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At a meeting of the Community Commission on Public Safety and Accountability (CCPSA) on Thursday at Olive-Harvey College, interim commissioners said they encountered resistance from police superintendent David Brown in recent goal-setting meetings. 

The CCPSA, an oversight body created by the Empowering Communities for Public Safety (ECPS) ordinance, is mandated to set annual goals for the police superintendent, Police Board, and Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA). CCPSA’s interim commissioners will serve until Police District Councils, which will nominate commissioners to four-year terms, are elected on February 28. 

According to the commissioners, Brown’s team maintained that the CCPSA could not set any goals that might touch upon matters related to the federal consent decree the Chicago police department (CPD) has been under since 2017. After several weeks of stalling, Brown relented the morning of the meeting and agreed to the commission’s goals with minor revisions only.

Interim commissioners Beth Brown and Cliff Nellis were responsible for leading the goal-setting process with Superintendent Brown and offering them to the full CCPSA for approval. At Thursday’s meeting, Nellis told the audience of about 60 people that while negotiations with the superintendent ultimately ended “on a positive note” that morning, the previous two months had been difficult.

Interim commissioner Brown said the CCPSA first received Superintendent Brown’s proposed goals on December 1. In the proposal, the superintendent had simply copied three equity goals from a budget document. The commission, she said, felt that “did not reflect a meaningful and intentional analysis of what the superintendent would accomplish in 2023.” In their response to Superintendent Brown’s proposal, the CCPSA asked him to broaden the goals. 

According to interim commissioner Brown, over subsequent meetings the CCPSA was “disappointed . . . that we were met with legal arguments from [the superintendent’s] team as to what authority we have and do not have as a commission to set goals for him in 2023. The superintendent took the position that every goal that touched upon any matter covered by the consent decree should be removed from our goals and discussions.”

She noted that “almost every important matter regarding policing” is included in the consent decree, and that the only ones that aren’t included relate to community engagement and metrics. Every time the CCPSA met with the superintendent, his team removed all goals related to the consent decree based on an interpretation of the CCPSA’s legal authority that the commissioners didn’t agree with, she said. 

“Nearly 80 percent of the goals we submitted for consideration were stricken with no comment other than we had no legal authority to be setting them,” interim commissioner Brown said. “We had reached an impasse in our collaboration.”

To determine whether they were running afoul of the consent decree as the superintendent claimed, the CCPSA reached out to the lead sponsors of the ECPS ordinance and the chair of the City Council Committee on Public Safety. Nellis said the alderpersons responded in a letter that reiterated the CCPSA’s mandate to set goals for the superintendent, and specifically to “set goals related to matters of workforce allocation and the consent decree.” Under the ECPS ordinance, Nellis noted, the superintendent “has a responsibility to cooperate with the commission . . . and not interfere or obstruct” the CCPSA’s work. 

Nellis said the CCPSA was “fully expecting” to come to Thursday’s meeting without an agreement with Superintendent Brown. But at the last minute, the superintendent’s team agreed to the commission’s goals with only minor changes. 

In remarks delivered at the meeting, Superintendent Brown claimed that the responsibility for the impasse lay with the City’s Law Department. “I want to express that we fully accept the set goals. But I also want to add that we were not inconsistent with the [ECPS] ordinance and consent decree—”

“Lies, lies, lies,” shouted Sixth Police District Council candidate Eric Russell from the audience, before walking out of the meeting with a few others.

“We asked for guidance from the Department of Law,” Superintendent Brown continued. “We wanted the Department of Law to be the final arbiter, as they would with any agency.” Following his remarks, the CCPSA unanimously adopted the goals for the superintendent. They also adopted goals for the COPA chief administrator and the Police Board. The commissioners did not mention encountering resistance from either of those agencies while discussing their goals.

After the meeting, the superintendent reiterated to the Reader that the Department of Law hadn’t finished their review of the goals until the morning of the meeting. The Law Department did not immediately respond to the Reader’s request for comment.

Some of the goals the CCPSA and the superintendent ultimately agreed upon include a constitutional community policing strategy; an officer wellness strategy; and an HR strategy that prioritizes hiring “culturally competent officers who reflect the diverse people of Chicago and train them to be unbiased, measured, respectful, compassionate, and trauma-informed.” 

The goals require Superintendent Brown to attend CCPSA meetings, and he must develop a plan by February 28 “to ensure high-level CPD engagement in the work of the [Police] District Councils” and implement it after the election. He’s required to share a plan for incorporating feedback from the CCPSA, Police District Councils, and residents by April 1. And he must provide CCPSA with a plan and specific timeline for integrating “all community engagement and community policing programs” by June 1. 

Earlier in the meeting, interim commissioner Anthony Driver spoke about the CCPSA’s attempts to engage with the police department about its gang database. Very shortly after being seated on August 31, the commission was notified that the database would soon go live, but Driver said CPD has not informed them its timeline or status since then. 

CCPSA interim commissioner Anthony Driver went off-script to talk about CPD’s gang database. Jim Daley

“That’s why the commission felt it important to introduce our first policy directive in regards to the gang database,” Driver said. Superintendent Brown and two of his predecessors have described the database as a general order, which the CCPSA has jurisdiction over, but after the commission was seated, that changed. 

“For the last four months, we have been . . .  committing a large majority of our time fighting against the resurrection of a racist gang database that no one can coherently or intelligently speak to and tell me how it makes our city safe,” Driver said. He noted that he was recently robbed at gunpoint and that CPD was slow to respond, and said he felt that was in part because the department is focusing on the wrong issues. “The gang database as we know it is a racist policy. It is a policy that harms people,” he continued. “My father is in the gang database and he has never been in a gang a day of his life.” 

