Created by an illustrator from Lyon, France, the Instagram account Jouissance Club reworks our sex education with pretty drawings for both men and women. However, her approach to sexuality doesn’t seem to please the social network, which deleted her account for the third time last month. Interview.
“Sex tips for creative lovers” is the introduction to the Jouissance Club account. Behind this account with 151,000 subscribers is Jüne, an illustrator from Lyon who wants to share her knowledge and experience of sex. Her aim? Improve our sex lives by creating beautiful illustrations that show how to make your partner come with your hands. Rather altruistic, don’t you think?
Well, Instagram doesn’t think so. In February, the image platform completely deleted her account, without any notice, before reinstating it under pressure from the #sexualityisnotdirty movement, driven by numerous feminist accounts. We spoke to the talented thirty-something about the Jouissance Club project, sex education and censorship on Instagram.
How did the Jouissance Club adventure begin?
I wanted to explain to my boyfriend how to reach certain areas inside my vagina… except we were having a bit of trouble understanding each other. So I drew him a picture. And he understood right away! Then, I created this account last March with the aim of changing the vision we have of heterosexual sexuality, which is centered on the penetration of the sexes. I wanted to show how to be more creative in giving pleasure!
Where do you find the techniques you share on your account?
They’re mostly drawn from my experiences. I experiment a lot with my current boyfriend. Every day, we discover new techniques. I also rely on a former lover, now a friend of mine, who knows a lot about female anatomy. My secret weapon is the “instructionnal” tab on Youporn. It’s not very well known, but it’s a real mine of information, including techniques for cunnilingus and prostate massage.
Are we poorly informed and educated about sexuality?
That’s for sure! Strictly speaking, there’s no sex education at school. The only talks we’ve had in secondary schools have been about contraception and STDs. That’s certainly very important, but sexuality goes far beyond that..
Looking back, how would you have liked your sex education classes to have gone?
I wish we’d talked about consent and pornography. Porn is part of our culture, and unfortunately it’s one of the only examples we have of sexuality. I don’t want to demonize porn – I consume it and I love it! But we need to explain to young people that it’s cinema.
As British actress Jameela Jamil would say, “Learning about sex from porn is like learning to drive from Fast & Furious… a fucking bad idea”. By dint of seeing women simulate orgasms when they’re penetrated with a penis, everyone thinks it’s the norm. Many women are convinced that they’re not normal if they can’t orgasm in this way… Yet only 10% of us do!
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Last month you were banned from Instagram. Can you tell us about this misadventure?
One day, I couldn’t log in. I knew right away that I’d been banned. I’m starting to get used to it – my account has already been deleted three times. Yet I try as hard as I can to abide by the rules of this network: I do illustrations and I don’t draw the sexes in detail… When Instagram deletes an account, it doesn’t provide a specific explanation. A week later, my account was reinstated and I received a message of apology.
You’re not the only feminist account to have fallen victim to this censorship..
Yes, many accounts have been blocked or deleted, including Clitrevolution, Lecul nu and sheisangry. This censorship pushed us to meet and mobilize. We’ve created an incredible sorority, made up of around fifteen revolted chicks (and one guy, from the Tu bandes? account) who run feminist Instagram accounts. To challenge Instagram’s practices, we created the hashtag #sexualityisnotdirty . This hashtag made the rounds on the Internet, we were talked about in the media… If the aim was to make our work invisible, it failed. Quite the opposite, in fact.
See this post on InstagramWell, yes. We tell each other everything! — . Hell yeah. So what are we waiting for?
How do you explain Instagram’s behavior?
I figure they probably have trouble distinguishing between sex education and pornography… I don’t know exactly how Instagram applies this censorship. I’m sure I’ve been flagged by certain accounts that I’ve blocked, not least because of their transphobic comments under my posts.
Nevertheless, Instagram’s criteria remain incomprehensible. The censorship of a photo by Cécile Hoodie, showing panties that read “Hum, no “, is a good example. Why was this photo deleted, when accounts that show women’s crotches in close-up, where a vulva is clearly visible through a thong, are not bothered? How absurd! In fact, we reported some of these photos to see what was going on, and received a message saying that the photo didn’t violate community rules..
What’s your proudest post?
It’s hard to choose, but I’d say the penis, clitoris and dickclit diagrams (the name given to the clitoris that has grown as a result of testosterone intake in trans people). This post made me rethink my perception of the sexes. It shows that everyone’s pleasure zones are the same… that we’re all made the same!
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Article published on Yahoo Style by Belinda Mathieu.
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