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3 Mar

Contained in the toxic tattoo industry: from Nazi symbols

Contained in the toxic tattoo industry: from Nazi symbols
TW: Sexual assault and accounts of racism Not for the primary time, the tattoo industry is being forced to reflect on behaviours which have gone unchecked for a lot too long. While some artists have come together to design cover-ups for transgender Harry Potter fans or raise money for top surgery, 2020 has similarly seen accusations of sexual assault, racism, and misogyny levelled at artists within the industry.  Back in 2018, the tattoo industry faced a #MeToo movement following dozens of accusations of sexual misconduct made against Detroit-based tattoo artist Alex Boyko. Jezebel make clear the shortage of regulation within the tattoo industry and the sexual assault and misogynistic behaviour that artists had been left to get away with. This 12 months, with...
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1 Feb

Minthub, Maker of Products for Sexual Health, Raises Seed

Minthub, Maker of Products for Sexual Health, Raises Seed
Shine Ventures has made its first seed investment. The angel investment firm for early-stage start-ups, founded by Jess Hunichen and Emily Ward, the cofounders of influencer talent management agency Shine Talent Group, has partnered with Minthub, a business-to-business company developing white-label products across intimate care, sexual health and well-being meant for use during various life stages.  Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Hunichen, cofounder of Shine Ventures, said: “We strongly imagine within the vision and mission behind Minthub and are excited by their products that may shine a lightweight on missed health conditions.” The investment can be used for completion of the Male Intimate Care Range and Women’s Sexual Wellness Wearable Device. The previous targets biological conditions from incontinence to severe conditions comparable to...
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16 Dec

Brooke Candy on sexual liberation, self-love, and SEXORCISM

Brooke Candy on sexual liberation, self-love, and SEXORCISM
As she drops her ravishing latest album that wages war on sexual taboos, the musician is captured by photographer Roxy Lee at her most vulnerable “I’m not America’s sweetheart, I’m more like Jeffrey Dahmer/Relatively be hated for what I'm than what I’m not,” Brooke Candy spits on “Freak Like Me”, a seething cut from her latest album SEXORCISM. Candy is a performer, musician, director, visual artist, freaky princess, high priestess of sluts all over the place. Having spent years in a record label purgatory that saw her fighting to maintain her subversive image, her message of queerness and sexual rise up that's at odds with the industry machine, Candy stays a champion of the...
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11 Nov

Lubricants, Devices and Other Sexual Wellness Launches to Know

Lubricants, Devices and Other Sexual Wellness Launches to Know
Maude Band  $52 at Maude.com, Nordstrom.com Maude Band Maude is expanding its sexual wellness device offering with Band, a vibrating ring that will be used on the penis. The waterproof device features five speeds and is 100% platinum-grade silicone. In line with brand founder Éva Goicochea, this launch is indicative of two pillars of Maude’s overall ethos. It rounds out an important sexual wellness offering and lends itself to Maude’s mission to achieve all humans. “We have now a robust male audience,” said Goicochea. “The success of the product lends itself to that notion that our audience really is mixed.” While the brand declined to share sales estimates, it noted the product, which launched direct-to-consumer in September, is its most successful to this point, outpacing the...
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