The commissioners voted to introduce a draft of a general order that would require CPD to obtain approval from the CCPSA before implementing any policy around collecting gang data. The commission will send the draft to CPD for review. Within 60 days, CPD can provide suggestions to the CCPSA, at which point they will accept or reject the suggestions. After a public comment period, the CCPSA will vote on the order.

Toward the close of the meeting, the commission explained that they are reviewing applications for members of the Police Board. They’re considering amending the application requirements, which currently require 10 years of experience in various fields including community organizing, to make them more accessible to youth applicants. 

Lastly, interim commissioner Oswaldo Gomez introduced the CCPSA’s nominees to its non-citizen advisory council. The three-member council will ensure CCPSA is “meeting the highest standards of inclusivity, access, and partnerships with our immigrant and newcomer communities.” The three nominees are Glo Choi, an organizer in the Korean community; Ariana Correa, a program manager for the Lieutenant Governor; and Mayra Gomez-Santana, a community advocate for violent crime survivors in the CPD’s Community Policing Office.

The next CCPSA meeting will be Thursday, February 23.

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At a meeting of the Community Commission on Public Safety and Accountability (CCPSA) on Thursday at Olive-Harvey College, interim commissioners said they encountered resistance from police superintendent David Brown in recent goal-setting meetings. 

The CCPSA, an oversight body created by the Empowering Communities for Public Safety (ECPS) ordinance, is mandated to set annual goals for the police superintendent, Police Board, and Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA). CCPSA’s interim commissioners will serve until Police District Councils, which will nominate commissioners to four-year terms, are elected on February 28. 

According to the commissioners, Brown’s team maintained that the CCPSA could not set any goals that might touch upon matters related to the federal consent decree the Chicago police department (CPD) has been under since 2017. After several weeks of stalling, Brown relented the morning of the meeting and agreed to the commission’s goals with minor revisions only.

Interim commissioners Beth Brown and Cliff Nellis were responsible for leading the goal-setting process with Superintendent Brown and offering them to the full CCPSA for approval. At Thursday’s meeting, Nellis told the audience of about 60 people that while negotiations with the superintendent ultimately ended “on a positive note” that morning, the previous two months had been difficult.

Interim commissioner Brown said the CCPSA first received Superintendent Brown’s proposed goals on December 1. In the proposal, the superintendent had simply copied three equity goals from a budget document. The commission, she said, felt that “did not reflect a meaningful and intentional analysis of what the superintendent would accomplish in 2023.” In their response to Superintendent Brown’s proposal, the CCPSA asked him to broaden the goals. 

According to interim commissioner Brown, over subsequent meetings the CCPSA was “disappointed . . . that we were met with legal arguments from [the superintendent’s] team as to what authority we have and do not have as a commission to set goals for him in 2023. The superintendent took the position that every goal that touched upon any matter covered by the consent decree should be removed from our goals and discussions.”

She noted that “almost every important matter regarding policing” is included in the consent decree, and that the only ones that aren’t included relate to community engagement and metrics. Every time the CCPSA met with the superintendent, his team removed all goals related to the consent decree based on an interpretation of the CCPSA’s legal authority that the commissioners didn’t agree with, she said. 

“Nearly 80 percent of the goals we submitted for consideration were stricken with no comment other than we had no legal authority to be setting them,” interim commissioner Brown said. “We had reached an impasse in our collaboration.”

To determine whether they were running afoul of the consent decree as the superintendent claimed, the CCPSA reached out to the lead sponsors of the ECPS ordinance and the chair of the City Council Committee on Public Safety. Nellis said the alderpersons responded in a letter that reiterated the CCPSA’s mandate to set goals for the superintendent, and specifically to “set goals related to matters of workforce allocation and the consent decree.” Under the ECPS ordinance, Nellis noted, the superintendent “has a responsibility to cooperate with the commission . . . and not interfere or obstruct” the CCPSA’s work. 

Nellis said the CCPSA was “fully expecting” to come to Thursday’s meeting without an agreement with Superintendent Brown. But at the last minute, the superintendent’s team agreed to the commission’s goals with only minor changes. 

In remarks delivered at the meeting, Superintendent Brown claimed that the responsibility for the impasse lay with the City’s Law Department. “I want to express that we fully accept the set goals. But I also want to add that we were not inconsistent with the [ECPS] ordinance and consent decree—”

“Lies, lies, lies,” shouted Sixth Police District Council candidate Eric Russell from the audience, before walking out of the meeting with a few others.

“We asked for guidance from the Department of Law,” Superintendent Brown continued. “We wanted the Department of Law to be the final arbiter, as they would with any agency.” Following his remarks, the CCPSA unanimously adopted the goals for the superintendent. They also adopted goals for the COPA chief administrator and the Police Board. The commissioners did not mention encountering resistance from either of those agencies while discussing their goals.

After the meeting, the superintendent reiterated to the Reader that the Department of Law hadn’t finished their review of the goals until the morning of the meeting. The Law Department did not immediately respond to the Reader’s request for comment.

Some of the goals the CCPSA and the superintendent ultimately agreed upon include a constitutional community policing strategy; an officer wellness strategy; and an HR strategy that prioritizes hiring “culturally competent officers who reflect the diverse people of Chicago and train them to be unbiased, measured, respectful, compassionate, and trauma-informed.” 

The goals require Superintendent Brown to attend CCPSA meetings, and he must develop a plan by February 28 “to ensure high-level CPD engagement in the work of the [Police] District Councils” and implement it after the election. He’s required to share a plan for incorporating feedback from the CCPSA, Police District Councils, and residents by April 1. And he must provide CCPSA with a plan and specific timeline for integrating “all community engagement and community policing programs” by June 1. 

