The Lust Weekly Roundup: Bill Cosby Freed & Britney's Freedom Denied

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

Dame CEO Alexandra Fine On Pandemic Growth, Prioritizing Sexual Wellness And Closing The Pleasure Gap — “Our mission at Dame is to make the world a happier place, one vulva at a time. We work to close the pleasure gap and to encourage open conversations around sexuality. Sex can feel really good, and I want to help people access that pleasure.” [Forbes]

Dear Black Love: Sexual Liberation With King Noire & Jet-Setting Jasmine — One of my favourite adult performer couples King Noire and Jet-Setting Jasmine have a beautiful polyamorous relationship and are helping other people explore their sexual freedom. [Refinery29]

Sex Product Startup Maude Surpasses $10 Million In Funding, Raises Unprecedented Series A — “Goicochea, who is of Mexican, Spanish, and Native American descent, is one of 90 Latinx women to have raised over $1 million in VC funding according to Digitalundivided. Collectively, that capital represents just over 1% of the total VC funding raised in the United States in 2020.” [Forbes]

Her Game Too: the women football fans tackling toxic misogyny head on — Her Game Too is a grassroots campaign against misogyny in football that aims to eradicate sexism at matches and online, raise awareness of the abuse suffered by female fans and destroy the idea that football is for men only. [Dazed]

Finally, it felt like a particularly unjust week for women around the world as in a stark turn of events, Bill Cosby is freed and his sexual assault conviction is overturned meanwhile Britney Spears loses the legal fight to remove her father from her conservatorship. These two events happening within a matter of days for each other left women around the world questioning what it will take for people to listen to, and believe, women. [Stylist]

The Berlin Strippers Collective want a radical overhaul of the sex industry — The BSC are on a mission to overhaul the sex industry & in this short video they issue an urgent demand for the decriminalisation and destigmatisation of sex work. [Dazed]

The Difference Between Sex, Gender & Sexuality, Explained - Saniyyah Lateef on "My Non-Binary Life"

Songs to Have Sex To - The Fucking Playlist Takeover by musician, professional photographer & videographer Bri Flasch. If you like Beach House, Cuco or Silver Sphere - this one's for you.

The Watch List: Must See LGBTQ+ Shows Streaming Now! — catch up on these 5 series & make your Pride celebrations last all year long.

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Royal Ravishing

I'm lying on the floor in a sunny space, my friends and people of all genders around me. We are all naked, and comfortable in our own skins. We have stimulating conversations while they caress and kiss my skin. After a time, my partner enters the room like a king, and everyone stops.

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