Ms Naughty looks at porn for women, feminism and sex in general
Based on The Feminist Porn Book, released in February, the Feminist Porn Conference brought together porn performers, producers, writers and academics to discuss the issues and potential of porn that identifies as feminist. Read More …
I went to the Feminist Porn Awards 2013 and my film Connections: Real Couples, Joyful Sex received an Honorable Mention. Here’s a quickie post about that. Read More …
How can feminist porn pay performers ethically? In this post I look at the commercial realities of making porn and how that impacts on the performer’s pay. Read More …
Here’s a roundup of news and articles about feminist porn in the wake of the publication of The Feminist Porn Book Read More …
I have the happy news that I’ve received two nominations in this year’s Feminist Porn Awards. – one for BrightDesire.com and another for Connections: Real Couples, Joyful Sex. Read More …
Today I was thrilled to receive a copy of The Feminist Porn Book in the mail. Not only is this a fantastic look at all aspects of feminist and sex-positive porn, it includes a chapter by me! Read More …
Deciding to use the word “porn” or not becomes a branding exercise and it can make a big difference to how you are perceived, by your audience, the media and even the law. This post looks at the p word in feminist porn circles. Read More …
I’ve made a periodic table of feminist porn, featuring the best-known names and companies in this genre. Read More …
I’ve published the English language version of my feminist porn article online at Feminist Porn Guide Read More …
In the wake of last week’s Feminist Porn Awards there’s been a flurry of articles in the media discussing feminist porn and the kind of erotica that women enjoy. This has co-incided with media interest in the e-book bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey. I thought I’d combine them into something of a mega-post. Erika Lust won film of the year for Caberet Desire at the FPAs. She’s been very busy Read More …
Last Wednesday (11th April) I attended Tristan Taormino’s presentation at Pleasure Salon Melbourne where she talked about her life and experiences as a feminist pornographer. The event was amazingly well attended, with around 140 people packing into a sumptuous ex-nightclub in Brunswick. I was thrilled to catch up with old porny friends and to meet new ones as well. The vibe was very friendly, relaxed and rather excitable. It felt Read More …
Cracked.com is a comedy website that specializes in writing up vaguely amusing lists about popular culture and society. Think “The five worst superhero movies” or similar. Good for a quick laugh but not terribly deep. Except on Tuesday they did something a little unusual, posting an article that looked alarmingly like feminist commentary, written by a male senior editor. And damn, if it hasn’t gone viral. 5 Ways Modern Men Read More …
The nominations for the 2012 Feminist Porn Awards have been announced and I’m pleased to say that my new feature The Thought Of Her has been nominated. I’m in good company. Well-known directors like Erika Lust, Petra Joy, Tristan Taormino, Courtney Trouble and Nica Noelle appear in the list along with a large number of new names. I think I’m going to have to do some research and find out Read More …
OK. This is gonna be a deep, long, TLDNR post. If you’re after porn, scroll down, hit back and check out the other recent posts. In the last two days there’s been a bit of a flurry of argument on Twitter about Islam, feminism and racism. Specifically, Kitty Stryker said that Anna Span was being racist for saying “You can’t ignore the correlation between Islamic countries and terrible female rights.” Read More …
For years, anti-porn activists have campaigned against porn on the basis that it increases acts of violence against women. In essence, they say that porn causes rape. Today I thought I might sit down and compile a few resources that refute that claim. Because as far as I’m aware, there is still no reliable evidence to suggest that watching pornography induces men to rape. I think the biggest piece of Read More …