Tickets: Free for Hearth members / £15 non-members / £25 Ticket + Book
About The Event
Who has a right to pleasure?
Join us at The Hearth for an intimate conversation with Erika Lust about her new release Lust: Pleasure, Performance, Power. In conversation with The Hearth Co-founder Oi Leng Lui, this event will explore themes of agency, respect, pleasure and power, challenging assumptions about what pornography is and redefining how it could be.
In Lust, Erika Lust 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.
You deserve pleasure. And you deserve to be respected. Lust shows how by telling the truth about sex, we can change the world.
This event will feature screenings of Erika's work alongside the conversation about Lust. We hope you'll join us for this unforgettable evening.
Please note this event is exclusively for women.
📸 Event Photography: We may take photos or short videos during the event to celebrate our community and for promotional use. We’ll aim to give notice beforehand. If you’d rather not appear in any content, please feel free to let the photographer or content creator know directly. Photos and videos may be captured for promotional use.
Erika Lust
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. Perfect for fans of Gillian Anderson's Want, Pleasure by Emma-Louise Boynton and Flick by Kate Lister.
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