The Berlin Porn Film Festival 2014

I’m back from my fourth Berlin Porn Film Festival and once again I’m invigorated, inspired and generally thrilled that I went. So here’s my thoughts on this year’s event. 2014 marks the 9th year of the festival which is pretty impressive considering it’s an indie event, run on the blood sweat and tears of a small group of people who are really passionate about alternative representations of sexuality. Claus, Jurgen, Read More …

A Nice Discussion of “Objectification”

I’ve long been meaning to write a huge essay on the concept of “objectification” and how it applies to porn. Specifically the way that it bugs me that it’s the standard anti-porn response: “But porn objectifies women!” Everyone loves saying that but there’s no deeper discussion of what the word means or how it applies in porn and to wider society. Nor is there a discussion of the way sexual Read More …

Feminist Porn and Female Customers at AVN and XBiz

The two big adult industry shows, AVN and XBiz, have just concluded. This year saw a first-time focus on feminist porn and an ongoing focus on women as consumers. I discussed the feminist porn panel at AVN in this post but I thought I’d do a second write up following XBiz. The latter convention seems to be a bit less “circus-y” and more inclusive of different types of porn/delivery methods. Read More …