Porn For Women Retrospective 2015

This is the 10th roundup of porn for women news and views. A look at what happened in the world of women’s erotica and feminist porn in 2015, with info on news items, events, awards, new films and books and censorship. Read More …

I’m In Best Women’s Erotica 2012

The Best Women’s Erotica books from Cleis Press are one of the longest-running erotica series. Violet Blue has been the editor since 2006 and she’s shown herself to be quite the talented curator of dirty stories. The 2012 edition is out tomorrow (6th Dec) and I’m pleased to say that a story of mine made the grade this year. My story Tweetup is listed second and appears under my Louise Read More …

A Billion Badly Researched Assertions

There’s a logical fallacy called “cherry picking” which is essentially this: you come up with a hypothesis. You then seek out data to back your assertions. You ignore any contradictory evidence and only use the stuff that supports your theory. Then you write a book about it. Cue the articles in major newspapers and interviews on TV. Suddenly, your delightful theory is accepted uncritically as fact. Thus, we come to Read More …

Cock Colouring Books

Who said that colouring-in was only for kids? It seems that the folks from Big Book Alt Press wanted in on the action and thus they created the Big Coloring Book Of Cocks, the Big Coloring Book of Vaginas and the Big Coloring Book of Sex Positions. The Cock book offers “30 pages of illustrated cocks with games such as word search, connect the dots, and an ‘all about my Read More …

Librarian Porn. Feminist Porn.

During our December photoshoot I was trying to think about funny and artistic ways we could shoot our male models beyond the usual “I’m naked with my hard cock out” pic. I did a few artistic rip offs, as you can see in the post The Artistic Male Centerfold. These photos were inspired by my bookshelf. More specifically, I thought my collection of feministy, porny titles would probably look much Read More …

Where The Hell Is My Prince Charming?

Gorgeous cartoon from Stuff No One Told Me, via Erika Lust. I think we need to make this point a little more often. Romance novels are often derisively called “porn for women” and, while this is inaccurate in a lot of ways, it does make a point about unrealistic fantasies. Both porn and romance/fairytales offer a fantasy version of the opposite sex and depict sex and relationships in a very Read More …

Books About Cunnilingus

I’m revamping one of my favourite sites Pure Cunnilingus* and it’s partly why my blog has been so quiet this week. I’ve done a bit of research into books on cunnilingus so thought I’d repost the info here. She Comes First: The Thinking Man’s Guide To Pleasuring A Woman by Ian Kerner Dispelling the widely held myth of genital penetration as the apogee of sexual pleasure, Kerner, who holds a Read More …

Great Reading: Bonk

I’m helping a friend out with his online bookshop today which means I’ve spent several hours cataloguing books and wishing I had time to read them all. I’m pleased to say I’ve encountered a number of great books about sex but the one I’m dying to get my hands on is Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Sex & Science by Mary Roach. This is a book that offers you a Read More …

Great Moments In Australian Censorship

So, while I’m waiting for the Classification Board to officially say that they don’t think female ejaculation is urine, I thought I’d compile a quick list of other things that have been banned by our great and heroic censors in the last decade. * In 2009 Jennifer Lyon Bell’s gorgeous erotic film Matinee was due to screen at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival. The ACB refused the festival permission to Read More …

Beyond Heaving Bosoms

Romance novels have long been considered to be trashy, something that plenty of women read but should not brag about. Now there are feminists standing up for their right to read good romantic fiction. Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches Guide to Romance Novels recommends the good stuff. There’s a great interview with the author here. I liked this quote. MV: Why should feminists read romance novels? SW: It’s a Read More …

Are Erotic Book Covers Sexist?

Thanks to The Girl for pointing me in the direction of Erotica Cover Watch. This is a new blog that asks the question: why are only women featured on the covers of erotic books? It’s a very good point and the topic naturally delves into the whole feminist issue of the male gaze and the continued way that straight women are still considered to be non-visual. It all comes down Read More …