Tag Archives: Erotica

Amat Escalante’s recent film The Untamed (La región salvaje, 2016) is a harrowing and beautiful work about fear, revulsion, and sexuality. A number of characters deal with interpersonal problems revolving around a meteorite that hit earth and a dangerous, tentacled ...

Part 1: Just as a Sigh Upon Their Desire There was something about it that made it different. Something about her. Sexy, sure, but it went beyond that. Alluring. Like a smooth cocktail lounge tune accompanying you on a breezy ...

“I like the idea of putting my life in your hands.” —The Marquis de Sade, Juliette This is the first essay in a new Diabolique column that will concern all things related to the Marquis de Sade: French writer, philosopher, ...

While porn has often gotten a bad rap from feminists over the years, a few women have worked tirelessly to change perceptions of female desire — and how that desire plays into art and performance. Key examples include porn and sex-positive ...

In a recent episode of Daughters of Darkness Podcast (here), my co-host (Diabolique Associate Editor Samm Deighan) and I discussed the context and origins of Calvinist Gothic in order to analyse the subject of New England Witchcraft in film; most ...