Lux Alptraum

New York

Writer, Sex Educator, and Consultant at Freelance

Author, podcaster, bon vivant: https://t.co/n6aeXb1wYK. Peabody nominee. Literally OCD. Also on Bluesky at @luxalptraum.com Avi: @TheCovatar she/her

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Will Trump’s Tariffs Make Sex Toys More Expensive?

1 week ago | thecut.com | Lux Alptraum

The sex-toy company Crave sent out an unusual email to its customer base last week. Encouraging the subscribers of Crave’s marketing emails to indulge their erotic desires wasn’t exactly new — it was the part that warned prices could potentially double in the coming months.
The Government Is Coming for Female Personhood

3 weeks ago | damemagazine.com | Lux Alptraum

It’s not paranoia: With the anti-DEI purges and the potential passage of the SAVE Act, the current government really is trying to roll back American progress, and American gender roles, to the 1950s. This article was made possible because of the generous support of DAME members. We urgently need your help to keep publishing. Will you contribute just $5 a month to support our journalism?
Trump’s Anti-Trans EOs Are Just the Beginning

2 months ago | damemagazine.com | Lux Alptraum

The Republicans’ merciless obsession with destroying trans lives is indicative of something larger: a full-throated effort to strip all of us of our bodily autonomy. This article was made possible because of the generous support of DAME members. We urgently need your help to keep publishing. Will you contribute just $5 a month to support our journalism?
The Most Important SCOTUS Case You’ve Never Heard Of

Jan 15, 2025 | damemagazine.com | Lux Alptraum

This week, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments about an online age-verification law that could bar kids’ access from porn sites. That may sound good, but it’s a lot more pernicious than you think. This article was made possible because of the generous support of DAME members. We urgently need your help to keep publishing. Will you contribute just $5 a month to support our journalism?
How Sex-Toy Pioneer Alexandra Fine Gets It Done

Jan 5, 2025 | thecut.com | Lux Alptraum

Sex-tech entrepreneur Alexandra Fine’s company, Dame Products, sells highly designed, sleek wares that seem more at home in a high-end gadget shop than a seedy porn store. Fine launched a successful crowdfunding campaign for the business in 2014 and has since been navigating the challenges of securing investors, developing new products, and courting potential vendors and customers. But its sexual nature has left the company open to stigma and censorship.
What Abuse Survivors Can Teach Us About Trump 2.0

Dec 17, 2024 | damemagazine.com | Lux Alptraum

A number of domestic violence survivors recognize parallels between their exes and the tactics of the incoming administration—and their insights can help us prepare and protect ourselves for round two. This article was made possible because of the generous support of DAME members. We urgently need your help to keep publishing. Will you contribute just $5 a month to support our journalism? When Nina first met her ex, she thought she had found her perfect match.
A maelstrom around Rashida Tlaib shows how broken discourse about the war has become

Sep 24, 2024 | forward.com | Lux Alptraum

The shocking recent media treatment of Rep. Rashida Tlaib - in the form of a widely condemned comic that and that she used antisemitic rhetoric against Michigan's attorney general - concisely reflects everything that is wrong with our poisonous public discourse around the false accusations Israel-Hamas war.
The Conversation We Should Be Having Around It Ends With Us

Aug 26, 2024 | thecut.com | Lux Alptraum

Photo: Courtesy Sony Pictures Entertainment At the premiere of It Ends With Us earlier this month, a reporter asked star Blake Lively what message she hoped to send to survivors of domestic violence who might see themselves reflected in the character she plays in the film, Lily Bloom. “You are so much more than just a survivor or just a victim,” she said.
We're Good at Punishing #MeToo Men. Can We Ever Forgive Them?

Jun 9, 2024 | nytimes.com | Lux Alptraum

Five years ago, I found myself in a coffee shop in Downtown Manhattan sitting across a table from Morgan Spurlock, a man I'd never met and whom I knew only as the creator of the hit documentary "Super Size Me." A colleague had brought us together, thinking we might be able to forge a mutually beneficial relationship.
Opinion | Netflix's Ashley Madison documentary has a lesson for the rest of us

May 15, 2024 | yahoo.com | Lux Alptraum

It was hard to feel bad for the victims of the Ashley Madison hack when the news dominated headlines in 2015. From its inception, the website — launched in 2002 with the express purpose of making it easier for married people to cheat on their partners — always seemed to push up against the boundaries of bad taste. With controversial billboards featuring unauthorized images of everyone from Hillary Clinton to Mitt Romney, the site never shied away from negative publicity or outright hate.

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