This is the weekly Lust news roundup: catch up on the week’s sex-tech, sex-politics, feminism, and industry news here every week.
Monday 18 November – Sunday 24 November
News Roundup:
The Daily Mail violated Facebook’s revenge porn rules when it posted explicit photos of Katie Hill on their channel. Facebook promised to take down the posts but said they would not penalise Daily Mail… yet there are still many posts with the photos still on the platform. Facebook’s Anti-Revenge Porn Tools Failed to Protect Katie Hill [Wired]
A new form of victim-blaming and men are literally getting away with murder – Why the ‘rough sex gone wrong’ defence is dangerous for women [The Telegraph]
‘They Can’t Stop Us:’ People Are Having Sex With 3D Avatars of Their Exes and Celebrities [VICE]
Shadow banning disproportionately affects women and marginalised communities… so Women Are Pretending To Be Men On Instagram To Avoid Sexist Censorship [Huff Post]
Saudi Anti-Extremist Force Names Feminists as a Target. Briefly. Alongside homosexuality and atheism, feminism was listed by Saudi Arabia’s state security agency as ideologies that fall into the category of extremism. [The New York Times]
Tweet of the Week:
When everything else is looking pretty bleak check out this thread by @KateDAdamo for a roundup of how great the past month has been for sex workers in the US.
If this week looks daunting, just a reminder of how incredible the last month has been for #sexworkers in the US: (1) On Oct 17, there was a 14 hour hearing on decriminalization of sex work in DC – the 1st full decrim bill to get a leg hearing. https://t.co/75KVCULYXa
— Kate (@KateDAdamo) November 18, 2019
“Asexuality isn’t a complex. It’s not a sickness. It’s not an automatic sign of trauma. It’s not a behaviour. It’s not the result of a decision. It’s not a chastity vow or an expression that we are ‘saving ourselves’. We aren’t by definition religious. We aren’t calling ourselves asexual as a statement of purity or moral superiority” – Being Asexual [aeon]
This Week’s Lust News:
I was subject to biased banning on Instagram yet again but this time with a non-explicit photo from The Lust Ed series. Check out the photos that are being banned by Instagram compared to the ones that are approved here. And read my blog post about the online war on sex and how it’s affecting our lives. [The Erika Lust Blog]
New Guest Writer: Journalist Lisa Scott writes Viva La Vulva: The World’s First Vagina Museum Has Opened In London [The Erika Lust Blog]
New Release: 1953 on XConfessions by Julia Schoenstaedt [The Erika Lust Blog]
xoxo
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