What your Favorite Media says About your Sex Life
- Salient Magazine
- 20 hours ago
- 3 min read
People like to insist their media tastes are neutral, accidental, or purely about “good storytelling,” which is interesting given how consistently those tastes line up with the way they flirt, date, and behave in bed.
This quiz isn’t scientific, but it is based on the fact that people who love prestige television are rarely as chill as they think they are. Add up your letters at the end and sit with (or share with the group chat) whatever that reveals.
Pick your favourite horror movie:
Saw
Nightmare on Elm Street
Midsommar
Sinners
The Exorcist
Pick your favourite reality TV:
Fear Factor
The Traitors
Alone
Master Chef
The Amazing Race
Pick your favourite actress:
Mia Goth
Zendaya
Kristen Stewart
Anya Taylor-Joy
Meryl Streep
Pick your favourite scandalous TV:
Temptation Island
Too Hot to Handle
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives
Love is Blind
Love Island
Pick your favourite TV drama:
Succession
Euphoria
Normal People
Mad Men
The Sopranos
Pick your favourite actor:
Joaquin Phoenix
Michael B Jordan
Daniel Radcliff
Oscar Issac
George Clooney
Pick your favourite animated TV:
Attack on Titan
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Bojack Horseman
Studio Ghibli films
The Simpsons
Pick your favourite TV comedy:
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
What we Do in the Shadows
The Bear
Fleabag
The Office
Pick your favourite director:
Stanley Kubrick
Stephen Spielberg
Alfred Hitchcock
Wes Anderson
George Lucas
Mostly A’s—Sadist, Kinky
You like intensity, and you get uneasy when things are too quiet, too gentle, or too easy. You’re drawn to control—or at least the careful negotiation of them.. Trust matters to you; you like being trusted with other people's vulnerability. You’re direct about what you want, and you don’t really do subtle things. Your sex life is deliberate, often intense, and very much happening, whether or not you talk about it. You definitely know what Fetlife is.
Mostly B’s—Roleplay, Fantasy-Driven
You want context. You care about mood, build-up, and the specific dynamic you’re stepping into with someone. Fantasy isn’t an escape for you so much as a way of understanding yourself—you like trying on roles, stretching identity, seeing how desire shifts depending on the story you’re telling. You flirt easily, even if you frame it as joking, and you’re selective about who gets access to this side of you. Your sex life might not be constant, but it is imaginative, intentional, and very you.
Mostly C’s—On Antidepressants/Not Having Much Sex
You’re tired in a way that’s hard to explain, so you usually just say you’re “busy” or “not really feeling it lately.” Sex sounds nice in theory, but in practice it can feel like too much effort. You crave intimacy more than urgency and you’d rather talk for hours than rush into anything physical. This isn’t a failure or a flaw—it’s just a low-sex period, and you’re self-aware enough to recognise it. You will have sex again. Just not right now, and that’s okay.
Mostly D’s—Classy, Sensual, Eats Box
You’re attentive, calm, and confident, which makes you extremely effective. You believe foreplay is essential, not optional, and you don’t rush to intimacy because you enjoy the steps that get you there. You listen, you notice, and you care about pleasure being mutual rather than impressive. You’re not loud about being good at this, but you are—and people tend to remember you.
Mostly E’s—Classic, Loud, Slightly Masochistic
You are not subtle, and you’ve never really tried to be. You like what you like, you feel things intensely, and you don’t believe good sex should be quiet or restrained. You’re expressive, emotionally and physically, and you commit fully rather than holding back. A bit of drama doesn’t scare you—it probably turns you on—and you’re comfortable with sensation, intensity, and release. Your flatmates have definitely heard things they didn’t need to, and honestly, you’re fine with that. You’re having sex, and everyone knows it.
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