Earlier in the meeting, interim commissioner Anthony Driver spoke about the CCPSA’s attempts to engage with the police department about its gang database. Very shortly after being seated on August 31, the commission was notified that the database would soon go live, but Driver said CPD has not informed them its timeline or status since then. 

CCPSA interim commissioner Anthony Driver went off-script to talk about CPD’s gang database. Jim Daley

“That’s why the commission felt it important to introduce our first policy directive in regards to the gang database,” Driver said. Superintendent Brown and two of his predecessors have described the database as a general order, which the CCPSA has jurisdiction over, but after the commission was seated, that changed. 

“For the last four months, we have been . . .  committing a large majority of our time fighting against the resurrection of a racist gang database that no one can coherently or intelligently speak to and tell me how it makes our city safe,” Driver said. He noted that he was recently robbed at gunpoint and that CPD was slow to respond, and said he felt that was in part because the department is focusing on the wrong issues. “The gang database as we know it is a racist policy. It is a policy that harms people,” he continued. “My father is in the gang database and he has never been in a gang a day of his life.” 

The commissioners voted to introduce a draft of a general order that would require CPD to obtain approval from the CCPSA before implementing any policy around collecting gang data. The commission will send the draft to CPD for review. Within 60 days, CPD can provide suggestions to the CCPSA, at which point they will accept or reject the suggestions. After a public comment period, the CCPSA will vote on the order.

Toward the close of the meeting, the commission explained that they are reviewing applications for members of the Police Board. They’re considering amending the application requirements, which currently require 10 years of experience in various fields including community organizing, to make them more accessible to youth applicants. 

Lastly, interim commissioner Oswaldo Gomez introduced the CCPSA’s nominees to its non-citizen advisory council. The three-member council will ensure CCPSA is “meeting the highest standards of inclusivity, access, and partnerships with our immigrant and newcomer communities.” The three nominees are Glo Choi, an organizer in the Korean community; Ariana Correa, a program manager for the Lieutenant Governor; and Mayra Gomez-Santana, a community advocate for violent crime survivors in the CPD’s Community Policing Office.

The next CCPSA meeting will be Thursday, February 23.

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This surrealistic production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s 1893 opera version of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale—seen twice before at Lyric—should probably be a Christmas show. But since Joffrey became Lyric’s roommate, we’re getting it now. Visually it’s nightmarish, claustrophobic, and monochromatic as a gray January day—but also striking: think fish-headed dream-scene maitre d’ overseeing a troop of charmingly grotesque winged chefs (sets and costumes are by John Macfarlane). The Wagner-lite orchestral score is as delicious as the gingerbread house that emerges from what’s either a giant mouth or, just possibly, a vagina dentata. (What? Misogyny in Grimm?) Revival director Eric Einhorn has the plucky duo of mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey, as Hansel, and soprano Heidi Stober, as Gretel, going big on the comically juvenile body language, while mezzo-soprano Jill Grove’s witch—not well served by her nice-lady street-clothes costume—is underplayed.

Hansel and GretelThrough 2/5: Fri 7 PM, Sun 2 PM, Wed 2 PM; audio description Sun 1/29; Lyric Opera House, 20 N. Wacker, 312-827-5600, lyricopera.org, $40-$330 (student discounts available). In German, with projected English titles.

On opening night the witch was also, surprisingly, undersung—the Lyric Opera orchestra, under the baton of newly announced music director emeritus Sir Andrew Davis, overpowering her. Alfred Walker, in a Lyric debut, brings a rich bass-baritone to the father role; soprano Alexandra LoBianco is the exasperated mother who sends her starving kids into a dangerous forest. Silvery soprano Denis Vélez neatly pulls off the double role of Sandman and Dew Fairy, and the Chicago Children’s Choir, now known as Uniting Voices Chicago (regrettable, but there must be a reason), are a delight as the gingerbread children. 

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Avreeayl Ra is quite literally a driving force in Chicago jazz. He’s an enduring member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) who’s spent decades drumming for countless local and visiting eminences, including Ernest Dawkins, Ari Brown, Fred Anderson, and Nicole Mitchell. While he can be counted upon to bring emphatic, surging energy to any setting, he can also throttle back and supply a gentle pulse when that’s all the situation requires. In recent times he’s also stepped out as a bandleader. Last February local nonprofit Homeroom, which fosters new arts production, sponsored a weekly residency at Elastic Arts for Ra’s ensemble Dream Stuff, which includes pianist and synthesist Jim Baker, bassist Jason Roebke, reedist and didgeridoo player Edward Wilkerson Jr., and guitarist, violinist, and mandolinist Peter Maunu. The group performed winding, set-length improvisations, which were also streamed over the Internet. Mexican film collective Rhizomes Films later combined excerpts from those four performances with archival footage and voice-overs by Ra to create an impressionistic portrait of the artist titled TUNING Into the Moment. That documentary will screen tonight as a prelude to a set by Ra and Dream Stuff.

Avreeayl Ra’s Dream Stuff The evening opens with a screening of TUNING Into the Moment, a 40-minute documentary about Avreeayl Ra. Thu 2/2, 8:30 PM, Elastic Arts, 3429 W. Diversey #208, $15. [all ages]

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This surrealistic production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s 1893 opera version of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale—seen twice before at Lyric—should probably be a Christmas show. But since Joffrey became Lyric’s roommate, we’re getting it now. Visually it’s nightmarish, claustrophobic, and monochromatic as a gray January day—but also striking: think fish-headed dream-scene maitre d’ overseeing a troop of charmingly grotesque winged chefs (sets and costumes are by John Macfarlane). The Wagner-lite orchestral score is as delicious as the gingerbread house that emerges from what’s either a giant mouth or, just possibly, a vagina dentata. (What? Misogyny in Grimm?) Revival director Eric Einhorn has the plucky duo of mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey, as Hansel, and soprano Heidi Stober, as Gretel, going big on the comically juvenile body language, while mezzo-soprano Jill Grove’s witch—not well served by her nice-lady street-clothes costume—is underplayed.

