’t the first and you won’t be the last

This Article Stinks

by Tom Huddleston Jr.

We all know no post-shower ritual is complete without a date with everyone’s favorite stick, spray, or weirdly wet rollerball of smells

Good Morning, Moonshine

by Tom Huddleston, Jr.

Historical hangover cures range from raw owl eggs and fried canary, to less detestable alternatives such as artichokes, borscht, pizza, and tomato juice

The Chick is in the Mail

by Tom Huddleston, Jr.

Inside the mail-order bride industry — offering love for a few quick, easy payments

Porn to be Wild

by Tom Huddleston, Jr.

Jerk takes you back to the humble beginnings of the world’s sexiest industry — and, no, we don’t mean strip-mining

Candy Hearts and Other Crap

by Tom Huddleston Jr.

The history of Valentine’s Day: the holiday that makes singles want to die

Fur Real?

by Tom Huddleston, Jr.

Tom Huddleston, Jr. discovers a very hairy sub-culture that’s not just about sex, but that only diminishes the creep-factor by .08.

Americans Do Halloween Best

column by Tom Huddleston, Jr.

Americans take a day to celebrate the souls of the dead and turn it into a display of one of the deadly sins.

Ghetto Wrap

column by Tom Huddleston, Jr.

A look at contraception gone awry

Generation after generation has sought to explore a few monumental phenomenons: How we copulate, but not procreate, or if you prefer, knock boots without knocking-up, or clean the carpet without making a few dust bunnies. Better yet, do “The Humpty Dance” without planting one in her Digital Underground.
And, in the [...]

The Hysterical History of Female Masturbation

column by Tom Huddleston, Jr.

She Bop

“She bop–he bop–a–we bop
I bop–you bop–a–they bop”
-Cyndi Lauper, “She Bop”
Long before female masturbation became fodder for Cyndi Lauper tunes, the game of sexual solitaire was one played, purportedly, at your own peril.
Puritans in 17th century New England viewed masturbation of any kind as akin to blasphemy and perpetrators of either were sometimes sentenced to [...]