Sex can be disastrous, delightful or extremely okay, but it is always slippery as fuck. From bi erasure to ethical ghosting, male circumcision to family abolition, we ask: what does leftist sex look like? And can we ever do it right?
Sex can be disastrous, delightful or extremely okay, but it is always slippery as fuck. From bi erasure to ethical ghosting, male circumcision to family abolition, we ask: what does leftist sex look like? And can we ever do it right?
Does love transcend everything? What does it mean to fall in love in an unequal world? Dalia Gebrial looks at how race shapes our experiences of sex and desire, and asks: what would it take to create better conditions for loving one another?
Amia Srinivasan and James Butler explore the philosophical grey zones between power, intimacy and violence.
Why are women more afraid of violence from strangers on the street when – statistically speaking – home is the place where they’re most unsafe? Ash Sarkar takes a look at how rational fears are used to justify irrational policy decisions, and what we miss when we talk about ‘rape culture’.
The left often defends sex workers, but how often do we defend sex work? Women from the Queer Whore Collective speak to Rivkah Brown.
Doing It Right: Sex on the Left is part of Novara Media’s Decade Project, an inquiry into the defining issues of the 2020s. The Decade Project is generously supported by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (London Office)
Designed by Pietro Garrone with help from Max Ryan.
Produced by Rivkah Brown and Chal Ravens.
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