Dear Hotstuff,
It is often lamented that lesbian friendly porn is hard to find;
we aren't keen on the fake breasts and fake fingernails associated
with the stars of 'lesbian' porn made for straight males.
The sex is far from realistic, slapping and spitting on each
other's lady gardens and whatnot. Yeuk! DIVA Direct has a selection
but it's not what I'm looking for- American teen lesbo slush,
vampires and thrillers! Noooo! Could you please help me find some
good quality porn starring girls who actually love having sex with
other girls. We don't always need a storyline, just lots of steamy
sex! I know of an American company called Erocktavision who make
films like this but they aren't easy to find in the UK. There must
be others, could you help me? Pretty please!
Karen from Cornwall
Dear Connoisseur from Cornwall,
Porn. Pornography. Pornification. A tiny word with many evocative
variations. At its most basic, and once upon a time, most
delightful level, porn used to be about erotic and exotic
pleasures. Something we used to switch on once a week, have a quick
wank to, kind of want to emulate but ultimately then forget.
Nowadays, porn has become so much more complex. Too accessible,
too mainstream and pushed by this popularity, porn has backed
itself into a corner, desperately seeking more radical methods to
turn on, to thrill, to arouse cocks and controversy. In the
process, people acting out real life sex now emulate porn and
people seeking thrills are almost obliged to look more and more
towards the more violent and more disturbing side of things. It's
in this type of porn and its weaker variations that we find vampire
nails and excessive saliva being projectile vomited against
fannies. It is, frankly, worrying.
I'm not against porn Connoisseur, I would like that to be known. I
would like my diatribe to be taken as proof that I'm actually a
fan. But as a fan of video games too, for example, I know how
important it is to be educated about the 'dark' side, which is why
I try as often as possible to annoy everyone with one of my
favourite themes! The politicisation of porn. The massive influence
it has on real men and what they think real sex is, on real women
and what they are educated to believe is expected of them and
finally, on the boundaries of what is acceptable and what
isn't.
That said, it gives me great pleasure to be able to point you in
the direction of some decent, good quality, old-fashioned
pornography and for this, none other than my honorable collegues at
DIVA. Sadly at DIVA we can't stock R18s in our online store as we
can't verify the age of the recipients (a legal requirement). We
hope you understand. But what we can do is point you in the
direction of an excellent feature we ran in our August issue which
highlighted the following websites:
Juicy Pink Box: juicypinkbox.com
Good Dyke Porn: gooddykeporn.com
Lily Cade: lilycade.com
Jiz Lee: jizlee.com/wordpress/film
Pink and White Productions: pinkwhite.biz
Girlfriends films: girlfriendsfilms.com
Courtney Trouble/Nofauxxx: nofauxxx.com
Queer Porn TV: queerporn.tv/wp
Trouble films: troublefilms.com
Hot Movies for Her: vod.hotmoviesforher.com
CyberDyke Network: cyber-dyke.net
100 Lesbian films:
facebook.com/100lezfilms?ref=ts
Good for Her feminist Porn Awards:
goodforher.com/feminist_porn_awards
I actually look to lesbian-made porn as the possible saviour of
the industry. Porn for women, by women, porn that is made, one can
hope, realistically and respectfully. Peter Tatchell has said that
'while pornography can be dehumanising and exploitative, it can
also be educative, it can be egalitarian, health-promoting and
emotionally fulfilling...' Check these sites out and let me know
what you think...
If you have a question, query or quivering issue that you
would like to see treated, drop Hot Stuff a line at
hotstuff@divamag.co.uk (in confidence).
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