Ms Naughty looks at porn for women, feminism and sex in general
I was recently interviewed for an ABC news article which appears today: Ethical porn: does it exist and who makes it? I had a long chat with Kellie Scott who wrote the piece but alas, I feel like my quotes only really skim over what I was trying to say. Still, it’s always nice to get a mainstream media mention. The reason I’m firing up my long-neglected blog today is Read More …
Part 2 – In which I pick apart Laura McNally’s “So What If Your Porn Is Feminist” article and offer my own defence of feminist porn. Read More …
If you’re looking to take up railing against the evils of porn, here are some of the things you’ll need to do. Read More …
“We need to strip boys and men of their erections in order to have rational conversations about porn” says Gail Dines, making a lot of assumptions about men, porn and sexuality Read More …
Last Friday I heard that anti-porn author Gail Dines was going to appear on the ABC’s interactive program Q&A. As the public is invited to submit questions, I thought I’d add mine. It went something like: Gail Dines dismisses feminist porn by saying it’s not different enough from mainstream porn. What kind of sexually explicit material would be OK by her personal feminist standards? I signed it as “Louise Lush” Read More …
A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed (in my Louise Lush filmmaking persona) by Alyssa McDonald and the end result was published today in the SMH: Feminist Porn Faces Hardcore Critics. I had a decent chat with Alyssa and showed her my film which she enjoyed. I think the end result isn’t too bad, although I wish she’d included some of the other things I’d said. I also have Read More …
The other day I saw an ad for a porn site that I found rather disturbing. It was a looped flash video ad that featured a couple having very rough sex. The woman was “fish hooked” (had a finger in her mouth, dragging her head back at a painful angle), a penis was rubbed roughly on her face, she was choked and slapped. She also didn’t seem to be enjoying Read More …
I have to hand it to Rabbit Write. Her Lady Porn Day idea has hit the big time with numerous articles in the mainstream media. The latest is this one on ABC News. What’s interesting in this piece is that Gail Dines has taken a step back from her “all porn is evil” stance. She actually concedes that there is some feminist and female-friendly porn available. “This is a distraction Read More …