XHamster’s “Porn For Women” Competition Is Exploitative

For the last few years the Mindgeek tube / piracy sites have been running what I call a “porn-for-women-washing” campaign. Sites like Pornhub get good mainstream media publicity by releasing visitor statistics highlighting what female visitors are viewing – here’s my 2014 take on what’s wrong with that: “What Women Want” according to a mainstream tube site. Most recently the headlines were how their “porn for women” category was the Read More …

Tumblr Porn + Other Porn For Women News

It’s the 29th of February and my poor blog has been neglected for the last 2 months. In that time there’s been a few news items about women and porn so I’m just going to make a little list for future reference. Why Tumblr porn is great for women. Huffington Post has a long piece by Emma Gray about how Tumblr is the go-to place for women for young women. Read More …

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 …

Porn For Women Retrospective 2014

2014 marks the tenth anniversary of the Ms Naughty Porn for Women Blog and the ninth anniversary of this retrospective. And you know, I’m not sure the retrospective is needed anymore, especially since the topics have expanded beyond the old idea of “porn for women” and now include feminist porn, queer porn and censorship. Still, habits are hard to break and there has actually been a lot to report on Read More …