A few weeks ago, I attended AMKingdom‘s Revenge of the Petites (2012) WORLD PREMIER!! The evening was fraught with adventure that had little to do with the actual film though, and I ended up not watching the entire thing. (you can read all about that here)
But, as my luck would have it, a screener arrived in the mail recently (along with some very useful promo items). I have since managed to watch ROTP in its entirety, and I gotta say: it was one of the most refreshing films I’ve seen in a long time. Here’s why… Continued…
A while back, I had the opportunity to be On the Couch with Lydia Lee…
Writer, artist, and activist Lydia Lee (who some of you may know by her former pseudonym, Julie Meadows) interviewed me about all sorts of things, the contents of which she made available in a series of YouTube clips. Lydia recently reedited the footage into one long interview that both 1) is all in one video (vs a series) and 2) gets to the point a little quicker than the original version (wherein I spend the first XX minutes – pretty much all of Part 1 – talking about… stuff).
Here is what Lydia wrote about the interview and her decision to re-edit:
“This interview has been re-edited to present my entire interview with Dr. Chauntelle Tibbals; minus a few topics, but only a few. I don’t want the majority of viewers who watch Part 1 to skip on to a different video without seeing the guts of the interview, hence the re-edit.
Dr. Tibbals explains how she became interested in exploring the truth about the Los Angeles-based adult industry; social constructs, stereotypes and gender issues; feminism and individual life perspectives; cultural biases and insensitivities towards men and women.” (originally here)
Anyway, it’s a lovely interview conducted by a truly unique and special woman… and I’m in there too, which is cool. So, if you haven’t already watched it and/or you just feel like getting in some more Dr. Chauntelle time, enjoy me… On the Couch with Lydia Lee!!
For more of Lydia’s work, insights, and thoughts in general, check out her blog here and the Julie Meadows Entertainment YouTube channel here.
This week, we’re talking about inequality – specifically, inequality between mainstream and adult as shown by a series of seemingly disconnected news stories and media developments. We have Octomom hiring an adult director to create her “self pleasure” video; the now in/famous TIME cover, exploitation, and the sexualization of children; funding campaign inequalities between adult documentaries and Christian “cultural” films; and a whole slew of other things that are interesting by themselves… and downright unsettling together. We also get a little Sweet Content in talking about ATK’s Revenge of the Petites (2012) and Wicked Pictures’ Next Friday Night (2012).
I am currently working on a project that requires (read: allows!!) me to do a lot of reminiscing about my experiences with adult over the years – learning about content, negotiating the industry, and whatnot. Consequently, I’m going through a lot of old papers and texts and notes. It’s a super fun process and has facilitated the revisitation of this…
Photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders took photographs of 30 adult performers for his book project XXX: 30 Porn-Star Portraits (2004). In it, each performer is featured in pair of photographs in the same pose, clothed and nude. Copy from several noteworthy authors and public figures accompany the images.
This film, Thinking XXX, documents the XXX photo shoots as the performers and writers discuss topics including economics, sex and sexuality, careers, and private lives.
It’s interesting to see these 2004-era projects with 2012 eyes. The content feels extremely dated at points, but is really interesting and insightful at others. I love the dimension of historical perspective, but the fact that something can feel “historical” in less than 10 years (to me) is mind-blowing… Oh, the world we live in – enjoy!!
Mistress D Severe comes to fetish porn filmmaking from a background in rock journalism (credits include Rolling Stone, Hollywood Reporter, LA Weekly), non-fiction writing, and indie film. A life-long dominant, Dee had been dabbling in lifestyle BDSM for years and worked as a pro domme. But something pushed her to go further.
As part of her transition from mainstream freelance writer and dominate player to BDSM and kink production professional, she and her husband Jimmy Broadway were founding members of a mainstream filmmaking collective. Her short film, Forensic Mysteries, screened at numerous festivals including Silverlake and the L.A. Short Film fest and was an Action/Cut competition semi-finalist.
But given mainstream film economics and politics, Dee and Jimmy decided to take the plunge – they opened Severe Society Films (SSF) in 2007.
Today, Dee and Jimmy co-own SSF, purveyors of very heavy and authentic kink content, where she directs and handles pretty much everything post-production. And though she mostly works behind the camera, she can occasionally be seen dispensing punishment, tickle torture, and strap-on sex to bad boys and girls in productions such as the AVN Award-nominated Strap On Idol: A XXX Fetish Parody and The Housewives’ Revenge series. Basically, she and Jimmy work tirelessly, crafting individual and collaborative projects that meet the needs of very discerning clientele, consumers, and viewers.