Hansel and GretelThrough 2/5: Fri 7 PM, Sun 2 PM, Wed 2 PM; audio description Sun 1/29; Lyric Opera House, 20 N. Wacker, 312-827-5600, lyricopera.org, $40-$330 (student discounts available). In German, with projected English titles.

On opening night the witch was also, surprisingly, undersung—the Lyric Opera orchestra, under the baton of newly announced music director emeritus Sir Andrew Davis, overpowering her. Alfred Walker, in a Lyric debut, brings a rich bass-baritone to the father role; soprano Alexandra LoBianco is the exasperated mother who sends her starving kids into a dangerous forest. Silvery soprano Denis Vélez neatly pulls off the double role of Sandman and Dew Fairy, and the Chicago Children’s Choir, now known as Uniting Voices Chicago (regrettable, but there must be a reason), are a delight as the gingerbread children. 

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Avreeayl Ra is quite literally a driving force in Chicago jazz. He’s an enduring member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) who’s spent decades drumming for countless local and visiting eminences, including Ernest Dawkins, Ari Brown, Fred Anderson, and Nicole Mitchell. While he can be counted upon to bring emphatic, surging energy to any setting, he can also throttle back and supply a gentle pulse when that’s all the situation requires. In recent times he’s also stepped out as a bandleader. Last February local nonprofit Homeroom, which fosters new arts production, sponsored a weekly residency at Elastic Arts for Ra’s ensemble Dream Stuff, which includes pianist and synthesist Jim Baker, bassist Jason Roebke, reedist and didgeridoo player Edward Wilkerson Jr., and guitarist, violinist, and mandolinist Peter Maunu. The group performed winding, set-length improvisations, which were also streamed over the Internet. Mexican film collective Rhizomes Films later combined excerpts from those four performances with archival footage and voice-overs by Ra to create an impressionistic portrait of the artist titled TUNING Into the Moment. That documentary will screen tonight as a prelude to a set by Ra and Dream Stuff.

Avreeayl Ra’s Dream Stuff The evening opens with a screening of TUNING Into the Moment, a 40-minute documentary about Avreeayl Ra. Thu 2/2, 8:30 PM, Elastic Arts, 3429 W. Diversey #208, $15. [all ages]

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If you thought chat rooms ended with the 90s, you’d be wrong. They’re more popular than ever, especially adult chat rooms.

There are two types: classic/text and video. Remember old-school AOL chat rooms? They’re a huge hit with adults looking to talk dirty on the Internet. And video chat rooms take the beauty of classic rooms and add video capability.

Adult chat sites have become the go-to for any busy adult looking for that quick gratifying fix. You don’t have to leave your couch to find excited sexy people who want to talk about naughty things. There’s a little something for everyone here, no matter how specific your sexual kink is.

But some sites do it better than the rest. It’s going to take far too much energy for you to peek through the Internet looking for the best. Some are too expensive, others are too boring, and some are just plain bad. Skip all that nonsense and read below to find the top free adult chat sites (or almost free) with the sexiest users.

Top 15+ Adult Chat Rooms for Sex Chat Reviewed

Sl*tRoulette: Best overall adult chat site
321 SexChat: Most entertaining site
Jerkmate: Get off with sexy strangers
ChatAvenue: One of the most popular chat rooms
Chaturbate: Most well-known video chat
ChatRandom: Quickest way to meet someone new
Chatropolis: Kinkiest chat room categories
AdultFriendFinder: Meet horny strangers on AFF
Flingster: Most discreet option on this list
Ashley Madison: Best for affairs
Chatville: An adult site that offers a sense of community
Chatzy: Old-school, no-frills chatting
DirtyRoulette: Sexy roulette-style website
Chatroulette: Most active roulette website
Omegle: Free chat site for random encounters
iSexyChat: Share nudes with new friends
LewdChat: IRC platform for adults
FlirtLu: Sexiest webcam experience

Honorable Mentions

Flirt: A hybrid of erotic chat and a dating site
Weird Town: Chat about any weird thing you can think of. It doesn’t have to be weird sex, but it can be!
CooMeet: Like Chatroulette with more attractive people!
Cuckold Chat: Cuckold-oriented chat rooms
Chat Zozo: Run-of-the-mill free adult sex chat site
FreeChatNow: Quick free sex chat site with forums and discussion boards
Kinksters Chat: BDSM and kink chat rooms
ChatPig: Sexy chat rooms with regular and adult actress users
TempoCams: Naughty roulette-style chat
Shagle: Meet new hotties through video chat!

1.  Sl*tRoulette: Roll the dice to find someone nice

Sl*tRoulette helps shake things up in the adult chat room world, where many sites look and function in basically the same way. Sl*tRoulette is pretty much like it sounds—you get a random cam model on your screen. You can then select “Next” if you want to move onto someone else. 

(Fun fact: Sl*tRoulette is a new take on ChatRoulette, a similar site whose adult version was taken down.) 

Like many adult chat rooms, Sl*tRoulette is free, which is always a plus, right?  All you have to do is simply verify your age. After that, you’ll be free to sit back and enjoy a wide range of women performing cam shows. The Sl*tRoulette uses an algorithm that selects top-rated models, helping ensure a more enjoyable experience from the get-go.

Sl*tRoulette Live is a platform within SlutRoulette that has more diverse offerings instead of the stream of solo women on the regular platform. Here you will see men, straight and gay couples, group sex, trans performers, and more. 

