Cosmopolitan Editor Joanna Coles runs a magazine that has long been known for its frank approach to sex.
Here’s What Cosmo Editor Joanna Coles Has to Say About Nudity, Porn and Sex Ed (Video)
“Weird violent sex -- well, I love talking about that.”
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Onstage at the Code/Media conference at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel in Dana Point, Calif., the British-born editor was characteristically upfront about the topic, as well, in her conversation with Re/code Executive Editor Kara Swisher.
Here are some of the sex-related highlights:
On Cosmo’s target audience: “We aim at millennials, but also people who are getting back out there again after a marriage or divorce. It’s a different world of dating out there, anxiety about having sex with new people. We see a young audience off on the adventures of their lives, then another audience taking off again.”
On potential sex positions for the magazine: “Weird violent sex — well, I love talking about that. … There should be a Cosmo sex position called ‘The Swisher.’”
On slipping more “serious” content into Cosmo: “Sometimes we sneak a thing about Antonin Scalia’s death. … Scalia would have preferred that many [women] never do have orgasms.”
On virtual reality and porn: “I’m sure Cosmo will get involved with virtual reality at some point. I’m fascinated by the intersection of porn and VR. … It’s a great Cosmo story — how do you pry [a VR headset] off your boyfriend’s head?”
On porn: “Thirty percent of Internet [time] is spent on porn. And I find it an incredibly interesting statistic. Why are we not having a conversation on the impact it’s having on culture.”
On sex education: “Think about when your default learning situation about sex comes from the Internet. We get letters asking about how ‘he wants to come on my face.’”
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
