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'''Karley Sciortino''' (born October 16, 1985){{cn|date=May 2019}} is an American writer, television host, and producer. She is the founder of [https://slutever.com/ "Slutever"], a website that focuses on sex and sexuality, and executive producer and host of the ''[[Viceland]]'' documentary series [[Slutever (TV series)|of the same name]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/apr/29/karley-sciortino-the-sex-blogger-and-slutever-presenter-redefining-sexuality|title=Karley Sciortino: the sex blogger and Slutever presenter redefining sexuality|last=Hoby|first=Hermione|date=2018-04-29|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-07-02}}</ref> She also writes ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]''{{'s}} sex and relationships column, ''Breathless.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/contributor/karley-sciortino|title=Karley Sciortino - Vogue|website=Vogue|access-date=2018-07-02}}</ref><ref name="daily">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/22/is-this-dildo-licking-dominatrix-loving-vogue-blogger-the-new-face-of-feminism|title=Is This Dildo-Licking, Dominatrix-Loving Vogue Blogger the New Face of Feminism?|last=Crocker|first=Lizzie|date=2014-05-22|work=The Daily Beast|access-date=2018-07-02|language=en}}</ref>
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'''Karley Sciortino''' is an American writer, television host, and producer. She is the founder of ''Slutever'', a website that focuses on sex and sexuality, and executive producer and host of the ''[[Viceland]]'' documentary series [[Slutever (TV series)|of the same name]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hoby|first=Hermione|date=April 29, 2018|title=Karley Sciortino: the sex blogger and Slutever presenter redefining sexuality|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/apr/29/karley-sciortino-the-sex-blogger-and-slutever-presenter-redefining-sexuality|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=July 2, 2018}}</ref> She also writes ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]''{{'s}} online sex and relationships column, ''Breathless.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Karley Sciortino - Vogue|url=https://www.vogue.com/contributor/karley-sciortino|website=Vogue|access-date=July 2, 2018}}</ref><ref name="daily">{{Cite news|last=Crocker|first=Lizzie|date=May 22, 2014|title=Is This Dildo-Licking, Dominatrix-Loving Vogue Blogger the New Face of Feminism?|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/22/is-this-dildo-licking-dominatrix-loving-vogue-blogger-the-new-face-of-feminism|work=The Daily Beast|language=en|access-date=July 2, 2018}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
=== Slutever ===
=== ''Slutever'' ===
Sciortino started her blog ''Slutever'' in 2007 while living in [[London]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.papermag.com/karley-sciortino-slutever-interview-2531620514.html|title=Karley Sciortino is Your Slutty, Post-Woke Carrie Bradshaw|date=2018-02-05|work=PAPER|access-date=2018-07-02|language=en}}</ref> Initially, the blog centered around her and roommates' sexual exploits and life in their squatting commune, but soon evolved into what the ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' called "a chronicle of sexual experimentation."
Sciortino started her blog ''Slutever'' in 2007 while living in [[London]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hazlehurt|first=Beatrice|date=February 5, 2018|title=Karley Sciortino is Your Slutty, Post-Woke Carrie Bradshaw|url=http://www.papermag.com/karley-sciortino-slutever-interview-2531620514.html|work=Paper|language=en|access-date=July 2, 2018}}</ref> Initially, the blog centered around her and roommates' sexual exploits and life in their squatting commune, but soon evolved into what ''[[The New York Times]]'' called "a chronicle of sexual experimentation."