Like most other adult chat sites, Sl*tRoulette uses a tip system that incentivizes the performers to use the platform and put on an enjoyable show for viewers like you. You can also upgrade to Premium for more features. 

Pros:

Fun concept
Attractive models
Free

Cons:

May not appeal to everyone
Minimal control can be frustrating

Price: Free (with option to upgrade) 

2.  321 SexChat: Quirky and silly chat site

321 SexChat is for someone who doesn’t take their sex chat needs all that seriously. Don’t get us wrong, 321 SexChat has got the goods. It’s designed like a normal adult chat site, but it’s designed in a way that’s bubbly, over-the-top, exciting, and a whole lot of fun. It’s not dark or serious in any way, but it will seriously get you off if that’s what you’re looking for.

For one, 321 SexChat has tons of unique rooms for you to join, whether you are into furries, nymphs, saunas, or whatever else. All the rooms have fun names, too, like The Lurker Zone, Yes Daddy, or Pegging Palace. Once you are in the chat room, there are so many fun features for you to play with. You can send emojis, fun texts, memes, and even GIFs.

321 SexChat is a fun way to explore your adult fantasies with strangers online. It keeps everything lighthearted, which is a welcome change of pace in comparison to many of the other video chat sites on this list.

Pros:

Fun and quirky approach
Extremely niche rooms
Free

Cons:

Not a ton of users in the rooms
Male users dominate
Some ads

Price: Free

3.  Jerkmate: Masturbate with new friends

Jerkmate is a free sex chat site that claims you’ll never have to masturbate alone again. It also calls itself the ultimate live masturbation experience. It’s a bold claim, but a very real one. If you couldn’t tell by the name, Jerkmate will help you find a jerk-off partner through their group chat sessions or one-on-one chats. This person could be your average guy or gal, but they might also be a professional adult star.

Signing up for Jerkmate is fairly simple. Create a free account by adding your e-mail, nickname, and password. From there, you’re guided to a page full of beautiful people who want to share this journey with you. It can tend to feel more like an adult video chat experience, but it’s a fantastic way to meet someone.

Enjoy shows performed to a wide audience, or settle into a more private one-on-one setting. Use their great search features to filter by category, body type, or fetish. Aside from being a unique adult chat experience, Jerkmate has a lot to love in terms of usability.

Pros:

Fantastic enthusiastic users
High-quality shows
Tons of search options

Cons:

Can sometimes be a struggle to find someone hot enough to go one-on-one with
More cammy than adult chat

Price: Free, but can pay for upgraded features

4.  ChatAvenue: Clean-looking naughty chat site

ChatAvenue is one of the cleaner options for chat sites on this list. If you’re concerned about someone checking out your Internet history or a nosy neighbor peering into your window and seeing what you’re up to, ChatAvenue will make you feel secure in its squeaky appearance.

ChatAvenue isn’t designed just for dirty talk. There are all types of rooms available to everyone, like sports, teen, and college chat. There are also flirtier options like dating chat. Of course, there’s an adult section, otherwise ChatAvenue wouldn’t make the cut for us!

The 18+ Adult Chat section on ChatAvenue is one of the most active adult rooms on the site. There are tons of users online at any given time with floods of messages from the moment you enter! Before you can come into the room, you’ll be agreeing to a list of reasonable terms. One of those terms is no solicitation, so you know you won’t be enticed to purchase anything you weren’t planning on buying. Offering services will actually get you banned from the room, which is good news when you just want a free good time! Also, there isn’t any registration required.

Pros:

No sign-up necessary
Very active room
Solicitation of any kind will get a user banned

Cons:

Only one adult chat room available
It’s both good and bad that it is flooded with users

Price: Free

5.  Chaturbate: Sexy online video chat

Chaturbate offers webcam video chat where you can message and watch the stunning users and their livestreams through the platform. There’s nothing that’s not drenched in hot sexual energy over at Chaturbate, which is why it’s one of the hottest places to engage in erotic chat room discussions with likeminded adults.

This site is one of the biggest players in the adult world, so they’ve got their ducks in a row in terms of functionality and navigation. It’s not a totally free site, though, which is the one drawback. Transactions on Chaturbate are done through a credit system, which you can use your credit card to purchase or even some forms of cryptocurrency.

The main pull to Chaturbate is that it’s a well-known site full of beautiful people. What’s not to love about that? You’ll need to shell out some cash to get the full experience, but it’s worth it on this amazing platform!

Pros:

Attractive users
Webcam video chat
Enthusiastic members

Cons:

It’s not the cheapest option

Price: Credit-based system

If you want even more info, check out our full-length Chaturbate review.

6.  ChatRandom: Speedy random chat site

ChatRandom is a chat site that randomly pairs you up with others around the globe who are also on ChatRandom at the same time as you. You don’t have to do anything, aside from have a working camera and microphone, to find someone to talk with. Just allow the site to access your camera, and instantly you’ll be met with a new Internet buddy.

ChatRandom has over 35K daily users, so there’s never a shortage of people to meet while you’re engaged on this roulette-style adult chat. If you want to make the experience a little less random, you can filter by country or gender you wish to talk with.

Though it was developed a decade ago, it still has a modern feel and works very quickly. In fact, it’s way more modern than a site like Chatroulette or Omegle. That’s why it’s higher on our list! It also offers rooms in addition to random chat. These rooms have themes like gay, adult dating, role-play, flirt, and more.

Pros:

No sign-up required
Instant random chat
Tons of people to meet
Chat rooms along with random one-on-ones

Cons:

No major filtering or search features
Chat rooms are on the smaller side

Price: $17.99/month

7.  Chatropolis: Most diverse chat room options

Chatropolis is fairly average in that it directs you to chat rooms once you’re on the website. The dark colors and nude images give you the indication that all these rooms are going to be adult themed. There are no gamer rooms or anime discussions on this website. What gives Chatropolis its edge (aside from the edgy colors used throughout the site) is the fact that it has a plethora of themes that cater to unique types of individuals. For example, there are chat rooms called Celeb Flesh, Cougars Till Dawn, and Office Seduction. There are plenty for you to choose from aside from these highlights, as well.

