“…close friends and internet strangers alike have expressed the obligation to perform while sending nudes and sexting. Intimacy is condensed to a buzzing notification in a jean pocket, and even then, the sender and receiver aren’t seeing the other’s reaction in real time. The anxiety can become daunting and suck the empowering fun out of sexting. What was meant to be inconsequential sexy time turns into a mindwarp about how someone else will respond to your vulnerable state. Boo.”