Gia Marcos

Journalist, Manila, Philippines

Gia Marcos is a journalist based in Manila in the Philippines. She’s a former entertainment reporter and currently a travel journalist for TheTravel. She shares her introspections on existential eroticism and her experiences as a dominatrix on her Substack blog, Defiling System.

Written by Gia Marcos

Painting of a mysterious woman with long dark hair and a snake, set against an orange and black background.

My take on ‘Venus in Furs’ as a modern-day dominatrix

My experiences as a 21st-century femdom echo the gendered themes that feature in Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s 1870 novel

by Gia Marcos