It would be surprising to learn that you didn’t find any room (among their 200+) that hit your sweet spot on Chatropolis. If you want to create your own room, that’s possible on this site! You can come up with the name, choose your colors, etc. However, in order to create a room, you need to sign up and pay for Chatropolis. It’s pretty reasonable, though, and won’t break the bank if you’re dead set on starting your own room.

Chatropolis gets a good amount of engagement and activity on a daily basis. You are able to be in multiple rooms at a time if you’re someone who likes a lot of action.

Pros:

Plenty of chat room themes
Premium members can create their own rooms
Pretty active site

Cons:

Some of the rooms you might want to enter could be full
No exciting features on Chatropolis

Price: $12.95/month

8.  AdultFriendFinder: Best way to find a new kinky chat

If you’re privy to the world of online adult fun, you’ve probably been introduced to AdultFriendFinder at least once. It’s one of the most popular ways for kinky adults to meet each other. While AFF has various means and methods of introducing people, their chat function is one of the best.

We love AdultFriendFinder because it has so many users. The site has millions of members, but about a quarter-million of those folks use the AFF chat capabilities. Members of AFF seem to love doing sex broadcasts that invite other users to join in and meet new users. There are also fantastic rooms and one-on-one options.

Being so popular, AFF does a fantastic job of creating unique categories and opportunities. You can search the site for various groups, forums, and chat rooms broken up by fetish. For instance, do you have a thing for older women? They’ve got you covered. Do you enjoy being a voyeur on your naughty neighbors? There’s a discussion for that too. Whatever you are into, you’ll find (and more) on AdultFriendFinder with plenty of other adults who are into the same thing.

Pros:

Tons of users
Unique groups
No shortage of fun features
Everyone is kinky

Cons:

Expensive
Tends to have a lot of annoying ads

Price: about $40/month (that price decreases if you sign up for a longer time)

9.  Flingster: Anonymous adult video chat

Flingster is another random video and chat site for kinky adults. You might be puzzled as to how it could be an anonymous video chat site. Well, Flingster makes anonymity a possibility by implementing two very important features.

For one, Flingster doesn’t require anything aside from choosing a gender to begin talking. Also, it allows you to mask your face if you wish! Think of this mask as something similar to a social media filter. You can cover your face with an emoji or disguise. These masks follow your face, so you can move around and your face will stay hidden. It’s a fairly advanced feature that other random chat sites don’t have, making Flingster totally unique!

It’s a free chat site unless you want to take advantage of its premium features. We don’t think you need it as you can access the video option without paying a dime. However, premium members do enjoy their ability to use the search features and perform non-video calls.

Pros:

Virtually no registration
Totally anonymous
Fun filters to cover your face
Tons of users who get right down to business

Cons:

Some people report fake users
Tends to have a lot of annoying ads

Price: Free unless you upgrade

10.  Ashley Madison: Chats between taken people

Are you someone who isn’t technically single, but you’re still looking to get your kink on with someone on the Internet? Listen, we aren’t here to reprimand you for your choices. Maybe you’re in an open relationship or separated! Again, we aren’t your parents. What we can tell you is that Ashley Madison is a fantastic way to meet others who want to have a naughty chat with you, taken or otherwise.

As far as chat sites go, Ashley Madison is a lot more personal than the others. It’s not totally anonymous (unless you disguise your identity, which you are welcome to do) and it doesn’t lead you to a page full of video models or chat rooms. It uses a matching algorithm to effectively pair you up with horny people in your area to have a sex chat with.

Ashley Madison attracts over 10K new users per day, so finding someone you’re attracted to is a cinch. It also gives you the ability to take your sex chat into a real-life experience.

Pros:

Easily meet real horny adults
Genuine interactions
Non-judgemental environment

Cons:

Video isn’t available
Need to pay
Long registration process

Price: About $50 for 100 credits and about $150 for 500 credits

11.  Chatville: A video chat community

Chatville is an adult video chat room similar to the likes of Omegle. In fact, it dubs itself as the best Omegle alternative site. It also calls itself a virtual nightclub. Chatville does offer random one-on-one options similar to other roulette-style chats, but it also has features that set it apart from those.

For instance, when you hop onto the Chatville homepage, you’ll be given the option to instantaneously jump into a 16-way video group. It makes Chatville more of an adult video community than it is just a roulette-style adult site. You can also video up to four feeds at a time if you wish. Also, you can register, but you don’t have to. It’s free either way, which is another reason to hop aboard the Chatville train.

Chatville is a great mix of a chat site and a social network where you can meet new friends. It’s like a forum site but with video capabilities. You can create your own room if you want and become the moderator. There are tons of naughty rooms already, though, like Foot Fetish, Swingers, and Nudists. You’ll need to register to do that, but it’s not complicated and you won’t be asked for credit card information.

Pros:

Tons of options and rooms
Best way to meet friends through video
Open-minded users

Cons:

Not for beginners
Could be more user-friendly

Price: Free

12.  Chatzy: Old-school chat room

The ideal Chatzy user is someone who has been to chat rooms before, might be on the older side, and has an affinity for the classic setup. Chatzy is one of those sites that has been around for ages and really hasn’t changed with the times. It’s stuck in the early 2000s. It was created 20 years ago and refuses to add any bells and whistles, which we kind of respect.

