Ms Naughty looks at porn for women, feminism and sex in general
I recently reviewed Playgirl’s Addicted To Niko for For The Girls. On the whole it wasn’t bad, I guess, although I did get fairly bored after the first two scenes. Niko makes for beautiful eye candy but his acting isn’t so great. I guess you can’t expect too much of a beefy male stripper. At the same time, everything looks very pretty and the production values are spectacular. Here’s some Read More …
The Scotsman has an article about the growth in adult stores for women. Lucy says: “Over the last couple of decades women have come into their own, especially with their own sexuality. The whole Ann Summers thing has helped the mass acceptance of this. I’ve had a lot of women come in of all ages, particularly those who are over 40 and confident in their own skin and they know Read More …
Violet Blue has posted her roundup of her experiences appearing on the Tyra Banks Show to talk about porn for women here. We don’t get the show here and I’d only vaguely heard of Tyra Banks but it sounds like the kind of show I’d run a mile from anyway. Like Jerry Springer hosted by a scary model. And her website is a shocker. From Violet’s description, they didn’t treat Read More …
Britain’s tabloid newspapers are very much OK with porn – I guess it’s not surprising given that they still feature page three girls. Still, I was a little surprised to read the sex advice given by a Sunday Mirror columnist to a woman who is worried because she found her son’s stash of porn and was turned on by it: Getting turned on by the pictures doesn’t make you a Read More …
The Trinidad and Tobago Express has an enlightened article dealing with the idea of “porn addiction”, especially in reference to women. It starts off with a bit of a judgemental tone but then ploughs straight into the facts about what psycholigists really think of the term “porn addiction” (they think it’s crap). Linz added, “In fact, the notions of “sexual addiction” generally, including “pornography addiction” as well as the recent Read More …
The Sun breathlessly reports that Italian actress Asia Argento wants to make porn for women. Asia, famed for her steamy roles in movies such as xXx, says: “I wanted to make a porn remake of Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and take it to the next level. “One day I would like to make a movie about sex, especially for women because women’s sexuality is still a huge taboo.” I must Read More …
When it comes to porn on the internet, the ratios go something like this*: 99.9% of it is produced for men (gay or straight), about 0.95% of it is for straight women and the remaining 0.05% is aimed at a lesbian audience. Up until now there’s only been one full paysite made explicitly for dykes. That’s now changed. Shine Louise Houston, the woman behind indie film company Pink and White Read More …
Playgirl has brought out another two titles in the last couple of months. Addicted to Niko is the newest one. The official blurb says: “With his chiseled abs, his piercing eyes, and his massive personality, Niko has taken the world of erotic fantasies to his own new and unique level. Now explore Niko in all his glory!” Massive personality? Er, OK. I do know that I thought Niko was spectacularly Read More …
Some news stories today dealing with women, porn, vibrators and sex: * Picking up good vibrations in the Melbourne Age discusses the increasing respectability of sex toys and adult material. “From a feminist point of view, the industry has been dominated by men for so long,” says Judith Glover. “Dildos were all about dick and balls, and that’s just so unimaginative. It’s like saying, ‘That’s all you sheilas get.’ But Read More …
Good For Her’s Chanelle Gallant has been interviewed about women and porn in the Toronto Sun. Most of the article focuses on the idea that porn can be a problem in relationships however the bottom half looks at the idea that chicks like porn too. “Sex on film is not anti-feminist,” she now says. “I think that’s total bull.” Chanelle is of course the organiser of the Feminist Porn Awards, Read More …
I’ve been meaning to watch Petra Joy’s Female Fantasies for months now and I finally got around to seeing it today. And by God, it’s good. I’ve just been blown away by this movie, and now I’m raving about it to anyone who’ll listen. I’ve finally found a real, honest-to-goodness porn movie that really is for straight women. One that ticks all the boxes when it comes to depicting female Read More …
Figleaf has made an interesting post about porn for women here. He’s suggesting that society thinks that most women aren’t really interested in sex – he’s calls it the “no-sex class” and that this is a reason why it may be difficult to define “porn for women.” I won’t do a big post here because I wrote a lengthy comment on his blog. I do think it’s an interesting idea Read More …
You learn something new everyday. I’ve discovered that in the UK the unofficial rule for deciding whether a photo of a naked man was obscene was called the “Mull of Kintyre Test.” In Britain it was against the law to publish photos of erect penises. Of course, “erect” can encompass a whole range of turgidity and so to counter this grey area a general consensus was reached: the dick could 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 …