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Halina Reijn
Sex and Art
The film was written and directed by Dutch actress and director Halina Reijn. It tells the story of a frustrated woman, CEO and model mother, who awakens her masochistic desire with a young intern. Nicole Kidman was awarded the Voli Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival 2024.
Context of sexualities in France
Inserm - ANRS - MIE
Sex and Science
Conducted among 30,000 people in France, the “Contexte des sexualités en France” survey paints a statistical portrait of sexual practices and representations in 2023. It compares these data with those collected in 1972 and 2006 to highlight fundamental changes. Among the main conclusions: “Greater diversity and, at the same time, lower intensity of sexual activity […]
Dying For Sex
Kim Rosenstock & Elizabeth Meriwether
Sex and Art
Dying for Sex is an 8-episode American mini-series. The series is an adaptation of Nikki Boyer’s podcast of the same name, interviewing her best friend Molly Kochan, who died of cancer in 2019 at the age of 42. The latter, learning that the breast cancer that had broken out two years earlier had metastasized, decides […]
Female ejaculation and other anatomical secrets: science is finally taking an interest
Marine Corniou
Sex and Science
This article briefly reviews the history of female ejaculation, describes the slow progress of scientific research on the subject, and then explains, based on recent research, the two phenomena that tend to be confused: squirting and female ejaculation.
À deux
Louisadonna
Sex and Art
Louisadonna is an author, composer, producer, feminist activist and psychologist. Her first track, “À deux”, tackles a number of issues in heterosexual relationships: phallocentric sex, lack of consent, inequality in sexual pleasure (the famous “orgasm gap”).
The Bisexual
Desiree Akhavan & Rowan Riley
Sex and Art
This British series portrays Leila, a 30-something Londoner (Desiree Akhavan herself) who leaves her girlfriend of 10 years, with whom she is in the process of setting up a business. Following her separation, she moves in with Gabe, a heterosexual writer. We follow Leila’s peregrinations and reflections as she gradually comes to terms with her […]
Ardente·x·s
Patrick Muroni
Sex and Art | Sex and Porn
Over a 3-year period, this documentary follows a group of young women and queer people in their twenties as they embark on the direction and production of pornographic films, with the aim of making ethical, positive films that represent sexualities and bodies in all their diversity. We follow them behind the scenes of their productions, […]
Sex and the series
Iris Brey
Sex and Art
This book by French director, author and film critic Iris Brey examines female sexuality in recent American series. Her essay is divided into four chapters: Speech and Sex, Pleasure, Violence and Queer. It explores the new patterns and ways of looking at these series, recounting the singularity of women’s experience. Her TEDx talk “How Game […]