Erika Lust’s BLOG

We have a new product in LUST STORE, the black bondage tape (funny, erotic, kinky, dangerous…) If you want ideas on how to use the tape see the work of Beatrice Morabito here.

Tatoos coul be very arousing, I will include a whole chapter about them in one of my upcoming books. More sexy pictures of sexy tattoos here.

MAIL and FEMLAE (Amsterdam) has organized an event tomorrow and I will be there to participate in it. It’s about throwing away your old bad porn and get your hands on new, trendy modern movies.

Long, long ago, in the year 1965, there was no explicit pornography. There was the odd grainy stag film, the occasional French postcard, the rare Cuban chapbook or homemade Polaroid, but the glossy professional color pornography ubiquitous to modern society did not exist. The man who changed all that was Berth Milton of Stockholm, with his audacious little digest, Private. He and Private were directly responsible for Swedish Parliament’s decision to treat sexually explicit materials as protected free speech, leading to the abolition of obscenity laws over most of northern Europe. With its smiling, exuberantly uninhibited models, Private created a fantasy of Sweden as the most liberated country on earth, a sexual wonderland that enchanted men around the globe. Publisher Milton was the magazine’s sole photographer, so the Private paradise was very much his personal dream. Genius and tyrant, he insisted on only the best for his magazine, rising in the 1970s to become the Hugh Hefner of Hardcore. And now everything is condensed in these tiny cute books by Taschen.

Even Tinto Brass came to the presentation!

The erotic boutique Zou Zou in Rome has invited me to present my book PER LEI (the Italian verison of GOOD PORN: A WOMAN’S GUIDE) this Friday the 20th. If you happen to be there please come to say hello! I will also host an “erotic night” event for women only where we will screen my last short film HANDCUFFS. More info (in Italian, of course) in Zou Zou’s blog. UPDATE Nov 22nd: It was amazing, everything was great! THANK YOU Tiziana and Mara (pink books) and all the trendy Italian women for such a great and warming event! Even Tinto Brass came!

For the lonely and the loveless !

Today we had to take away Germany from the list of countries where we ship products from our online store. And we did that with sorrow and pity, because we have a lot of loyal and good customers in that great country. How is it possible that Germany, who has just celebrated 20 years of the fall of the wall, is now being so conservative and restrictive of liberties  to confiscate helathy adult dvds in the customs?

The Article  184 StGB of their “Criminal Code” says that material will be confiscated if it portrays violence, sexual abuse of children or sexual activities of humans with animals. Well… none of those things are in my movies, obviously.

So I guess a German guy has opened my packages, saw the non-ofensive, well designed covers of FIVE HOT STORIES FOR HER or BARCELONA SEX PROJECT and said: “THIS IS UGLY , DISGUSTING PORNOGRAPHY, KAPUTT!”.  We are not going to deliver to Germany until all this mess is clarified, and it’s a pity because we are about to launch the version 2.0 of our Lust Store with a lot of trendy and modern stuff. If any of you girls and guys out there living in Germany can help us fight this war, you are welcome! E mail tips, ideas or suggestions to fightpuritans@lustfilms.com

I hate the hypocrisy of our society, allowing violence, having legalized drugs that we know that are really bad for our health like tobacco and alcochol, and having this really strange attitude towards sex. As if Sex was an illegal  substance, or activity or an illegal weapon. Sex is Life, sex is Joy, sex is Health!!!

I dare these puritans in the German ZOLL (Customs) to take it easy with sex, if it wasn’t for the sex none of us would be alive!

Cover of the US edition

My new book is now available in Englsih for pre-orders, in AMAZON:

“Porn — for so many women it is a dirty word, a taboo topic. Even with the prevalence of porn in the world today, so many women are still afraid of it — unsure of what exactly porn is, what constitutes “good” porn, and why it should matter to them. Good Porn is a women’s comprehensive guide to porn — what it is, what types are available, and why men and women enjoy different styles. With her poised expertise, author Erika Lust examines the films, the industry, and the phenomenon, making porn more accessible to women. Lust breaks away from the assumption that porn is for men only — examining the role of women within the porn industry, from female directors to the stars themselves. She addresses the myth that one can’t be a feminist and still like porn, offers insight on the educational and erotic value of porn, and covers the benefits of porn in heightening women’s sexual appetites. Sharp and honest, Good Porn breaks away from women’s previous assumptions of porn, opening a new discourse on sexuality and relationships.”

piclet.org / PopUp / #1 / Berlin / Seduction from piclet.org on Vimeo.

This is the video documentation of the piclet.org / PopUp / #1 / Berlin / Seduction. Including work by me (HANDCUFFS), Benjamin Füglister / Pawel Jaszczuk / Moira Lovell and Noritoshi Hirakawa

Some day I want to do a book 2gether with this guy!