The Lust Weekly Roundup: The Science of Edging

This is the weekly Lust news roundup: catch up on the week’s sex-tech, sex-politics, feminism, and industry news here every week.

Curious about anal beads? Sexologists Explain How To Use Anal Beads For The First Time. [Bustle]

Meet The Female Founder Who Just Raised $2.3 Million For Her Safe After-Sex Cleanup Product, Aiming To Destigmatize Conversations Surrounding Women’s Sexual Health. – “The company’s marquee product, dripstick, is a medical-grade sponge made to absorb excess fluid in the vaginal canal after sex — anyone who’s experienced the crossed-leg-ninja roll off the bed, penguin walk to the bathroom, and camp out on the toilet might benefit from this product.” [Forbes]

Does edging really make orgasms feel better? A gynecologist explains the origins of edging and the science behind whether it can produce more pleasurable orgasms. [Mic]

Boys Keep Flirting With Each Other on Chinese TV But Never Fall in Love. How streaming platforms in China are subtly showing romance between boys and what members of the LGBTQ community think about it. – “The trend is a double-edged sword for China’s sexual minorities, providing a rare positive portrayal of queerness on mass media, but also perpetuating stereotypes for profit.” [Vice]

Send/make nudes: How artists are reframing the tradition of the nude around the world to subvert general expectations of what nude bodies should look like. [Dazed]

Hot Tips with Raquel Savage: Nurture Your Sexuality and Your Body [Lust Zine]

Fetish & Submission from a Black Person’s Perspective: “He Was a Big Freak!” [Lust Zine]

An Explicit Guide to Period Sex With Sadie Lune and Lina Bembe [Lust Zine]

An Intense, Erotic Sensory Journey on XConfessions: Elemental – A new porn for women that will take you on an erotic journey of the senses. [Lust Zine]

Every day I receive crowdsourced sexual confessions and fantasies that XConfessions guest directors and I turn into indie erotic films. Head to XConfessions now to confess your sexual fantasy. If your confession is chosen, you are rewarded with a one year access pass to the site and get to see your story on film.

Hard Wood

Me and my partner are violin makers in Italy. In the summer, the workshop smells like wood and sweat, and the strong bodies carving and planing is such an aphrodisiac. I fantasise about my partner fucking me from behind over my workbench while I try to carve a cello bridge.

Confession by Amati

XOXO,

Erika Lust