The Dominion has an article about porn for women and the feminist porn awards. Admittedly, they’re six months late with the awards, but the piece does discuss women’s erotica in an interesting way.
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As for the opposite of feminist pornography, “any film made with female coercion†would qualify, says [Chanelle] Gallant. She stresses that feminist porn is not a genre. You can’t identify it by pointing to certain aspects of storyline, sexual content, or its status as soft or hardcore. Feminist porn does not look like something in particular; it acts like something in particular.
The article also says there’s “no feminist porn community” but I’m not sure that’s entirely correct. Over the last year or two I’ve got to know a group of writers and filmmakers – Tristan Taormino, Audacia Ray, Violet Blue, Petra Joy, Erica Lust, Tony Comstock and even Chanelle Gallant – who are all striving to create their version of porn. We may not all agree on what that should be, but there is a lot of discussion and interaction happening between us. I think that could qualify as a community, as much as any other on the internet.
I love that Shine Louise Houston (Director of Pink & White Productions) has won 3 Feminist Porn Awards for her films The Crash Pad, Superfreak, and In Search of the Wild Kingdom.
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