Originally printed in the debut issue of the academic journal Porn Studies, reprinted on Huffington Post. Queer porn means different things to different people – but to me, it means porn that is out of the box, out of the closet, and shamelessly sex-positive. Queer porn’s endless combinations of genders and sexualities allow its performers … Read moreFinding Gender Through Porn Performance
2015 Cosmopolitan, 14 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Became a Pornographer
I found riot grrrl the summer after a shitty freshman year at high school. I was really smart but none of my teachers took me seriously. All my friends were stoner dropouts on the corner and because they were my friends, and i was out as bisexual, and looked like a punk, i was treated … Read moreHow Growing Up Riot Grrrl Informed my Art/Porn/Work/Whatever
2012 Fleshbot, Subversive Smut Made By Ladies, Artists, And Queers: The Anatomy Of Queer Porn The first way that I ever described the kind of porn I was making and buying for No Fauxxx back in 2002 was “Subversive Smut Made By Ladies, Artists, and Queers.” I still use this motto to this day to describe … Read moreSubversive Smut Made By Ladies, Artists, And Queers: The Anatomy Of Queer Porn
2012 Fleshbot, Courtney Trouble’s Guide To Trans Porn I’m not a trans woman, or a trans man. (Side note, I am not cisgender, either.) These are just my observations of what I believe is missing from the mainstream trans porn genre – and things for fans and cisgender participants to remember when watching trans porn. … Read moreCourtney Trouble’s Guide To Trans Porn
People of all genders and sexual orientations can participate in fisting and enjoy fisting. Heterosexuals do it. Gay men do it. Lesbians do it. Trans people do it. Some people can do it to themselves. Ignorance often presents itself as an absence of representation. In the same, bigotry and hateful actions and words often come from … Read moreThe Truth About Fisting
I have quite the history in the adult industry. I’ve been a phone sex slut, a pornographer, a web cam girl (not sharing that link!), an advertising manager for the now-defunct On Our Back Magazine, a sex educator for Good Vibrations, a peepshow girl at the Lusty Lady… That’s where this little tale begins. Some of my favorite shoes have … Read moreA DIFFERENT KIND OF SEX TOY REVIEW: SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING STRIPPER HEELS