In a new episode of the Pleasure-Seeking podcast, I sit down with
—sex writer, cultural critic, and the mind behind the Many Such Cases newsletter—to break down the sexual trends and pop culture moments that defined 2024 and predict how today’s zeitgeist will shape our desires in 2025.
In the episode, we talk about….
Why eroticism in film isn’t dead—it’s just getting weirder. In films like Babygirl and Challengers, sexual tension and subtext are replacing explicitness as the new erotic frontier. We discuss the TV to porn pipeline, how today’s cinematic hits will shape sexual trends, and the ongoing battle between horny auteurs and puritanical audiences.
Sabrina Carpenter & pop sexuality: We dissect Sabrina Carpenter’s “polly pocket sexuality,” whether limericks can be erotic, and how her portrayal of heterosexual horniness intersects with the Sapphic pop renaissance.
Not “just a girl,” not yet a woman… We weigh in on what the “girl” trends say about women’s sexual agency, how girl’s girl solidarity morphed into girl-on-girl crime, and why men on TikTok are treating their girlfriends like iPad babies.
Polyamory’s PR crisis: Magdalene and I riff on the boardgameification of polyamory and why monogamy is poised for a comeback. Plus, the politicization of big boobs, brat summer, bathhouse feminism, emerging sexual trends, and what Pornhub’s 2024 report says about the future of desire.
Mentioned in the episode: The Veggietalesification of Culture, as predicted by Brad Troemel; your fave is selling a pedophilic fantasy by Jade Fax; Post-Election, Beware 'Self-Care,’ by Jessica DeFino; The “Girl’s Girls” Have Lost The Plot by Magdalene Taylor; All Fours by Miranda July; “bathhouse feminism,” as discussed by Sighswoon; the TV-to-porn pipeline, a la Fleabag’s hot priest; Babygirl, Nosferatu, Luigi, Pornhub’s 2024 trend report, etc.
About the podcast: The Pleasure-Seeking podcast explores what we want and why we want it, using pop culture and personal experience as entry points to discuss how desire shapes our lives. Expect intimate interviews with intriguing guests, Q&A-style sex and relationship advice, and candid chats about how sexuality and modern culture intersect.
For more of Magdalene’s insights, subscribe to her newsletter here. We had a lot of fun with this one, and might do a part II soon—there’s just too much to discuss!
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Xoxo,
Camille
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