Lascivia — Magazine - January 2023

Tagline: Lascivia — For the unmanaged self.

Issue date: January 2023
On sale: Dec 29 – Jan 31
Hashtag for submission: #LasciviaUnbecoming

Lascivia Magazine is an independent publication focused on contemporary erotica, art, and culture. The January 2023 issue centers on themes of desire, intimacy, and creative expression through fiction, essays, photography, and illustration. Lascivia Magazine - January 2023

January is a liar.

It arrives wrapped in pastels and pressure—new year, new you—demanding optimization, celibacy, and green juice. But Lascivia knows better. January is not a beginning. It is a deep, wet, frozen pause. It is the womb of the year: dark, slow, and fertile. Tagline: Lascivia — For the unmanaged self

In this issue, we reject the linear grind of self-improvement. Instead, we explore the ritual of unbecoming—shedding the performance of productivity to rediscover desire as a cyclical, messy, nocturnal force.

Welcome to the art of wintering. Not as survival. As sensuality. Lascivia Magazine is an independent publication focused on

No discussion of Lascivia Magazine - January 2023 would be complete without addressing the backlash. Several major online retailers (including Amazon and certain bookshop chains) have refused to stock the issue, citing their policies on "explicit nudity."

However, this has only fueled demand. Independent bookstores in Berlin, New York, and Tokyo report that the January issue sold out within 48 hours of arrival. On eBay, unopened copies are currently selling for $85–$120 USD—more than double the cover price of $39.

The magazine’s official Shopify store crashed twice on launch day due to traffic from countries where erotica is heavily censored, including Iran and Egypt, suggesting a silent global hunger for the kind of artistic liberty Lascivia represents.