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Carolyn Stransky Vohr

@carolstran.bsky.social

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👩🏼‍💻🛰️ DX engineer for an IoT startup ✍🏼 Current focus: Docs and API design 🍑🔌 Journalist covering intimacy and emerging tech (on IG: @attentionvohr) 🏳️‍🌈 she/her ✨📍 Berlin

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Carolyn Stransky Vohr @carolstran.bsky.social · 1d

We’re on strike.

The Berliner (@exberliner.bsky.social)'s decision to run ads for the Nova Festival Exhibition was made against explicit objections from staff and regular freelancers.

The ads follow months of pressure to suppress or soften coverage of the genocide in Gaza and its impact in Berlin.

The decision of The Berliner magazine to run an ad campaign for the Nova Festival Exhibition was taken against the explicit objections of its editorial staff and regular freelance contributors.

As we expressed in a letter to management, we freelancers consider these ads clear evidence of ownership taking a political stance on Gaza, having for months pressured the magazine to suppress editorial coverage of Palestine.

As such, we have no other choice but to protest the campaign by withdrawing our collective labour for the magazine's next issue. We demand that The Berliner withdraw the ads. If the ads continue, our protest will continue.

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Carolyn Stransky Vohr @carolstran.bsky.social · 1d

When tipBerlin, the owners of the English-language local outlet The Berliner, accepted an advertising partnership with the Nova Exhibition, contributors, who felt the partnership established an editorial stance they had not consented to, threatened to withhold their labor should the magazine go ahead. For now, visitors can attend the exhibition (and purchase a 90 EUR limited edition t-shirt, among other merchandise) and the Berliner’s freelance staff is on strike.

Carolyn Stransky Vohr @carolstran.bsky.social · 1d

We’ve set up a strike fund to support writers, illustrators, proofreaders, and other contributors who’ve foregone pay for November. Many are full-time freelancers sacrificing a significant portion of their income.

Please consider sharing or donating if you can 🙏🏼

www.gofundme.com/f/raise-stri...

Donate to Raise strike funds for The Berliner's freelancers, organized by Ex Ex Berliners

We, the freelance contributors to The Berliner, need your support in… Ex Ex Berliners needs your support for Raise strike funds for The Berliner's freelancers

www.gofundme.com

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Carolyn Stransky Vohr @carolstran.bsky.social · 1d

That’s what makes this so devastating — the ads and preceding “neutrality” policies undermine everything we’ve built and the integrity of our work as journalists.

Our strike is a refusal to let management blur the line between ads and editorial.

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Carolyn Stransky Vohr @carolstran.bsky.social · 1d

I joined The Berliner as the Love & Sex Editor last year to build up the Carnal Knowledge section, once dismissed as “trivial,” and create reporting that treats difficult subjects seriously.

Working with people who trusted me with their stories has been the highlight of my career.

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Carolyn Stransky Vohr @carolstran.bsky.social · 1d

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Sanders Isaac Bernstein @return2sanders.bsky.social · 7d

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shelley @codebyte.re · Jun 3

my vibe this pride month

lightly modified version of a tumblr post that says:

~can't wait until i have~ loving having a wife ~so~ bc i can say "i love my wife" and introduce her to people by saying "id like you to meet my wife" and get out of boring social engagements by saying "i have to go home to my wife" and talk about her to anyone who will listen to me because she's my wife and i adore her

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Carolyn Stransky Vohr @carolstran.bsky.social · May 10

My first article for SEXTECHGUIDE 💖🎉

I wrote a review about my experience at the SxTech EU last weekend and their new festival/conference format.

SEXTECHGUIDE @sextechguide.com · May 8

Two Days, two crowds: The identity crisis at SxTech EU 2025

sextechguide.com/opinion/sxte...

#sextech #events

SxTech EU 2025: An Event with a Split Personality

After a yearlong hiatus, SxTech EU 2025 returned with a bold new format: a three-part weekend ft. SxTech Conference, Sx Festival and Sx Expo.

sextechguide.com

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SEXTECHGUIDE @sextechguide.com · Nov 12

We've made a (hopefully) helpful Sextech Starter Pack
go.bsky.app/Uk4teih full of super smart and useful people. And us.

Go forth, follow, share!

#sextech #welcome #gettingstarted #starterpacks

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Carolyn Stransky Vohr @carolstran.bsky.social · Mar 17

Oooh this one has been on my list forever! Seems like a sign to finally dive in thanks 💖

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Carolyn Stransky Vohr @carolstran.bsky.social · Mar 17

Have you grabbed this month’s issue of The Berliner yet? It has 4 PAGES of Carnal Knowledge (double the usual size) and one of my favorite features I’ve written so far covering sex work legislation in Germany.