In 2012, Sciortino and producer Adri Murguia started a web series called ''Slutever'' for ''Vice'', which ran for three seasons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://video.vice.com/en_us/show/slutever|title=Slutever - VICE Video: Documentaries, Films, News Videos|website=Video|language=en-us|access-date=2018-07-02}}</ref> The series took a journalistic approach to exploring [[taboo]] aspects of modern sexuality, with Sciortino as host.<ref name="observer"/> In 2017, Sciortino and Murguia co-created a ''Viceland'' television series, also called ''Slutever'', which built thematically off the webseries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/karley-sciortino-slutever-viceland-tv-show|title=Vogue’s Sex Columnist, Karley Sciortino, Gets Her Own TV Show|work=Vogue|access-date=2018-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.viceland.com/en_us/video/slutever-series-trailer/5a4cfc82177dd405bc2e2ddd|title=SLUTEVER (Series Trailer)|website=Viceland|access-date=2018-07-02}}</ref> The second season of Viceland’s ''Slutever'' aired in 2019.
In 2012, Sciortino and producer Adri Murguia started a web series called ''Slutever'' for ''Vice'', which ran for three seasons.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Slutever - VICE Video: Documentaries, Films, News Videos|url=https://video.vice.com/en_us/show/slutever|website=Vice|language=en-us|access-date=July 2, 2018}}</ref> The series took a journalistic approach to exploring [[taboo]] aspects of modern sexuality, with Sciortino as host.<ref name="observer"/> In 2017, Sciortino and Murguia co-created a ''Viceland'' television series, also called ''Slutever'', which built thematically off the webseries.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Vogue's Sex Columnist, Karley Sciortino, Gets Her Own TV Show|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/karley-sciortino-slutever-viceland-tv-show|work=Vogue|date=January 4, 2018|access-date=July 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SLUTEVER (Series Trailer)|url=https://www.viceland.com/en_us/video/slutever-series-trailer/5a4cfc82177dd405bc2e2ddd|website=Viceland|access-date=July 2, 2018}}</ref> The second season of Viceland's ''Slutever'' aired in 2019.


Sciortino’s memoir ''Slutever: Dispatches from an Autonomous Woman in a Post Shame World'' was published by [[Grand Central Publishing]] (New York City) on February 6, 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/whither-the-slut-mandy-stadtmiller-and-karley-sciortino-reveal-all|title=Whither the Slut? Mandy Stadtmiller and Karley Sciortino Reveal All|work=The New Yorker|access-date=2018-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/slutever-karley-sciortino-book-excerpt|title=Why Do We talk About Sex Like Men Are Getting Something, and Women Are Giving Something Up?|work=Vogue|access-date=2018-07-02}}</ref>
Sciortino's memoir ''Slutever: Dispatches from an Autonomous Woman in a Post Shame World'' was published by [[Grand Central Publishing]] (New York City) on February 6, 2018.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Fry|first=Naomi|date=May 17, 2018|title=Whither the Slut? Mandy Stadtmiller and Karley Sciortino Reveal All|url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/whither-the-slut-mandy-stadtmiller-and-karley-sciortino-reveal-all|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=July 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Sciortino|first=Karley|date=February 5, 2018|title=Why Do We talk About Sex Like Men Are Getting Something, and Women Are Giving Something Up?|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/slutever-karley-sciortino-book-excerpt|work=Vogue|access-date=July 2, 2018}}</ref>


=== Now Apocalypse ===
=== ''Now Apocalypse'' ===
Sciortino and [[Gregg Araki]] co-wrote the first season of ''[[Now Apocalypse]]'' (executive produced by [[Steven Soderbergh]]), a surreal comedy television show premiering on [[Starz]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/starz-greenlights-now-apocalypse-comedy-series-kaboom-gregg-araki-steven-soderbergh-1202353597/|title=Starz Greenlights ‘Now Apocalypse’ Comedy Series From ‘Kaboom’s Gregg Araki & Steven Soderbergh|last=Andreeva|first=Denise Petski,Nellie|date=2018-03-26|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-07-02|language=en-US}}</ref> Sciortino is also the show’s consulting producer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/starz-orders-comedy-now-apocalypse|title=Starz Orders Comedy ‘Now Apocalypse’|work=Broadcasting & Cable|access-date=2018-07-02}}</ref> The series was cancelled after one season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/now-apocalypse-canceled-starz-1203281592/|title=‘Now Apocalypse’ Canceled After One Season at Starz|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Joseph|last=Otterson|date=July 26, 2019|accessdate=July 26, 2019}}</ref>
Sciortino and [[Gregg Araki]] co-wrote the first season of ''[[Now Apocalypse]]'' (executive produced by [[Steven Soderbergh]]), a surreal comedy television show premiering on [[Starz]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Petski|first1=Denise|last2=Andreeva|first2=Nellie|date=March 26, 2018|title=Starz Greenlights 'Now Apocalypse' Comedy Series From 'Kaboom's Gregg Araki & Steven Soderbergh|url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/starz-greenlights-now-apocalypse-comedy-series-kaboom-gregg-araki-steven-soderbergh-1202353597/|work=Deadline|language=en-US|access-date=July 2, 2018}}</ref> Sciortino is also the show's consulting producer.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Starz Orders Comedy 'Now Apocalypse'|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/starz-orders-comedy-now-apocalypse|work=Broadcasting & Cable|access-date=July 2, 2018}}</ref> The series was cancelled after one season.<ref>{{cite web|last=Otterson|first=Joseph|date=July 26, 2019|title='Now Apocalypse' Canceled After One Season at Starz|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/now-apocalypse-canceled-starz-1203281592/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=July 26, 2019}}</ref>


