In high school, I was super fascinated with sex. I was also paranoid, and I was afraid to search out anything explicit online. I took the "18 and older" warning seriously; I thought if the government caught 17 yo me looking at porn, they would arrest me. So. I turned to softcore in movies to help me understand sex, and you know, get a little titillation.

At first, watching softcore was either by accident or by chance. I watched a ton of movies on my iPod touch's Crackle app because I could easily sneak these viewings from the comfort of my bed with my headphones in. It was a joy (honestly) to stumble upon the made-for-men erotica of Heavy Metal.…