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Aline Laurent-Mayard
FollowAline Laurent-Mayard is a journalist, author, and podcast host. They have written for publications such as Le Monde and Slate, and published two books about gender in pop culture. They are interested in the place of LGBTQ + people in society, the evolution of sexuality, love and family. Maynard also hosts Free From Desire, a biographical narrative documentary podcast that focuses on aromanticism and asexuality. The podcast was the winner of the Narrative Nonfiction Audio Storytelling Award at the 2023 Tribeca Festival. It has received critical acclaim, and has been lauded as a beacon for the asexuality movement.
Aline Laurent-Mayard is a journalist, author, and podcast host. They have written for publications such as Le Monde and Slate, and published two books about gender in pop culture. They are interested in the place of LGBTQ + people in society, the evolution of sexuality, love and family. Maynard also hosts Free From Desire, a biographical narrative documentary podcast that focuses on aromanticism and asexuality. The podcast was the winner of the Narrative Nonfiction Audio Storytelling Award at the 2023 Tribeca Festival. It has received critical acclaim, and has been lauded as a beacon for the asexuality movement.
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In defense of pornography
Knowing Others and Knowing Oneself
The secret life of desire
Sex machines
The sex lives of philosophers
How to talk about sex
Love is more than magic
Bad boys
The age of independence
Sex, relationships and the future
Tomorrow sex will be good again
The morality of sex
The case against the sexual revolution
The politics of desire
The morality of sex work
Sleeping with the enemy
Singles, sex and society
Happily ever after
Motherhood vs. the Machine
The meaning of sex
Kith, kin, and the birthrate crisis
Erotic power and the new sexual revolution
Sex, society, and erotic capital
The OnlyFans paradox, with Farha Khalidi
Love and other drugs