This is the weekly Lust news roundup: catch up on the week’s sex-tech, sex-politics, feminism, and industry news here every week.
Have you ever had a sex dream about someone and wondered what it meant? Here are 9 Things That Sex Dream Could Be Telling You & What To Do About It. [mindbodygreen]
Dropping Zoella for talking about sex toys pushes the idea that female pleasure is shameful. “If you’re under some kind of illusion that 16-year-olds aren’t aware of sex toys, intimacy, or pleasure, then you’re naive. You might be too uncomfortable to create a safe space for them to learn about consent and choice, but that doesn’t mean that they won’t seek it out.” [The Independent]
Find out Why Poland’s New Abortion Law Is Causing Mass Protests. [Refinery29]
The Viral ‘Hot Girl Shit’ Meme Challenges The Male Gaze. “These short lip-sync videos are candid, anticlimactic and sometimes just plain absurd. But what they may lack in logical reasoning, they make up for in deeper meaning: letting the world know that being “hot” isn’t just equated to someone’s physical appearance anymore. That being hot is a mentality, a mindset that involves extra dollops of extreme self-confidence, and something to be found inherently within us rather than something you’re blessed at birth with or what your cosmetic surgeon helped you achieve.” [Vice]
Have you heard of The Pro-Nudity Social Network Sex Workers Are Flocking to? Lips is creating a safe space for BIPOC, LGBTQ+, sex workers & other marginalised groups. [Daily Beast]
Discover Eroticism in Everyday Life in This New Lust Cinema Original Series – Another hot porn for women that explores erotic encounters in day-to-day life. [Lust Zine]
High (In)fidelity: A New Compilation on The Store by Erika Lust [Lust Zine]
Watersports…. Why Though?💦 – Why Bishop Black thinks you should be participating in a little bit of pee play [Lust Zine]
The Lust Ed x Sex School: Learn How to Give an Erotic Massage [Lust Zine]
Watch & Learn: Pole Dancing in Full Moon with Juliana Luna [Lust Zine]
The Fucking Playlist Takeover: Merlot - Each week creatives from all around the world will be making playlists of their favourite songs for, you got that right, fucking. [Lust Zine]
XOXO,
Erika Lust