Hello fellow porn viewers! ;) I’m here to share some interesting articles with you about the new era of porn. The internet has “democratised” porn and made way for a new era in porn – ethical porn, feminist porn, different and varied tastes, and even allowing someone with just a laptop to launch their own independent career. It’s the pornocracy!
Enjoy! xo
The New Porn: How Female Filmmakers are Reinventing Adult Cinema
A new wave of female filmmakers has set out to transform a chauvenistic mainstream porn into stylish cinematic masterpieces that revolve around one simple idea: the pleasure of women.
By Olivia Fleming
“Now on a crusade to shake up the pornography industry for good, Lust is in the process of gathering a global community of female adult filmmakers who are more concerned with cinematic value than gratuitous sex scenes—and who are interested in one simple idea: films driven by a female character. “These women want to make films where the woman’s pleasure is important; they want to show diversity in casting, and they want to work for an ethical production process”.”
Yes, Porn Is Weirder Than It Used to Be. It’s Also More Feminist, Varied, and Inclusive
There may be “more rough sex” in today’s pornography, but that’s because the porn market is more diverse overall.
“Meanwhile, the shift from a few major porn stars and studios to an industry full of independents and niche purveyors has also provided performers with the opportunity to control their own careers, image, and earning potential in an unprecedented way. After all, the same online forces that allow industries to cannibalize themselves online also democratize entry into and ascent in these industries, and so it goes in porn as much as music, journalism, etc.
Feminist Porn, Printed for her Pleasure: Meet the Woman Behind the All-inclusive Math Magazine
MacKenzie Peck is trying to change mainstream porn
By Kashmira Gander
“What’s wrong with the porn industry is that it isn’t satisfying the needs of most people,” she argues. “The array of body types and vast ocean of sexual desires are hardly depicted and people are eager to find something new. Something with heart, that exalts sexuality for all it’s magic, and embraces all the ways we can do it.”
“Mainstream porn lives on the internet. As a print-only publication we circumvent that clusterfuck of pop-ups, paywalls, garish ads, click bait, grotesque and oppressive content, and plagiarised material. Our publication is an oasis from distraction, censorship, and comment threads. Math Magazine is a curated respite from the strange and often disappointing world of mainstream porn.
“Unlike most porn producers, we aren’t selling you an unobtainable fantasy,” she says. In her eyes, this approach translates into more meaningful sexual experiences and relationships in general. “Through empathy, communication, and trust we can find what we need in love and lust.”
We spoke to the author of a new book, ‘Ethical Porn for Dicks,’ about how to enjoy porn responsibly.
By John Campbell McMillan
“In the book, I talk about ethical porn in two ways: in terms of consumption, and production. Ethical consumption of porn is mindful, aware, responsible, and marked by sexual integrity. Ethically produced porn is porn made consensually, where the performers are engaging in acts for which they are paid a fair wage. Ethical porn production doesn’t exploit people—neither the performers, nor the consumers—and it treats sexuality in a healthy way, recognizing the wide diversity of sexual interests, body types and desires. Ethical porn is about responsibly and intentionally supporting ethical sexual values.”
By Vanessa Marin
“Watching people have sex on film is fun. But there’s also no denying that there are a lot of problems with the adult film industry (just look at the recent James Deen rape accusations). Want to be able to enjoy the thrill of watching people have sex, but without feeling like you’re supporting a degrading and abusive industry? Try ethical porn.
Feminist porn star Annie Sprinkle once said, “The answer to bad porn isn’t no porn…it’s to try and make better porn!” That’s at the heart of what her company and others are trying to create with ethical porn. The concept is largely amorphous, but is rooted in a sort of “best practices” for the adult film industry that seek to challenge the idea that porn is inherently exploitative, and can even be advocative. Yes, the goals of ethical porn hubs differ, but the six that we looked into abide by the following guidelines. The films should:”
Here’s What Ethical Porn Really Looks Like
By Violet Blue
“More and more mainstream media outlets are writing about ethical porn: What it means, and who is making it. And that’s a really, really great thing. Finally! But while these articles are a breath of fresh air, it still bugs me that these articles don’t actually show you what they’re talking about. And ‘fair trade’ porn look so very different than the rest.”