Feminist porn 101
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What is feminist porn and why does it exist as an alternative to mainstream porn?
Um, so for me it's really important, um, that the females, you know, having just a good time or if not, you know, an even better time than I am. Um 'cause that really gets me off.
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on Triple J. Warning Sex and Adult Thames. Hi, I'm Hannah Riley. Do you find mainstream straight porn a bit gross and misogynistic? Most porn has a predominantly male perspective. The makers are usually men, and a lot of it is made for a male audience. But is there an alternative? Feminist porn, whose makers say it's aiming at empowering its performers through ethical work practices and also its viewers through showing depictions of sexuality that differ from the norm. Anna Brownfield is the boss at Poison Apple Productions, it's an independent film company that makes sexy, sexy movies.
I mean a lot of people go, Oh, feminist porn, that's really an oxymoron, isn't it? Putting the word feminist and porn together. I suppose because most people sort of think about feminism, you know, from the nineteen eighties and it being very much about a a you know, a lesbian, separatist, man hating sort of movement. Um But you know, the reality is feminist porn is what we're w we're all trying to expose uh explore is um gender equality, uh social justice, uh ethically produced um f uh films, um, in such ways that performers are paid a fair wage and are treated with care and respect and that, you know, things like agency, consent and also safety really come into play in um in what in what we're creating.
Um the other thing it also tries to do is explore ideas of desire, uh beauty, pleasure and power, as you said, through alternative um representations, whether that be ethic aesthetics, body types, filmmaking styles, um and so forth.
So I guess when we use the word feminist, it's just I guess in this case another word term for ethical. In some ways
it is. Um the thing is I think it it sort of it becomes a b it's a bit hard to define in some ways, I suppose, because when I first started making, you know, my sort of idea was that I wanted to make things that were like art house films with the explicit content. I wanted there to be storylines, I wanted there to be character development, I wanted there to be high production values. But I also wanted the way the sex scenes to be shot to be quite different. So one of the things I was very interested in was, you know, the idea that a ha you know, a hand upper body could be just essential and erotic. That, you know, there may be some explicit content but it wasn't the focus of it. That it it was shot in such a way that uh it was about storytelling as well.
It wasn't just, you know, the standard sort of shots that you you would see within mainstream
Pornography. Anna, we've got a text for you a question.
How do feminist porn makers define ethical production and performer empowerment?
Mark says, where do I get a hold of it? I assume it isn't a category on Pornhub. No.
Well it's actually interesting, a lot of us were uh we've sort of there's women all around and, you know, trans and also queer um people who make uh feminist porn all around the world. And we we're actually approached by them. Um one of the things I suppose is because we're quite a niche market, we're one of the actual growing markets within pornography and we're one of the few markets that actually seem to be still making some money from it as well. So um no, you won't find it. We were approached by them recently. recently all of us to put, you know, little clips up and things like that and we actually all declined because Basically w with sites like that, I mean yes you're getting free porn. Apparently it's meant to be amateur but it's not.
Um and but a lot of the time, you know, those sites are actually in breach of um copyright laws and um so you know, a lot of us sort of decided no, we didn't want to be associated with that. Um that, you know, if if you want our product, you know, you have to be prepared to pay for it because we choose to treat our staff fairly and our performers fairly and pay them.
Absolutely. I guess it's I guess it's like any other product that's ethically made, it's gonna cost a usually cost a little bit more.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is feminist porn and why does it exist as an alternative to mainstream porn?
0:00–2:53
2
How do feminist porn makers define ethical production and performer empowerment?
2:53–5:21
3
What are the key differences between feminist porn and mainstream porn in storytelling and visuals?
5:21–7:51
4
Where can listeners find feminist porn and why isn’t it on mainstream sites like Pornhub?
7:51–10:13
5
Is pay equal for male and female performers in feminist porn productions?
10:13–12:44
6
How has Australian feminist porn gained international recognition and awards?
12:44–15:05
7
What does a performer say about the on‑set experience in feminist versus mainstream porn?
15:05–16:55