Praise for Erika Lust:
'The queen of ethical porn' - The Times
'Lust has blazed a trail' - Dazed
'We're so into it' - Cosmopolitan
Growing up in Sweden, Erika Lust always knew that some things were off limits. Despite her liberal upbringing, she learned that adults were embarrassed if she asked them about sex. At the same time, she knew that men watched something called porn.
Decades later, Lust is the world's leading feminist adult filmmaker and has been dubbed the 'queen of ethical porn', making pioneering films which centre women's experiences and push back against shame to tell liberating stories of desire.
In Lust: Porn, Pleasure, Power, she tells the story of how a shy 'good girl' came to create one of the most talked-about studios in the world. She takes us behind the scenes of her films to glimpse the passion and chaos of making art about sex, and shares the lessons she has learned as a female leader in a male-dominated, frequently misogynistic, industry. And she addresses the ubiquity of online porn, offering a way forward that eschews moral panic in favour of creativity and pleasure. Ultimately, Lust argues, it is time that we change the stories we tell about sex. Erika Lust (Author)
Erika Lust is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and entrepreneur whose work has redefined erotic cinema for the 21st century. As the founder of Erika Lust Films, she has spent two decades pioneering ethical, feminist pornography that celebrates pleasure, consent, and diversity. Her films have been featured at film festivals worldwide and praised by The Guardian, The New York Times, Vogue, and Elle for their artistic and cultural impact. Erika is a TEDx speaker and a leading voice in the global conversation on sexuality, feminism, and media ethics. Born in Sweden and based in Barcelona, she continues to create provocative, visually rich work that challenges taboos and inspires dialogue about desire and human connection.
You deserve pleasure. And you deserve to be respected. Lust shows how by telling the truth about sex, we can change the world. Growing interest in books about female sexuality and sexual empowerment and positivity, evident from the success of books such as Gillian Anderson's Want Challenges stereotypes surrounding the porn industry, with an aim to recognise that sex and people's enjoyments of sex and watching porn is normal - and here to stay 'A keen, authoritative, and provocative hybrid of erotic discussion [and] memoir''
