74. Sexual Agency, Real Sex, and Aging Like a Force of Nature: Cindy Gallop on Why Your Pleasure Will Change the World

If you are a midlife woman who has spent years performing sex, faking enthusiasm, or genuinely not knowing what you want in bed, this episode is your permission slip. Cindy Gallop is the founder and CEO of Make Love Not Porn, one of the most fearless humans alive at 66, and she came on The Feminine Rebellion to talk about sexual agency, aging with zero apology, real world sex, and why your pleasure might be the most radical political act of your life. Buckle up.

What you'll hear in this episode:

🔥 Why your age is your greatest asset, not just a number, and why Cindy shouts hers from the rooftops every chance she gets

🔥 The real origin story of Make Love Not Porn: what Cindy noticed when she started dating younger men 24 years ago that sparked a global conversation about sex

🔥 What shifts for women when they stop performing sex and start discovering what they actually want in their bodies

🔥 How Make Love Not Porn gives men something they cannot find anywhere else on the internet: a safe space to be emotionally open about sex, and why that matters for you

🔥 Why sexual agency unlocks creativity, confidence, and your full human power, including the neuroscience behind why this is true

🔥 The real reason investors won't fund Make Love Not Porn, and why Cindy says it is genuinely criminal

About Cindy Gallop:

Cindy Gallop is an Oxford-educated advertising executive who ran one of the most powerful agencies in the world before walking away to do something far more interesting. She is the founder and CEO of Make Love Not Porn, the world's first human-curated social sex video sharing platform, launched in a 2009 TED talk with over 2.8 million views. The first speaker in TED history to say "come on my face" on stage. She got a standing ovation. At 66, she is a force of nature on a mission to end rape culture globally through the power of real, consensual, joyful sex.

Links mentioned in this episode:

✨ Make Love Not Porn → https://makelovenotporn.tv/

✨ Make Love Not Porn Academy (sex education extension, launching soon) →  https://makelovenotporn.academy/

✨ Invest in or fund Make Love Not Porn: → [cindy@makelovenotporn.com]

✨ Follow Cindy on Instagram and Twitter/X → @CindyGallop

✨ Make Love Not Porn on Instagram → @MLNP_videos

✨ Dear Cindy on Substack → https://dearcindy.substack.com/

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