Ms Naughty looks at porn for women, feminism and sex in general
A debate entitled “Women In Porn: Shattering The Myths” is having trouble finding an anti-porn activist to round out the panel, as those contacted are refusing to take part, even though it’s a web video event. Read More …
My “50 Shades” style shoot with Siouxsie Q and Mickey Mod raised questions about balancing the requirements of fantasy and scene-setting with the needs of the performers. This is my response to Siouxsie Q’s SF Weekly article “Authentically Yours: Feminist Porn Gets Political” Read More …
My summary of events at the Feminist Porn Awards and Feminist Porn Conference 2014, plus other events and porn filming adventures in Toronto. Read More …
The following is the text of the introduction I gave at the Feminist Porn: What It Is, What It Isn’t and Why It Matters panel, which was one of the opening sessions of the 2014 Feminist Porn Conference in Toronto. Read More …
Could you ever have an article with the headline: How to shower in the presence of a male stranger? I suspect not and here’s why. Read More …
I’ve long been meaning to write a huge essay on the concept of “objectification” and how it applies to porn. Specifically the way that it bugs me that it’s the standard anti-porn response: “But porn objectifies women!” Everyone loves saying that but there’s no deeper discussion of what the word means or how it applies in porn and to wider society. Nor is there a discussion of the way sexual Read More …
Feminist porn aims to improve diversity in representation. My site Bright Desire aims to be diverse but it’s still very white. So where are all the black people? Here’s the problem… Read More …
Do porn stars and sex workers make a “patriarchal bargain”, trading on their good looks and sexuality? The phrase makes sense and yet it makes certain assumptions about female sexuality and choices. Read More …
Wondering why there isn’t a feminist porn tube site is kind of like wondering why the supermarket isn’t giving away more free food. Read More …
Today I have a piece about my career in feminist porn at Mia Freedman’s MamaMia blog. The headline is a bit of fun: “This woman spent 13 years creating female-friendly porn”. Kind of like it’s been a life sentence 🙂 If you’re visiting my blog for the first time via MamaMia, hi. Thanks for dropping by. If you want to see what I’m doing with porn right now I’d love Read More …
In a very short space of time, smartphones have become ubiquitous. The ability to take photos and videos and share it with the internet instantly means that almost any event is now documented and communicated to the world. The dark side of this is that smartphones are increasingly used as tools of harassment, bullying and assault, especially of women. The above video, featuring the Chief of the Australian Army, Lieutenant-General Read More …
Dear Jiz from Ms Naughty (Louise Lush) The full short film is available at Bright Desire. It’s taken a month of editing (perfectionist stress mixed with procrastination) but yesterday I finally released the scene I shot with Jiz Lee in Toronto. It’s called “Dear Jiz” and it mixes erotic/sensual images of Jiz in the bath with a voiceover featuring emails and comments from Jiz’s fans. Many of the letters describe Read More …
Here’s my mini-doco about the Feminist Porn Awards and Conference 2013 in Toronto. Read More …
Yesterday brought the sad news that Christina Amphlett, lead singer of the Divinyls, had died. She was an icon of angry sexuality. Read More …
Nica Noelle’s disavowal of feminist porn demonstrates how labels and definitions can change or be interpreted differently by different groups. The question is, does that mean the label shouldn’t be used? Read More …