Ms Naughty looks at porn for women, feminism and sex in general
So a survey has revealed that 46% of women would rather give up sex than their internet connection. The U.S. survey, which queried 2,119 adults last month, found that the gap grew even wider for both men and woman who were 18 to 34 years old. For woman, the percentage of those willing to skip the sheets in favor of the Web rose to 49 percent, while it climbed to Read More …
ABC recently broadcasted a radio show about the history of pornography. It features several experts including Catherine Lumby discussing how pornography has gradually become a thing that governments feel they must control. It’s a fascinating idea, this steady encroachment of censorship on material that was, in the past, freely available. When you had early pornographic works, 18th century classics like Fanny Hill, most of the population is not literate. The Read More …
Here’s a nice pic for Friday just to make things feel a bit huggy around here. A few links and news to blog about. Pinup Bettie Page has passed away. RIP Bettie. Lynn Barber has an excellent piece on sex for women back in the 60s. It’s one of those timely reminders of what feminism did for women and why we shouldn’t ever forget how things used to be. After Read More …
Yesterday I watched Comstock Films‘ latest release Bill and Desiree: Love Is Timeless and even though I’m writing up a proper review of it for For The Girls, I just had to post about it here today. Fact is, this film is incredible. I’ve long admired the work of Tony and Peggy Comstock but I think that their sixth offering is their best. This beautiful documentary gives us one of Read More …
So… what would the magistrate make of this cartoon, I wonder? Child-like people – with no genitals – obviously engaging in foreplay. These drawings are officially “people” in Australia now and I’ve technically just posted an example of CP. The Love Is… cartoons first appeared in the 1970s when we weren’t so prudish. Wikipedia has a nice rundown of their history. If you think this is a one-off, check out Read More …
Next weekend I’ll be attending a protest rally to speak out against the Australian government’s ludicrous ISP filtering plan. Meanwhile, today has seen several news stories that just make me shake my head in disgust. What’s happening to this fucking country? How did the sex panics get this hysterical? First: Man charged over viral baby-swinging video. A guy who shared a video of a child being swung in the air Read More …
Nominations have opened for the Good For Her Feminist Porn Awards for 2009. Submissions close February 24.
JavaScript is required to view this page. This very cute couple talking about their horny church trek are Jasmine and Lee. They’re one of the amateur couples featured on Australian adult site Girls Out West. I hadn’t paid much attention to this site before but I got talking to photographer Annie after they revamped their tour and I really like what GOW is doing. It’s mainly aimed at men, of Read More …
MSNBC has a relatively balanced article on the rise of female executives within the porn industry. The author goes to a fair bit of effort to point out how women are trying to make porn better. Surprisingly, many women who work in the business say they don’t like porn — at least not the porn that takes up most of the shelf space in adult stores or is downloaded from Read More …
(Youtube video no longer works and has been removed from this post). Tony and Peggy have finally released their sixth wonderful real sex film, Bill and Desiree: Love Is Timeless. Judging from this preview, it looks just as interesting and visually sumptuous as their previous efforts. Right now they’re offering a discount for early orders. Click here to find out more. Edit 4th December Youtube have removed the Comstock preview Read More …
I really don’t know why I haven’t blogged about this before… I was actually bursting to tell the news when I first discovered my story had been accepted into Best Women’s Erotica 2009. But then I wasn’t sure if it was a secret, and then I just never got around to it. I thought I’d wait until the publication date. So anyway, my point is, I have a story in Read More …
I was contacted the other day by a woman who asked me if I would consider publishing a male masturbation video featuring a guy who had not consented to the film’s distribution. I wrote back and said that I was only interested in legal content and that if the guy in question did not know he was about to become an online porn star then that was unethical and illegal Read More …
Ah the moustache. It doesn’t get much of a look in as a fashion item anymore – except in Movember. That’s when men all over Australia start sprouting facial hair to support men’s health, particularly prostate cancer research. For some reason, the blokes here have absolutely taken to Movember. It’s like it gives them an excuse to finally let loose and go all Magnum P.I. I was inspired to put Read More …
The 54 page list of AVN Awards Nominations has been released and yes, I wasted too much of my precious time scrolling through it this afternoon. There isn’t much to report really; AVN has once again nominated the standard selection of big-name porn movies and the same old stars as part of the industry’s yearly orgy of self-congratulation. Innovation or new ideas don’t really get much of a look in Read More …
Thanks to Ell I’ve been reading an amazing article at Libertus called Statistics Laundering: False and Fantastic Figures. It carefully and comprehensively dismantles the myth of an “explosion” of child porn on the internet. Essentially, it’s saying that the vast majority of child porn statistics quoted in the media and elsewhere are either inaccurate, wildly exaggerated or simply made up. The author has taken the standard figures quoted by politicians Read More …