Lascivia Magazine - January 2023

The January 2023 issue arrives at a peculiar moment in cultural history. We live in the age of "digital puritanism"—where algorithmic censorship on Instagram and TikTok has squeezed creativity into sterile boxes. Simultaneously, OnlyFans and subscription platforms have commodified desire to the point of banality.

Enter Lascivia.

The magazine positions itself as the bridge between the golden age of erotica (Penthouse, Playboy of the 1970s) and the modern demand for consent, diversity, and conceptual depth. The January 2023 issue makes this editorial mission explicit with its opening letter from the Editor-in-Chief, Sofia Marchetti: Lascivia Magazine - January 2023

"We are not here to shock you. We are here to remind you that skin is not a sin, that desire is not a commodity, and that the line between fine art and erotic expression was always a lie drawn by puritans." The January 2023 issue arrives at a peculiar

Title: “Venus in Retrograde” Photographer: Mira K. (Berlin) Concept: A series of film-noir-infused self-portraits shot entirely by candlelight between December 26 and January 3. No digital retouching. Subjects are shown in states of luxurious undress—not posed for the male gaze, but caught mid-thought: a hand hovering over a lover’s back, a cigarette burning alone, red wine spilling across a marble table. The theme is waiting without anxiety. "We are not here to shock you

Title: “The House on Frozen Lake” Author: River Cao (Toronto) Genre: Erotic eco-horror Logline: A couple retreats to a remote glass cabin in northern Ontario for a “relationship reset.” Instead, the thawing ice beneath them begins to whisper memories of past lovers, forcing them to confront jealousy not as an enemy, but as an archive of desire.