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  • Erika Lust is reshaping the adult industry—and our desires

    Erika Lust is reshaping the adult industry—and our desires

    · Pleasure-Seeking
    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.pleasure-seeking.com

    In this exclusive interview, pioneering independent porn director Erika Lust—dubbed “the queen of ethical porn”—joins me to unpack the relationship between desire, culture, and power. A feminist trailblazer, Lust has redefined adult filmmaking with authentic, female-centered stories that challenge industry norms. Her work has earned her TEDx stages and a profile in The New York Times, which crowned her an “art-house pornography behemoth” shaping the future of adult entertainment.

    This episode was recorded in person at Lust’s Barcelona HQ. Watch the video version on the Pleasure-Seeking website. To learn more about Erika Lust, check out her website and her immersive erotic art exhibition House of Lust.

    Credits: Podcast illustration by Molly Crabapple. Music by Sinning.

  • Beauty, Sex, and The Substance

    Beauty, Sex, and The Substance

    · Pleasure-Seeking

    For the first episode of the Pleasure-Seeking podcast, I chat with Jessica DeFino, an award-winning journalist who’s been called “the woman the beauty industry fears” for her work unpacking the psychological and societal impact of beauty culture. We dissect Coralie Fargeat's body horror The Substance, analyze the relationship between botox and sex, and discuss how beauty culture has shaped our experiences with dating and romance—plus, how the male gaze has been replaced by “the sale gaze,” how the internet changed beauty culture, extreme beauty trends like the “morning shed” videos circulating on TikTok, and whether looksmaxxing can be empowering.

    People, places, and things we mentioned: Thick by Tressie McMillan Cottom, Everyone Is Botoxed & No One Is Horny by Jessica DeFino, Everyone Is Beautiful and No One Is Horny by RS Benedict. Annihilation of the selfie by Haley Nahman, and the works of Bell Hooks and Audre Lorde (broadly speaking). Plus The Hole Debate, where my fellow sex writer Magdalene Taylor debated the politics of labiaplasty.

    You can get more of Jessica's insights by subscribing to The Review of Beauty, her weekly newsletter on beauty culture.

    Illustrated by Molly Crabapple, with music by Sinning. Thanks for listening!



    This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.pleasure-seeking.com/subscribe

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