If simplicity is important to you, Chatzy delivers. There are no confusing features, no additional portals, and no frills. There’s nothing to distract you from your chat. The only thing that might get in your way is that Chatzy is used for all sorts of discussions. They aren’t all kinky conversations. In order to find the juicy stuff, you’ll need to do a little bit of research, but it’s not complicated.

When you hit Chatzy’s home page, look to the left and click on the tab titled “Find More Rooms.” From there, you’ll be given the option to search for a phrase or word of your choosing. Look up your favorite fetish or anything related to sex. You will then be directed to the appropriate rooms.

Pros:

Simple as can be
No distractions
Free

Cons:

Not modern at all
Need to search for your room in the “Find More” section

Price: Free

13.  DirtyRoulette: Naked roulette video chat

DirtyRoulette is a site that’s powered by Flingster, so you can bet that it’s just as interesting and suitable for sexy video chat. It’s a free chat site that employs straightforward navigation capabilities rather than bogging you down with nonsense.

DirtyRoulette keeps things engaging while maintaining its simplicity. All you need to do is press the “Start Chatting” button to be launched into viewing a free random live sex chat. If you enjoy what you’re watching, you can stay on the show and begin chatting. If you’d like to see something else, you can hit “Next” to view another random feed. Once you land on something that whets your appetite, you can start communicating with the other DirtyRoulette users. Enable your own video camera if you wish to show off your raunchy side.

DirtyRoulette is a saucy platform that invites people to let their freak flags fly. There’s no prudishness on DirtyRoulette. The feeds load very quickly and you can also check it out on your mobile device!

Pros:

Easy navigation
No distractions
Exciting and fresh

Cons:

A handful of reported fake users
Some users are boring

Price: Free

14.  Chatroulette: Best roulette chat site

Chatroulette used to be a roulette-style chat site that wasn’t for nudity. They’ve since updated their site to include two sections: Random Chat and Unmoderated. For the purpose of dirty sex chat, you’re going to want to enter the Unmoderated section. It still gives users the chance to report anything that they deem unsavory; however, nudity isn’t banned from this section.

Chatroulette is potentially the most famous sex chat site around. It’s a cure for boredom, a way to meet cool Internet folk, and totally addictive. The website has undergone some cosmetic changes over the years to keep it modernized and entertaining, and we think it’s done a really good job. For quick adult chat, there really isn’t a better option than Chatroulette.

There are over 30K people on Chatroulette at any given moment! In terms of what to expect, with that many people, you never really know what you are going to get. But that’s the beauty of Chatroulette. It’s completely random, mostly kinky fun!

Pros:

No sign-up required
Downright addicting
A huge amount of users online at any given time

Cons:

Seedy past reputation
Must enable camera

Price: Free

15.  Omegle: Random free chat

Meet new friends without registering on Omegle, the ultra-famous randomized video chat site that allows you to plug in some keywords so that the site can match you according to your interests. Omegle is only for adults; however, like Chatroulette, there are two types of roads you can travel while you are on Omegle. You can either head into the monitored section, where dirty video chat isn’t allowed, or the unmonitored section. You’re going to want to swiftly head into that unmoderated section.

Unlike Chatroulette, Omegle will give you the opportunity to list things that are exciting to you, things that interest you, or keywords that help express what you’re looking for while on the site. This will inform the algorithm and help to pair you with someone you’ll enjoy chatting with.

Omegle is totally free and most people take advantage of the randomized video option; however, you can also go into “spy mode,” which means that your camera is off, but you can still chat with strangers. If anonymity is your thing, try Omegle with spy mode! Just don’t expect strangers to completely open up to you without that camera turned on!

Pros:

No registration
Easy way to meet hot strangers
You can plug in keywords for a more filtered random chat

Cons:

Not that modern
A dime a dozen

Price: Free

16.  iSexyChat: Erotic free chat site with nudes exchange

iSexyChat is a really intuitive, welcoming, navigable chat site that gives you more control than many of the other websites we’ve covered. It’s free, anonymous, and completely dedicated to sexual chat between adults. Though it was started back in 2006, the site itself is very modernized, making going from page to page feel like a total breeze.

There are a lot of refreshing features on iSexyChat, but it doesn’t bog you down with unnecessary bells and whistles. We also appreciate that iSexyChat is transparent about the fact that it’s totally supported by ads. Something about mentioning that on the homepage makes the presence of ads way less annoying.

Ok, here’s what’s special about iSexyChat: The rooms are very pointed. Yes, there are your run-of-the-mill chat rooms like sex chat, video, gay, singles, live, and video. There are also neat rooms like Trade Skype/Kik?Etc. In a room like that, there’s no guessing as to what you’ll get. You are trading usernames for the purpose of sexting. There are also rooms titled Sex Modeling and Trade Pics.

Pros:

Unique chat rooms
Modern interface
Erotic-centric chat site

Cons:

Lots of ads, just be prepared
Some rooms redirect to other sites

Price: Free

17.  LewdChat: Sext chat site

LewdChat is dubbed as an adult matching site, but it’s really an Internet Relay Chat platform that connects adults who want to sext. This free site allows for a seamless registration that will take you seconds. Once you confirm that you are over the age of 18, you will be brought to the chatting platform where you’ll be prompted to give your name, sex, age, and location.

LewdChat is pretty advanced in terms of the users it attracts. If you choose to enter the #Lewd room, you’ll be met with other online users on the gray message feature. While not all that complex, LewdChat doesn’t shy away from throwing you right into a chat room without any real explanation of what you’ll be met with. It’s essentially a sexting message forum filled with a handful of online members discussing sexual topics.

If you wish to head over to another channel, you can click the magnifying glass on the left-hand side. Then, click “Find More Channels” to be given the option to search for specific keywords. Those keywords will direct you to channels containing similar titles and you can explore from there.

