Ms Naughty looks at porn for women, feminism and sex in general
It’s not surprising, but a study of which US states consume more online porn has found that “red” states are up for it more often. New Scientist has found that those states with more conservative and religious populations tend to be the biggest consumers of porn. Utah tops the list. Eight of the top 10 pornography consuming states gave their electoral votes to John McCain in last year’s presidential election Read More …
Just spreading the word about two academic researchers that need porn-loving women to fill out their surveys. Firstly, a Women’s Studies MA student called Hayley is asking feminists for their views on porn. Here’s you chance to kick Andrea Dworkin in the butt again, girls. Tell her what you think here. Secondly, PhD candidate Susana Mayer needs to know about the sexuality of post-menopausal women – especially those who like Read More …
I’m a bit late with this but I wanted to direct your attention to Violet Blue’s SFGate column criticising the mainstream porn industry’s ongoing continuation of racist stereotypes in their movies. Her article quotes several feminist porn stars and directors including Madison Young and Shine Louise Houston. She’s also made a number of further comments on her blog. While we all understand that sexual fantasies are often politically incorrect, it’s Read More …
Alison Lee of Canadian adult shop Good For Her has written an extensive article looking at porn for women, the feminist anti-porn movement and her own experiences with porn. It makes for great reading. A snippet: Seeing the world of Big Porn showed me that not only are women left out, but men are presented with an incredibly bland palate to work from and to mold their own sexuality. I Read More …
So the 2009 AVN Awards and Expo have come and gone and, as before, there’s nothing new to report. The industry has successfully patted itself on the back for producing more of the same. The only award worth mentioning was the one given to Tristan Taormino for her Expert Guide to Oral Sex: Fellatio. Innocent Pictures’ All About Anna didn’t win anything despite several nominations. It’s kind of depressing that 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
It’s taken far too long but I’ve finally posted my video and report of my adventures at the Berlin Porn Film Festival. I was held up waiting for permission and excerpts from some of the films and unfortunately most of those I contacted didn’t reply. It’s a shame because I saw so much talent on display at the festival and I was eager to give those people a bit of Read More …
I’ve accumulated a number of interesting links regarding Australian censorship, statistics and hot websites so I thought I’d cheat and just whack them all in one post. Firstly, Catharine Lumby, one of the authors of The Porn Report, has given a fascinating talk about the history of censorship and porn to the Sydney Institute. You can find a video of the event here. While despairingly contemplating the state of Australia Read More …
Just wanted to add a further post about the recent survey of the sex lives of Australian women (previous post here) News.com.au has an article unfortunately titled “The sad sexual secrets of women” which is rather misleading since the survey has plenty of positive aspects to it, including an increase in masturbation, a desire for more consideration from male partners and a general urge to explore one’s sexuality. I wanted Read More …
The Ask Sam blog at the Sydney Morning Herald has published this post entitled “Why Women Hate Porn.” Unfortunately the article doesn’t actually discuss the whys and wherefores of any negative female reactions to porn. Rather it points out recent statistics that one in three Australian women regularly watch porn. And then the author asserts that women have taken up porn watching because it’s trendy, or because they want to Read More …
Another day, another book, another news item and survey that says that women like porn. A book called The Sex Lives of Australian Women says that 1 in 4 Aussie chicks will look at porn at least once a month. The book is based on a survey of 2000 self-selected internet participants. Naturally, I’m not surprised at this 1-in-4 statistic, which seems to be the similar to the 27-30% figure Read More …