Rolling Stone Promotes ‘Professional Cuddling’ as Way of ‘Coping’ With Trump

August 4th, 2017 3:45 PM

How unhinged are some media outlets in responding to the election of Donald Trump? Rolling Stone's website on Friday promoted “professional cuddling” as a reaction to those struggling to “cope.” Writer Allie Voipe highlighted this presumably blue state response: “Since November – and the election of Donald Trump – professional cuddling services have seen a spike in client interest.” 

According to Adam Lippin, the CEO of Cuddlist, “The holiday season was the first time that since Trump won the election that a lot of people were seeing their family.” Apparently those who take part in these organized hugging sessions must be told to keep it appropriate: 

"This is a G-rated event," says one organizer. "Touch stays outside the bikini area."

The magazine's Twitter profile touted: 

Voipe wondered why professional hugging is so needed in the Trump era? 

But what makes the organized effort of being held, a service that comes with a cost (Cuddlist sessions go for $80 an hour), something that aids in relieving the fear and discomfort that has come with Trump's presidency?

Apparently, anti-Trump cuddling is a response to abusers... people like the President: 

A significant number of those seeking professional cuddling services have experienced abuse, and some see in Trump qualities that remind them of past trauma.

Conservatives reacted to Barack Obama’s election a different way. Gun sales grew 158 percent since the Second Amendment opponent took office.