Hi, I'm Nicole. I started Pleasure Pie in August 2014 when I was accepted to table at a zine fest. What I didn't mention in my zine fest application was that all the cool zines and things I had to offer were still concepts in my head, not actual print materials. Fortunately, I was so excited for my first fest that I completed all of the project ideas that had been floating around in my head for months in just a few weeks. This included the Choose Your Own Consensual Adventure zine, What's Your Contraceptive Personality quiz, and half a dozen sex positive illustrations which became the Pleasure Pie 2014 Illustrated Half Calendar.

When I debuted my work at the zine fest, a lot of people there were excited about and supportive of what I had created. It meant a lot to have positive feedback on the projects that were so important to me. This encouragement inspired me to move forward with creating new Pleasure Pie materials, and explore the ways that Pleasure Pie could expand.

In the years since my first zine fest, Pleasure Pie has grown into a platform for all of my sex positive activism. I've thrown Pleasure Pie events, done performances, and started a local sex positive discussion group in Boston. You can see all of this and more at pleasurepie.org.