Lex.

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Sex Talk with Lexxi looks at sex and everything that surrounds it: the societal pressures and stigmas, the mess and the chaos, the spiritual and the release. It's all about pleasure and learning together. This intro episode, Lexxi explains her thoughts on sex, and let's you know what to expect from the podcast. 

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Joburg sunsets 💕💫

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The Sexual Self

Full series available on Lexxiroussos

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Melancholy in Purple

Prints available via Email. 1-4: R700/each (A3 print on Tecco paper) 5: R1000 (A2 print on Tecco paper) Whole set: R3000

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Fetish

Self Portrait

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ennui in orange.

Model // @bambathajones

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Symbiosis, An ongoing series Ft: Candice Cruse Siphumelele Chagwe Tutu Zondo

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Linework

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Velvet Revolution // Outtakes Models // Mzee Amani & Mpumi Ngwenya Creative director // Tutu Zondo Styling // Devon Thomas Photographer & Post // Alexia Roussos

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Sense & Sensuality The idea for this collection is based on the idea of sensuality as an abstract idea. Sensuality, along with most aspects of personal expression, has been defined and constrained by a set of heteronormative gender roles: it has been delegated to women and is associated with femininity. At some point I realised that this (along with other aspects of the gender roles of society at large) didn’t really make sense to me. I started noticing the way that my relationships changed and deepened when I stopped subconsciously basing them off of the heteronormative ideals that are thrown at us every day, and how my lovers and I started to feel more comfortable and free when we allowed ourselves to express ourselves more freely. This is where the concept for my collection came from: It was the idea of sensuality as a free and open expression of one’s individuality, without the trappings of societal pressures. Once you start to see and understand the ways in which gender roles define the interactions you have with people, and with yourself, you get the opportunity to redefine what intimacy and self-expression mean to you. That process allows for a much deeper and more well rounded understanding of yourself: the concept for my work explores one aspect of that journey The collection was a year in the making, and through the process I came to see sensuality as a discrete entity that existed outside of human interactions or expectations. It isn’t defined by your gender, or by your sexuality, or even by your relationship with or proximity to another person. Sensuality is about one’s relationship with oneself, and how you chose to share that with others. Models: Campbell Jessica Meas Tshepo Mokoena Enhle Khumalo Assistant: Siphumelele Chagwe Available on Unlabelledmagazine.com

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Time's a wastin', don't you take your time young man // Keep on driftin', ain't no telling where you'll land

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Saria’s Song / Song of Storms

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the undeniable melancholy of actuality

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In the lands of Gods & Monsters 

 Model: Augustine //

 Makeup: Bianca Twynham

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”Sense and Sensuality”, written and photographed by Alexia Roussous.

Following her previous collaboration with Bambatha Jones as her subject, this photoset is part of a continued exploration of sensuality and what that entails.

So much of what we do and how we behave adheres to an unwritten social code – certain behaviors and beliefs have become so ingrained that we have begun to see them as common sense. But how much of what we do and how we behave actually makes sense to us as individuals? How different would each of us be if we were left to our own devices in terms of the way we act and conduct ourselves – in private, and in relation to others?

We are taught that the act and feeling of sensuality belongs exclusively to women – men or non-binary people are denied the right to feel sexy and sensual, or to be enjoyed as such by others. Gender roles and expectations only act to hold us back from what we as individuals really want or enjoy for ourselves: we get so caught up in preconceived notions that we just become a shadow of an idea of a person.

Photography: Alexia Rousso Model: Bambatha Jones

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A natural seduction.

Ft. @bambathajones