Here’s where to find a copy: www.the-berliner.com/berlin/where...

Coming online soon 💓

Front cover of The Berliner magazine’s March print issue. The cover story is “how to have fun in Berlin without breaking the bank”.

The March edition of the Carnal Knowledge section in the print magazine (pages 1-2/4). The main feature is titled “Nothing about us without us”.

Carolyn Stransky Vohr @carolstran.bsky.social · Mar 17

Very late, but thanks to all the ace Berliners who reached out to be interviewed for this article 🥰 The response was incredible and I can’t wait for you to read it in less than two weeks!

Carolyn Stransky Vohr @carolstran.bsky.social · Mar 14

And yes, the current logo is pure AI slop and temporary 💀 If you’re a graphic designer with reasonable rates and fun ideas, get in touch!

Carolyn Stransky Vohr @carolstran.bsky.social · Mar 14

For 5+ years, I’ve reported almost exclusively on sex tech, and I’ve been in the European startup scene as a software engineer even longer. Along the way, I’ve collected tons of interviews and research that never made it into my published work.

So, I’m making a space to share them.

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Carolyn Stransky Vohr @carolstran.bsky.social · Mar 14

Huge news: I’m in Cohort 16 of Sextech School AND launching my substack “Attention Vohr” 📢💜🗯️

Everything’s under construction for the next 6 weeks, but if sex tech industry insights and technical analysis sounds appealing—please subscribe!!! attentionvohr.substack.com

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Carolyn Stransky Vohr @carolstran.bsky.social · Feb 25

👋🏼 I’m looking to speak to people on the asexual spectrum with experience dating in Berlin for an upcoming article in The Berliner magazine (@exberliner.bsky.social).

DM me or email [email protected] if you’re interested or please share with anyone who might be 🙏🏼

🖤🩶🤍💜

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Carolyn Stransky Vohr @carolstran.bsky.social · Dec 29

I'm writing sex toy reviews again 💓 To start, I'm going through some products I've had in my collection for years.

Currently up:
- Air Pulsing Arouser by plusOne
- 3-Speed PowerBullet by BMS Factory
- One Night Stand by Satisfyer

More to come 👀

Find them all at toychats.com/@attentionvohr

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shelley @codebyte.re · Dec 3

Recommendations for a week in Manchester 🇬🇧? @carolstran.bsky.social and i like bookstores, fun museums, tasty lunch spots and wholesome date night activities 👀

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Carolyn Stransky Vohr @carolstran.bsky.social · Dec 3

Tempting but it’s like 200€ a year 🫠

Carolyn Stransky Vohr @carolstran.bsky.social · Dec 2

Welp ok now we're back here I guess I'm never logging into discord again 💀

The "Wait! Are you human?" modal on Discord that launches the captcha.

Carolyn Stransky Vohr @carolstran.bsky.social · Dec 2

"Why does this capybara wanna fuck" - @codebyte.re

Same image as the previous tweet with three turtles on the floor with pizza but now the big image has a neon yellow and purple background with pink squares, two semi-trucks, two sexy looking capybaras, one pizza, and one tomato.

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Carolyn Stransky Vohr @carolstran.bsky.social · Dec 2

Alright nevermind you're just supposed to click on the item in the big image? Not which floor turtle pizza matches??

Same image as the previous tweet but the cursor is on the pizza in the large image.

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Carolyn Stransky Vohr @carolstran.bsky.social · Dec 2

Ok reloaded it and this one makes sense (kind of) because one of the pizzas matches

Same image as the previous tweet with three turtles on the floor with pizza but now the big image has a pizza that matches. Instead of all semi-trucks, there is one semi-truck, two capybaras and two tomatoes.

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Carolyn Stransky Vohr @carolstran.bsky.social · Dec 2

I....... what........ help??

A 'make sure you're not a robot' test with three images of a turtle on the floor or grass or carpet with a pizza. Then there's a large image of a floating pizza with rectangles and semi-trucks against a background that's different than the carpet. The text reads 'Please click on the one that can be seen in the sample image.'

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Carolyn Stransky Vohr @carolstran.bsky.social · Nov 28

Right!! At first I wasn't sure if I wanted to deal with the bureaucracy but then I realized I'd get to say "it's like 'whore' but with a v" for the rest of my life and I couldn't resist 😂

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