Ms Naughty looks at porn for women, feminism and sex in general
I’ve linked to the blog All Men Are Liars, mainly because Sam De Brito is an excellent writer and I suspect he’s actually a closet feminist. I’ve been meaning to put this video up for a while. It documents Sam’s weekend spent as a woman, complete with wig, dresses, high heels and Brazilian wax. I recommend watching it just for the waxing part. “I felt like a plucked, raw chicken Read More …
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. 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 Read More …
While I was away enjoying life a small debate erupted about porn, facials, blowjobs and feminism. It started because Petra Joy wrote this on her blog: A woman receiving head, a woman fucking a guy with a strap-on, a guy tasting his own cum and also to feature female ejaculation – those techniques that show a woman in control might be “feminist porn”. If you want to show cum on Read More …
The Daily Mail has a great selection of old print ads from when women knew their place and advertising was happy to say so. They’re from the book You Mean A Woman Can Open It?: The Woman’s Place In The Classic Age Of Advertising. The ad above was from 1952 and accompanied by the text: “Is your coffee pressure packed for extra freshness? If hubby can tell you’re not making Read More …
Congratulations to Spanish filmmaker Erika Lust. Her debut adult feature Five Hot Stories For Her won Best Spanish Script at the Barcelona International Erotic Film Festival (more info here). The film is slowly being distributed in Europe and, according to her blog, will be released in the US in the next couple of months. I’m really looking forward to seeing it. I’m assuming it will have subtitles, but I’m not Read More …
This article in the Observer concludes with four quotes by “feminists who have rocked the boat.” The quotes included: “In a patriarchal society all heterosexual intercourse is rape because women, as a group, are not strong enough to give meaningful consent” – Catherine MacKinnon, feminist author (attributed) “When a woman reaches orgasm with a man she is only collaborating with the patriarchal system, eroticising her own oppression.” – Sheila Jeffreys, Read More …
Annie Sprinkle has published the transcript of a cheerful conversation held with anti-porn feminist Mae Tyme. Annie is a legend of sex-positive activism. Mae is a radical lesbian who feels that porn is a tool of the patriarchy. It makes for great reading. Mae: The truth is that you and I do view pornography very differently. You view it as an avenue to independence, joy, freedom, fun… Annie: ….education, harmony, Read More …
The Sydney Morning Herald has a blog called All Men Are Liars which discusses men’s issues. In the beginning it was a bit of a lad’s mag, but one year on it’s become one of the best reads in the paper. The author Sam De Brito often initiates discussions that the best feminists would be proud of. I find it a lot more interesting than the alleged “women’s blog” at Read More …
This month’s feature article at For The Girls is about body hair and hair removal. In reading various articles on the topic I saw it described as “the battle that feminism lost” and I found myself musing about the current state of play when it comes to women and their furry bits. Fact is, depilation has never been more fashionable. I saw statistics suggesting that 99% of women have removed Read More …
Surfing Google news I found this article at the UK’s Metro Magazine about women enjoying porn. It’s got all the usual semi-amazed discussion about the idea of women actually enjoying smut, plus a short interview with Anna Span. Nothing new there, although it has brought to my attention a new academic book by Clarissa Smith called One ForThe Girls. It’s a look at women’s experience of porn via the UK Read More …
Damn, it’s getting hard to keep up. Today’s ranty article about the Porn for Women* book is at Jezebel. In this case the author has sent an email to all her friends asking about what porn they like. There’s a bunch of varied responses, most of which are quite cynical, but I had to laugh at this one: I always thought girl porn like Sweet Action was really icky. Like, Read More …
You know, I’ve got to hand it to the alleged Cambridge Women’s Pornography Co-operative, authors of the book Porn for Women. Just by using that title, they’ve got the attention of a plethora of newspaper columnists, bloggers and feminists. I keep finding articles about it, frenzied discussions, outraged rants and cosy recommendations. Nice free advertising. Nice way to get to the top of Google. Nice way to make sales. There’s Read More …
Rachel Kramer Bussel has an opinion piece in the Huffington Post looking at that alleged comedy book called Porn for Women and asks if “porn for women” is a legitimate concept. She also asks whether a man doing housework is stroke material. I would say yes, but only if he’s naked (in which case, the book in question doesn’t make the grade). In the past I’ve made two free sites Read More …
Here’s some photos from the 2007 Feminist Porn Awards held in Toronto on June 1. Anna Span receives her award for Indie Porn Pioneer. Feminist porn awards organiser Chanelle Gallant poses with special guest Anna Span. Simone Valentino, star of Afrodite Superstar and winner of Best New Star award. All the award winners are in this post.
An article by Martha Irvine of AP has popped up in newspapers everywhere in the last couple of days. The article is discussing the sexualization of popular culture, in particular the influence of porn, and it’s main focus is the behaviour of young women. Many agree that the trend has had a particularly strong influence on young women — in some cases, taking shape as an unapologetic (my italics) embracing Read More …