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Camille Sojit Pejcha

@camillepejcha.bsky.social

I'm a writer covering sex, technology, and culture for The New York Times, Document Journal, and more. I publish Pleasure-Seeking, a newsletter about desire. https://pleasureseeking.substack.com

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Iโ€™m doing a sexy little Valentineโ€™s Day reading and I will be writing something new for the occasion! Come hang ๐Ÿ’—

09.02.2025 22:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What happens when women hide their desires? On Babygirl, performative sex, and the price of concealing what we really want

I wrote about Babygirl: โ€จwww.pleasure-seeking.com/p/babygirl-d...

27.01.2025 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm reading at this, and in great companyโ€”get your tix before they sell out again!

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27.01.2025 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

even in tiktok's final breath it was used to organize and say โ€œfuck youโ€ to the american government and i think thatโ€™s beautiful

16.01.2025 15:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

babygirl and nosferatu are the barbenheimer of our times

26.12.2024 05:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

a substack is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to haveโ€ฆ but i have it

24.12.2024 04:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

thank you so much!

23.12.2024 22:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Do I want to be her or do I want to fuck her? I'd always been obsessed with my ex-boyfriend's ex-girlfriend. I didn't expect it to be mutual.

What a fantastic essay: @camillepejcha.bsky.social "Looking back on my own experiences in college....I wonder if ....men serve as a gateway to queer experience, just as romantic competition served as a justification for my stalking." (edited for length): www.pleasure-seeking.com/p/on-my-exs-...

15.12.2024 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Collected Agenda with Camille Sojit Pejcha Guest Edit #7

Chronicled a week in my life for Chloe Pingeonโ€™s series Collected Agenda. How fun! open.substack.com/pub/chloepin...

23.12.2024 22:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Luigi Mangioni is living proof that a little mystery goes a long way in keeping romance alive

10.12.2024 20:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

loving all the thirst over luigi mangioneโ€ฆ if thereโ€™s one thing the man taught us, itโ€™s to shoot your shot

09.12.2024 20:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Pretty Face of Populist Rage The UnitedHealthcare CEO gunman has become not just an antihero, but a sex symbol and fashion influencer. What does that say about us?

For my newsletter Pleasure-Seeking, I bravely asked: What if the UnitedHeathcare CEO gunman wasn't hot? www.pleasure-seeking.com/p/the-pretty...

09.12.2024 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Pleasure-Seeking Gift Guide Featuring Ottessa Moshfegh, Natasha Stagg, Marissa Zappas, Sophia Giovannitti, Matt Starr, Eliza McLamb, Molly Crabapple, Biz Sherbert, Joan of Arca and more

My contribution to the gift guide industrial complex: a meditation on gift-giving, ft. personal insights and recommendations from creatives like Ottessa Moshfegh, Natasha Stagg, @magdalene.bsky.social &
mollycrabapple.bsky.social

www.pleasure-seeking.com/p/pleasure-s...

07.12.2024 17:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

when i online shop using a gift card thatโ€™s harm reduction

05.12.2024 04:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I will sayโ€ฆ he was not unrecognized by allโ€ฆ but certainly by some!!

27.11.2024 20:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m glad you appreciate my hard-hitting journalism

27.11.2024 20:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I mean

26.11.2024 22:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What the celebrity lookalike competitions say about us Camille investigates the viral trend, interviewing Timothรฉe Chalamet lookalikes and fans to reveal what they desire in the actorโ€”and each other

@camillepejcha.bsky.social's article on the Timothee Chalamet lookalike competition and how Timothee Chalamet himself went home unrecognised is one of the funniest things I've read all year open.substack.com/pub/pleasure...

26.11.2024 22:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Does a Film Have a Fragrance? Perfumer Marissa Zappas Thinks So The indie perfumer discusses her latest scentโ€”based on the 1962 horror movie โ€˜Carnival of Souls.โ€™

For my @wmag debut, I chatted with the lovely @marissazappas about the relationship between scent and self, perfume as prosthetic, and why choosing a fragrance is a bit like dating www.wmagazine.com/beauty/maris...

27.11.2024 20:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Love in the time of lookalike contests Camille investigates the viral trend as a case study in desire, asking doppelgรคngers and fans what they see in Timothรฉe Chalametโ€”and each other

On the ground at the Timothรฉe Chalamet lookalike contest, I interviewed doppelgรคngers and fansโ€”and wrote about desire, dupe culture, and what the trend says about modern dating www.pleasure-seeking.com/p/timothee-c... www.pleasure-seeking.com/p/timothee-c...

27.11.2024 02:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Eli Zabarโ€™s Substack Night A food king of Manhattan welcomes the newsletter crowd to a party celebrating the 50th anniversary of his Upper East Side cafe.

I was interviewed about my newsletter Pleasure-Seeking for this article in The New York Timesโฃ๏ธHow fun! www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/s...

18.11.2024 23:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I profiled the inimitable Ottessa Moshfegh for Document Journal: www.documentjournal.com/2024/01/otte...

31.01.2024 21:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sophia Giovannitti on sex, art, and labor Working across mediums, the author of โ€˜Working Girlโ€™ grapples with the contradictions of life under capitalismโ€”complicating notions of consent in a totalizing system

Wrote about sex, art, labor, and the work of Sophia Giovannitti: https://www.documentjournal.com/2023/08/sophia-giovannitti-interview-profile-working-girl-art-sex-work/

19.08.2023 14:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Decadent Life of the Mind | FT Sinead Oโ€™Connor, who passed away on July 26, was only twenty-three when she released her second, seminal album, I Do Not Want What I Havenโ€™t Got, but she

Good morning! This is pretty embarrassing but I got interviewed.

https://www.nybooks.com/online/2023/08/19/the-decadent-life-of-the-mind-ft/

19.08.2023 13:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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