Feminist pornography
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Feminist pornography is pornography produced by and with feminist women. It is a small but growing segment of the pornography industry.
Goals & views of participants
According to Tristan Taormino, "Feminist porn both responds to dominant images with alternative ones and creates its own iconography."
Some pornographic actresses such as Nina Hartley, Ovidie, Madison Young, and Sasha Grey are also self-described sex-positive feminists, and state that they do not see themselves as victims of sexism. They defend their decision to perform in pornography as freely chosen, and argue that much of what they do on camera is an expression of their sexuality. It has also been pointed out that in pornography, women generally earn more than their male counterparts. Some porn performers such as Nina Hartley are active in the sex workers' rights movement.
Directors
Feminist porn directors include Candida Royalle, Tristan Taormino, Madison Young, Shine Louise Houston, and Erika Lust. Some of these directors make pornography specifically for a female or genderqueer audience, while others try for a broad appeal across genders and sexual orientations.
Directed by Abiola Abrams in 2006, Afrodite Superstar is renowned as the first adult film directed by and for women of color. Other black female directors in adult film, in addition to Shine Louise Houston, include Estelle Joseph - director of the award-winning City of Flesh series and Diana Devoe.
Swedish filmmaker Mia Engberg along with twelve different directors produced a collection of feminist pornographic short films titled Dirty Diaries which was released in September 2009. The financing for the most part came from the Swedish Film Institute.
A documentary, Hot and Bothered: feminist pornography by Becky Goldberg was released in 2003.
See also
- Feminist views of pornography
- Women's erotica
- Is There a Feminist Erotic Iconography? 1992, film, 15:00 (Colour, Mono). by Carolee Schneemann.
- Alt porn
- Feminist art movement
- Feminist Porn Award
- Feminist views of pornography
- Gender equality
- Go Topless Day
- Lesbian pornography
- Sex-positive feminism
- Women's erotica
- Women's Pornography
