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Our culture section presents cultural critiques and recommendations with a sexological focus. In addition to suggested readings, films, podcasts, television series and more, this section also offers cultural reviews written by our team. If you have questions or comments regarding this section, contact our team here.

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Movie 鈥 MOXIE!

18 May 2021
The film MOXIE! starts off by ticking all the boxes of a typical Hollywood teen comedy: the start of the school year, a touch of sass, a loving yet overbearing mother, cliques of cool kids, a handsome ...

Novel 鈥 On Earth We鈥檙e Briefly Gorgeous: About the American Dream鈥檚 Painful Beauty

12 May 2021
*Content only available in French....

Essay 鈥 Une guerre mondiale contre les femmes

8 May 2021
*Content only available in French....

Novel 鈥 For Today I Am a Boy

7 May 2021
The main character of the novel For Today I Am a Boy, the only child in the Huang family assigned male at birth, grows up in Fort Michel, a small Ontario town. Through first-person recollections, we ...

April 鈥 Cultural Suggestions

3 May 2021
Here is our cultural suggestions with a sexological kick for the month of April!...

Novel 鈥 Mar茅cages de l鈥檜topie

30 April 2021
*Content only available in French....

Graphic novel 鈥 Man Skin

23 April 2021
*Content only available in French....

Balado 鈥 Moonface/ 鞕曤敯, how to come-out without the words to do so?

15 April 2021
Moonface/鞕曤敯 is a poignant tale of a mother and son striving to find the words to truly understand each other....

Movie 鈥 Portrait of a Lady on Fire

9 April 2021
As we await the North American release of Petite Maman, the latest film by French screenwriter and director C茅line Sciamma, we can revisit her prior movie, Portrait of a Lady on Fire. ...

March 鈥 Cultural Suggestions

1 April 2021
Here is our cultural suggestions with a sexological kick for the month of March!...

Novel 鈥 Ph茅nom猫nes naturels

31 March 2021
*Content only available in French....

Movie 鈥 Pieces of a Woman

17 March 2021
Pieces of a Woman is the latest film from Hungarian director Kornel Mundruczo (White God, Jupiter鈥檚 Moon). It begins with a lengthy opening scene portraying a home birth. The story depicts Martha鈥檚 ...

Novel 鈥 HOMO sapienne

12 March 2021
*Content only available in French....

Novel 鈥 Les carnets de l鈥檜nderground

2 March 2021
*Content only available in French....

Movie 鈥 Private Life

23 February 2021
After relocating to New York to pursue their shared ambition of earning a living from playwriting, Rachel (Kathryn Hahn) and Richard (Paul Giamatti), a couple in their forties, take on the challenge ...

Serie 鈥 The Naked Director: Censorships and Joys of the 80鈥檚 Japanese Porn

15 February 2021
The Naked Director offers a candid and humorous exploration of the Japanese porn industry鈥檚 underbelly in the 1980s, a time when political intrigue and criminal activities intertwined with censorship ...