Jenna Owsianik

Jenna Owsianik is a Canadian journalist and sex tech expert. From 2014 to 2022 she was Editor-in-Chief of FutureofSex.net, the world’s leading publication on how technology is changing human sexuality, today and tomorrow. Her expertise covers state-of-the-art sex technologies and the major fields driving innovations in intimacy: robotics, virtual reality, remote sex (teledildonics), immersive adult entertainment, human augmentation, virtual sex, and sexual health. A trained journalist with a Masters of Journalism from The University of British Columbia, Jenna’s reporting has appeared on Futurism.com, Al Jazeera English, CTV British Columbia online, CBS Sunday Morning, CBS 60 Minutes, Global News, and CKNW Radio in Canada and the United States. As a sex tech industry consultant, she is especially passionate about helping companies deliver accessible services and products to people with disabilities and other underserved communities. Jenna also runs the sites SexforEveryBody.com, a sex-positive, body-positive online magazine that promotes inclusive sex education; and DisabledSexGuide.com, an adult resource on sex, disability, and erotica. In 2013, Jenna won two Canadian Online Publishing Awards for her work on The Pain Project, a multimedia site on global access to palliative care. She won second place at the 2011 Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism’s Public Health category for her participation in the documentary Freedom From Pain. Jenna has an Honors BA in Women’s Studies and Feminist Research as well as a French minor from The University of Western Ontario. She spent a year studying at L’Université Lumière Lyon 2 in Lyon, France.
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Couples’ Vibrator Tracks Performance and Gives Interactive Sex Tips

A new smart sex toy and app could be game changers in…

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4 Ways Sex Robots Will Heat Up Sex and Make Us Better Lovers

Don’t fear the sexbots. They’ll teach us how to have mind-blowing sex.

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Dr. X. Treme Calls Out Patents for Hurting Sex Tech Industry

The sex toy inventor explains why he prefers going open source.

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The ‘Huggable Internet’ Is Changing the Game for Remote Sex

Augmented reality expert Scott O’Brien on interactive sex’s swift steps forward

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Should We Criminalize Robotic Rape and Child Sex Robots?

Debating the sticky topic of sex abuse against robots.

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Margaret Atwood on ‘Prostibots,’ Remote Sex and the Robotic Age

The Canadian novelist’s musings about sex and robots in The New York…

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Are Patents to Blame for Stalling Teledildonics?

Seeking solutions for more futuristic, long-distance love gadgets and social networks. 

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