Natasha Mann, Author at The Big Smoke

Natasha Mann

Natasha has a Masters from UNSW in Literature which, simply put, means she likes to read and ponder. She uses a pseudonym because we all do it: when avataring into the un-pc gaming character, when joining an online dating site, when giving editorial criticism or when robbing a bank. But she mainly uses it so as not to embarrass anyone when it's her turn to do volunteer school tuck-shop duty. She likes to write about sex. She hopes you like to read and ponder too.

Brandon Wade making more than a buck from poor people seeking love

May 21, 2015 on Digital, Ladder by Natasha Mann

Brandon Wade making more than a buck from poor people seeking love

May 21, 2015 on Digital, Ladder by Natasha Mann

Brandon Wade, the “SeekingArrangement.com and Whatsyourprice” guy (and self-proclaimed dating expert) claim love is for the poor..and he has made 35 million dollars from them…go figure…

50 Shades of Grey: Don’t bother – just download a naked pic of Dornan

February 16, 2015 on Featured, TBS Society by Natasha Mann

We don’t often do film reviews, but how could we not cover 50 Shades of Grey, one of the more anticipated films of 2015? Natasha Mann gives it two lashes out of ten…ok one more for Jamie Dornan’s bod…

A rose by any other name…or origin…

February 15, 2015 on Featured, Smoke & Mirrors by Natasha Mann

Valentine’s Day is done (all at TBS say “Yay, OK bye now, happy singles day every day!!”), but those roses you got…where did they come from? Natasha Mann susses it out…

36 Questions: The question of love and disclosure

February 10, 2015 on Featured, The Big Smoke Arena by Natasha Mann

Following on from Xavier Toby’s piece about the 36 Questions, Natasha Mann wants to see if they work…if any TBSers give them a try, be warned…if you read the list out loud, you may fall in love with yourself…

How to be Parisian wherever you are…the guide…

November 20, 2014 on Featured, TBS Society by Natasha Mann

Natasha Mann goes tête to tête with the authors of “How to be Parisian wherever you are” and wonders if it’s worth trying to be fu…er…French all the time.

Sexsomnia: Nothing sexy about a potentially serious crime…

November 5, 2014 on Featured, The Big Smoke Arena by Natasha Mann

Sexsomnia sounds like a good opening for a bad gag or movie title (“Parasomnial Activity”, anyone?), but it’s no joke to Natasha Mann or for those who suffer it and their victims.

Fertility: Hot men in the slow “swimmer” lane…apparently…

September 26, 2014 on Featured, The Big Smoke Arena by Natasha Mann

Natasha Mann’s been boning up on the latest fertility research and it looks like bad news for the hot blokes – turns out, they’re not exactly shooting Thorpedos.

Vampires – So much sexier with a sense of humour

September 19, 2014 on Featured, TBS Society by Natasha Mann

Forget Twilight – it’s the vampires of What we do in the Shadows who Natasha Mann finds as the fresher, funnier and sexier side of blood culture.

S&M: When the bitcoin becomes a “pimpcoin”

August 11, 2014 on Featured, Smoke & Mirrors by Natasha Mann

As sex-trepreneurs try to muscle into the bitcoin market with their own versions of the cyber currency, Natasha Mann thinks they could be onto a good thing…

Smoke Puff: The porn star fantasy clash

August 7, 2014 on TBS Society by Natasha Mann

Wandering around Sexpo and seeing others lining up to get a photo with their favourite porn star made Natasha Mann wonder whether some “deflation” might occur as fantasy meets reality.

Smoke Puff: MenXclusive reveal all (well not “all”) to TBS

August 6, 2014 on Featured, Smoke Signals by Natasha Mann

Attending Sexpo Sydney, Natasha Mann got cozy with the all-male strip troupe MenXclusive to find out what it’s like from the other side of hen-night objectification…

S&M: “Dating Naked” might be too hard a sell…

July 21, 2014 on Entertainment, Society by Natasha Mann

Sex sells, apparently, but Natasha Mann, who loves nudity as much as the next gal, questions whether the new reality TV show “Dating Naked” will work…

S&M: Tracey Emin’s “My Bed” is worth what?

July 12, 2014 on Featured, Smoke & Mirrors, TBS Society by Natasha Mann

When Natasha Mann heard what artist Tracey Emin’s “My Bed” went for at auction, she took a look at her own bed and wondered whether she should sell it…

3D Printing – A game changer – and apparently prints bunnies too…

June 29, 2014 on Featured, The Big Smoke Arena by Natasha Mann

Remembering the “replicator” in “Star Trek”, Natasha Mann looks at the revolution of 3D printing and how it will change our lives, for better but also maybe for worse…

S&M: Uthman Badar, FODI and honour killings – What’s in a title?

June 27, 2014 on Featured, Smoke & Mirrors by Natasha Mann

Natasha Mann would have gone to Uthman Badar’s FODI talk on honour killings but feels a bad advertising choice in the talk’s title killed off an interesting discussion.

GDP or GDDPP? (Let’s talk sexual currency…)

June 14, 2014 on Featured, The Big Smoke Arena by Natasha Mann

Natasha Mann wonders whether it’s time to follow other countries and add some extra “DP” to GDP – GDPP (Gross Domestic Drugs & Prostitution Product)

S&M: Abortion…do you really think anyone wants one?

May 22, 2014 on Featured, Smoke & Mirrors by Natasha Mann

Natasha Mann has a message for the MPs looking to criminalise abortion – we all fuck up sometimes, and making abortion illegal won’t stop it from happening.