Pros:

No hefty sign-up required
Lots of channels to choose from
Talkative members

Cons:

Small user base
Less than intuitive navigation capabilities

Price: $12.95

18.  FlirtLu: Video sex platform

FlirtLu is a video sex chatting platform that makes it easy to find women and men on camera who are willing to flirt with you. The site doesn’t require that you register at all; however, it will prompt you to register later by tempting you with free credits. These credits are what will allow you to have a private chat with anyone you meet on FlirtLu. Until then, you are welcome to watch the gorgeous people on FlirtLu in a group setting.

FlirtLu is not a random chat platform. It’s designed so adults can get their rocks off to beautiful people who are on their webcams. They are hoping you’ll want to pay for credits to enjoy private time with the people on the site, which you likely will. Your options for who to watch are laid out in the form of thumbnails, making it very easy to choose. You can easily move from room to room for free if you wish to look around.

When you click a thumbnail, you’ll launch into a model’s room and profile. There, you’ll find hot pictures and a livestream where you can join in on the chatting and sex conversation. The women on this site are absolutely beautiful, so there’s a good chance you’ll want to spend some money in order to spend some private online time with them.

Pros:

Beautiful users
Very erotic and sensual
No buffering on your computer or mobile device

Cons:

Need to pay for one-on-one action
Feels sort of cammy

Price: Free unless you decide to buy credits for private chat

Adult Chat Sites 101

How to have the best sex chat site experience:You’d think that chat rooms are pretty self-explanatory, but as you’ve read, these sites are all different with features that make them unique. In order to make the most of your adventures, you’ll want to be sure that you’ve found the absolute best adult chat site that fits your specific needs. Figure out if you want to find a website that introduces you to random strangers or one that allows you to learn about someone on a deeper level. Are you someone who gets off on one-on-ones, or would you prefer a group setting? These are questions you’ll want to ask yourself before landing on a site.

How we came up with this list:We’ve spent a fair amount of time on many websites and apps to determine which are the best. Essentially, the list came down to a handful of factors. We wanted to find the fastest, most effective, and most user-friendly sites that are either free or low cost. We looked at some reviews and reflected on our own time spent on each of the sites.

All the things you can do on sex chat sites:Believe it or not, sex chat sites serve many purposes. You can use them for sexting, video chatting, watching a livestream, broadcasting, sharing nudes, and meeting friends. People also love to get onto these sites when they’re going through a fit of boredom. There’s nothing more entertaining than meeting someone totally new on the Internet for some naughtiness. People also use these websites to link with folks they plan on meeting in the real world. If you go this route, make sure you do it safely.

Free adult chat sites vs. paid ones:Yes, there are plenty of free sex chat sites for you to enjoy. You’ve got nothing to lose by testing those sites out for yourself. Of course, the sites that want you to pay will offer a greater array of features and a bit more enjoyment. Most randomized chatting sites won’t make you spend a nickel, which is a nice touch. If that’s all you’re after, don’t bother paying anything. However, if you want something with a bit more excitement and frills, you might need to get your wallet out. Don’t worry though, these sites usually don’t cost that much and allow you to pay monthly. Usually it’s less than $1 per day, which is very manageable.

Are sex chat sites anonymous?All of the sites listed allow for anonymity. Discretion is important and the creators of these sites get that fully. But if you’re really worried about the outside world knowing your dirty little secrets, check out one of the sites that doesn’t require registration at all. They won’t ask for your e-mail, name, or anything else. These types of chat sites are also the quickest in terms of getting straight to the saucy stuff.

Safety tips:Make sure you’re speaking with an adult; some of the best chat sites aren’t fully adult. They include some PG-13-type rooms that attract a younger crowd. Tread carefully on this site. In other words, don’t pull out your junk on one of these non-18+ sites before figuring out who is on the other side of that webcam.

If you meet up, be careful. Most of these websites don’t cater to meeting up for a romp or a date. However, if you do decide that the person you’ve been hitting it off with online is worth a trip into the real world, make sure you meet in a public setting first.

Stay anonymous. All of these websites let you keep your identity a secret. When dealing with the combination of sex and the Internet, staying anonymous is the best way to stay safe!

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What do you call a vampire movie with no teeth? Blood.

Just kidding—sort of. Director Brad Anderson adds another film that should be better to his resume (see also: The Machinist, Session 9), this time dragging along Michelle Monaghan as Jess, a mother and nurse going through a bitter divorce.

Jess, her children Tyler (Skylar Morgan Jones) and Owen (Finlay Wojtak-Hissong), along with family dog Pippin, move into Jess’s childhood home, a creepy place that needs a coat of paint and an exorcism. Here, it gets the Anderson treatment: a litany of half-baked and underexplored ideas that walk to the edge of effectiveness until the movie lurches toward other half-baked and underexplored ideas.

The setup is decent. Pippin chases an unseen evil into the woods. Upon returning home, he attacks Owen, biting at his jugular and seriously wounding him until Jess dispatches the dog with several blows to the head.

As Owen recovers at the hospital where Jess conveniently works, he and Jess discover he can’t handle food; Owen has a new and insatiable thirst for blood. (It never occurred to Anderson that there are bad-hospital-food jokes to be made here, I guess.)

As luck, coincidence, and contrivance would have it, Jess the RN has access to the hospital’s blood bags. She’s also friendly with a terminally ill cancer patient (June B. Wilde) no one would miss. 

See where it’s all going? Even Blood’s bad double-entendre marketing campaign gives it away: “How far would you go to save your child?” (Get it?) By the time Owen goes full Vlad, Monaghan’s natural charisma and a bottle of Geritol can’t save Blood from its own anemic silliness, right down to the absurd explanation for Owen’s condition. Skip it and stream Let the Right One In. 108 min.

Limited release in theaters

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