=== Easy ===
=== ''Easy'' ===
In 2017, Sciortino starred in "Side Hustle," Episode 3 of Season 2 of [[Joe Swanberg]]'s ''[[Netflix]]'' television show ''[[Easy (TV series)|Easy]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://slutever.com/play-escort-autonomy-netflixs-easy/|title=I Play an Escort with Autonomy on Netflix’s "Easy" - SLUTEVER|date=2017-12-03|work=SLUTEVER|access-date=2018-07-02|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2017, Sciortino starred in "Side Hustle," Episode 3 of Season 2 of [[Joe Swanberg]]'s [[Netflix]] television show ''[[Easy (TV series)|Easy]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|title=I Play an Escort with Autonomy on Netflix's "Easy" - SLUTEVER|url=https://slutever.com/play-escort-autonomy-netflixs-easy/|date=December 3, 2017|work=Slutever|language=en-US|access-date=July 2, 2018}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Sciortino was born in [[Highland, Ulster County, New York]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Erika |title=Karley Sciortino: In Her Own Voice |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/07/fashion/karley-sciortino-of-blog-Slutever-in-her-own-voice.html |accessdate=11 June 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=5 November 2013}}</ref> She later moved to London where she lived in a [[squatting]] commune.<ref name="daily"/> In 2010 Sciortino moved to [[New York City]], and she currently lives between New York and [[Los Angeles]].<ref name="observer" >{{Cite news|url=http://observer.com/2018/02/vicelands-karley-sciortino-talks-sex-work-in-debut-book-slutever/|title=The Woman on a Mission to Make the World Sluttier|date=2018-02-16|work=Observer|access-date=2018-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2018/02/03/this-dominatrix-kidnapped-and-humiliated-men-for-rent-money/|title=This dominatrix ‘kidnapped’ and humiliated men for rent money|date=2018-02-03|work=New York Post|access-date=2018-07-02}}</ref>
Sciortino was born in [[Highland, Ulster County, New York]].<ref name="times">{{cite news|last=Allen|first=Erika|date=5 November 2013|title=Karley Sciortino: In Her Own Voice|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/07/fashion/karley-sciortino-of-blog-Slutever-in-her-own-voice.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 11, 2018}}</ref> She was raised Catholic in an Italian-American family in upstate New York.<ref name="observer">{{Cite news|last=Votaw|first=Ann|date=February 16, 2018|title=The Woman on a Mission to Make the World Sluttier|url=http://observer.com/2018/02/vicelands-karley-sciortino-talks-sex-work-in-debut-book-slutever/|work=Observer|access-date=July 2, 2018}}</ref> She later moved to London where she lived in a [[squatting]] commune.<ref name="daily"/> In 2010, Sciortino moved to [[New York City]], and she currently lives between New York and [[Los Angeles]].<ref name="observer"/>

She has dated both men and women.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/threes-a-crowd-can-an-open-relationship-work-breathless-karley-sciortino-slutever|title = Three's a Crowd: Can an Open Relationship Work?|date = October 22, 2013}}</ref>


==References==
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Latest revision as of 10:39, 11 November 2024

