Ms Naughty looks at porn for women, feminism and sex in general
I’m a bit late with this but it’s worth blogging about anyway. Three Australian researchers have released The Porn Report, the result of several years of research and surveys. The finding that the media have jumped on is that – gasp! – women like porn. 17% of those interviewed for the book were women and the authors say that women make up an increasing percentage of the porn market. That Read More …
It took a while but Zentropa/Innocent Pictures erotic film All About Anna has been released in the US, distributed by Wicked. On top of this, the film has officially gone platinum in Europe, selling 30,000 copies in Denmark. I know this because the lovely filmmakers invited me to a gala celebration of the event, which was held at the Museum of Erotica in Copenhagen. I couldn’t go, and not because Read More …
This article discusses the appeal of a man who likes to do housework and says that the Porn For Women book has now sold 140,000 copies. There’s now a calendar and a sequel book on the way called “Porn for New Moms.” I’ll bet that’s going to cause a feminist furore when it comes out. In case you haven’t heard of it, the book features fully clothed men doing housework, Read More …
Great news. Petra Joy’s third film, Feeling It, is due for release in March 2008. The film also has a website which features some wonderful still photos from the movie and information about the stars. There are some hot new amateur performers involved who were recruited from Europe during Petra’s travels. A few excerpts from the site: Petra’s motto “Feeling it, not faking it!” is being embraced passionately by the Read More …
It’s a little late but here it is, as promised: the Porn for Women Retrospective for 2007. It was actually a very busy year for women’s erotica, with heaps of movies released especially for straight women and continuing coverage in the press. Statistics and surveys showed that the number of women enjoying adult material is still growing – even if a lot of people still think that women don’t really Read More …
I’ve been meaning to write up an article on Yaoi for a long time but gay site Xtra has beaten me to it. Yaoi (pronounced “yowee”) is Japanese manga comics depicting romantic relationships between two men, some of it involving hardcore gay sex. Yaoi is almost exlusively written by women for a straight female audience. It’s been popular in Japan for a long time but has now broken into the Read More …
I’ve spent most of today updating Porn Movies For Women. There were a lot of new movies to add and I’m still writing up some reviews. But I thought I’d do a post on Ms Naughty about some of the female friendly adult films that have recently been released. The Personal Touch Series: Playgirl sex educator Jamye Waxman has moved into making adult films and has created an instructional series 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 …
In Australia, “rooting” is a euphemism for having sex. So we’ve long giggled whenever an American says “I’m rooting for ___ to win.” Now I can use it in a title… and I’m giggling. Anyway, the AVN award nominations have been announced and it’s another year of the same ol’ same ol’. Even the “alternative” category is laced with productions by big name companies like Penthouse and Playboy and is Read More …
A bit of naked frolicking in the pool. And then he hoists her out of the water and begins to lick her clit. She’s happy. So’s he. Pic is from this site.
I’ve said it before: I’m a huge fan of Petra Joy’s and I recently reviewed her debut film Sexual Sush for For The Girls. Just like Female Fantasies, I thoroughly recommend this movie. It’s exactly the kind of thing I’ve been waiting for – a real female perspective and a focus on female pleasure. Top stuff. An excerpt from my review: I watched Sexual Sushi expecting more female-friendly porny goodness, Read More …
Petra Joy has posted her comments about the Good Porn for Good Girls seminar on her blog. An excerpt: Our tastes on what we find sexy in the bedroom or on film differ. I believe that any female filmmaker has he right to show whatever she wants in her films but we should be cautious with our content if we claim to make “feminist porn”. I would like to empower Read More …
Congratulations to Petra Joy. Her film Female Fantasies has won Best Soft Film at the Barcelona Erotic Film Festival (site is a bit out of date). I’m not sure it deserves the moniker “soft” because the film is certainly hardcore in places. Perhaps the definitions have shifted somewhat and “hardcore” can only mean DPs and rough sex or something like that. Anyway, Petra’s blog has a great post about it 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 …
A couple of weeks ago Violet Blue wrote about her experience as a guest on the Tyra Banks show which was inspired by her O article about women and porn (Violet’s post, my thoughts on it). Despite speculation that the show wouldn’t see the light of day, it did in fact go to air on October 8th. Here’s the show recap at Tyra’s site (just in case you’re desperate to Read More …