Karley Sciortino
Born
Highland, Ulster County, New York, United States
Occupations
  • Writer
  • television host
  • producer
Years active2007 - present
Known forSex columns

Karley Sciortino is an American writer, television host, and producer. She is the founder of Slutever, a website that focuses on sex and sexuality, and executive producer and host of the Viceland documentary series of the same name.[1] She also writes Vogue's online sex and relationships column, Breathless.[2][3]

Career

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Slutever

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Sciortino started her blog Slutever in 2007 while living in London.[4] Initially, the blog centered around her and roommates' sexual exploits and life in their squatting commune, but soon evolved into what The New York Times called "a chronicle of sexual experimentation."

In 2012, Sciortino and producer Adri Murguia started a web series called Slutever for Vice, which ran for three seasons.[5] The series took a journalistic approach to exploring taboo aspects of modern sexuality, with Sciortino as host.[6] In 2017, Sciortino and Murguia co-created a Viceland television series, also called Slutever, which built thematically off the webseries.[7][8] The second season of Viceland's Slutever aired in 2019.

Sciortino's memoir Slutever: Dispatches from an Autonomous Woman in a Post Shame World was published by Grand Central Publishing (New York City) on February 6, 2018.[9][10]

Now Apocalypse

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Sciortino and Gregg Araki co-wrote the first season of Now Apocalypse (executive produced by Steven Soderbergh), a surreal comedy television show premiering on Starz in 2019.[11] Sciortino is also the show's consulting producer.[12] The series was cancelled after one season.[13]

Easy

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In 2017, Sciortino starred in "Side Hustle," Episode 3 of Season 2 of Joe Swanberg's Netflix television show Easy.[14]

Personal life

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Sciortino was born in Highland, Ulster County, New York.[15] She was raised Catholic in an Italian-American family in upstate New York.[6] She later moved to London where she lived in a squatting commune.[3] In 2010, Sciortino moved to New York City, and she currently lives between New York and Los Angeles.[6]

She has dated both men and women.[16]

References

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  1. ^ Hoby, Hermione (April 29, 2018). "Karley Sciortino: the sex blogger and Slutever presenter redefining sexuality". The Guardian. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "Karley Sciortino - Vogue". Vogue. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Crocker, Lizzie (May 22, 2014). "Is This Dildo-Licking, Dominatrix-Loving Vogue Blogger the New Face of Feminism?". The Daily Beast. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  4. ^ Hazlehurt, Beatrice (February 5, 2018). "Karley Sciortino is Your Slutty, Post-Woke Carrie Bradshaw". Paper. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  5. ^ "Slutever - VICE Video: Documentaries, Films, News Videos". Vice. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  6. ^ a b c Votaw, Ann (February 16, 2018). "The Woman on a Mission to Make the World Sluttier". Observer. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  7. ^ "Vogue's Sex Columnist, Karley Sciortino, Gets Her Own TV Show". Vogue. January 4, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  8. ^ "SLUTEVER (Series Trailer)". Viceland. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  9. ^ Fry, Naomi (May 17, 2018). "Whither the Slut? Mandy Stadtmiller and Karley Sciortino Reveal All". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  10. ^ Sciortino, Karley (February 5, 2018). "Why Do We talk About Sex Like Men Are Getting Something, and Women Are Giving Something Up?". Vogue. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  11. ^ Petski, Denise; Andreeva, Nellie (March 26, 2018). "Starz Greenlights 'Now Apocalypse' Comedy Series From 'Kaboom's Gregg Araki & Steven Soderbergh". Deadline. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  12. ^ "Starz Orders Comedy 'Now Apocalypse'". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  13. ^ Otterson, Joseph (July 26, 2019). "'Now Apocalypse' Canceled After One Season at Starz". Variety. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  14. ^ "I Play an Escort with Autonomy on Netflix's "Easy" - SLUTEVER". Slutever. December 3, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  15. ^ Allen, Erika (November 5, 2013). "Karley Sciortino: In Her Own Voice". The New York Times. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  16. ^ "Three's a Crowd: Can an Open Relationship Work?". October 22, 2013.
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