I recently had the opportunity to talk with Dee… about her life thus far, her work, her lifelong passions, and her developing dreams. She shared her thoughts on the adult and BDSM communities, which are both overlapping and distinct, piracy, and creating quality content that meets a group of very discerning consumers’ needs. It was amazing, she is amazing, and you definitely should give it a listen…
The trailer for the documentary After Porn Ends (2012) was playing in the background during this year’s XRCO Awards. I thought it looked interesting then; and, now that the trailer has come my way, perhaps you will too…
Here is the synopsis:
“After Porn Ends is a documentary that not only examines the lives and careers of some of the biggest names in the history of the adult entertainment industry; but what happens to them after they leave the business and try to live the average lives that millions of others enjoy.
They hailed from the rural South, steel towns, and the San Fernando Valley. As teenagers and young adults, none of them thought that porn was in their future. They were artists, baseball players, child prodigies, and even Ivy Leaguers. Now, after their lives in porn, they’re television stars, bounty hunters, writers, and social activists. What happened in between? And now that they’ve moved on, can they really live a normal life after porn?” (edited slightly)
Today’s Interesting News is a study in “wtf” – “Child Pornography Legal To View Online In New York” and attachment parenting, a three-year-old, boobs, and TIME magazine… ummm, wtf!!?
First of all, stop – mother f’ing STOP – saying “child pornography” or “CP” or anything else that conflates porn, pornography, erotica, and/or adult content in any form with filming and/or photographing the sexual abuse of minor-aged persons. The filming and/or photographing of minor-aged persons in any sort of sexual situation is disturbing (at least to me), highly illegal, and NOT PORN.
Saying “child pornography” is kind of like saying “koala bear.” A koala is a marsupial, not a bear.
Gah!! But enough semantics. Semantics don’t even matter when I read this today… Continued…
The Erotic Awards is an annual event that honors achievement in erotica worldwide. Founded in 1994 by Tuppy Owens, the awards ceremony is held at the beginning of the annual Night of the Senses celebration.
Tuppy Owens (b. 1944) is a sex therapist, sexuality campaigner, and writer. She has a degree in zoology and has worked as an ecologist; but in 1974, Tuppy began lecturing on the subject of sex. She has continually furthered her own learning and has been active in sex education, sex therapy, and public health ever since. She developed some of the first publicly available instructions that visually depicted how to put a condom on securely (incredible) and offered safer sex advice during the early days of global HIV. In 2005, she founded the Sexual Health and Disability Alliance (SHADA), which brings together health professionals interested in sex and ability. Dang!!
Anyway, in the middle of all that, Tuppy Owens started The Erotic Awards and Night of the Senses.
The 25th Anniversary Erotic Awards and Night of the Senses celebration will take place on May 26, 2012 in West London. There, awards for categories in various art, media, and literary forms (including blogs), sex work, “innovation,” campaigns for individual projects, and websites overall will be presented. Nominations for each award come from the public, via the Erotic Awards website, and/or by brochure, and three finalists in each category are then selected by a jury.
I had great fun looking up and learning about the other finalists’ work – there’s some amazing stuff that I am honored to be acknowledged among. I was especially pleased to see that Jiz Lee (love them!!) is one of three Innovation Award finalists, and JoyBear Pictures’ Match Mates (an absolutely stunning, unique film directed by Liselle Bailey – review here) is one of three Film Award finalists – yay!!
Oh, and if all this is not enough, funds raised from the awards benefit Outsiders, a charity that helps differently-abled persons find social and romantic partners. Tuppy started this organization in 1979…
Holy goodness, what an amazing woman!! What an amazing body of work!! What an amazing honor… I’m truly touched.
Visit the Erotic Awards, 2012 here. Scroll through a beautiful gallery of all the finalists and their work bios here.
After a day’s worth of trying to not say anything (more like a few hours really), I can’t stand it anymore…
Many many rumors and things are swirling around about this “issue,” and much information has been mis/reported, taken down, changed, updated, whatever by the mainstream and adult press. Here is an example of “changing facts” as they were documented on the adult news site LukeIsBack.com.
So, for the sake of clarity, here is what I know:
1. Nadya “Octomom” Suleman recently performed in a “self pleasure” video. In other words, she did a solo masturbation sex scene. She also did some nudie-foodie pics (covered in canned pasta).
2. The above-referred production was funded by Team Octomom. I am not sure who or what Team Octomom consists of, but they paid for the video and pics.
Let me repeat that: Nadya Suleman, et al paid for this shoot. Continued…
Sometimes, during my infinite free time… and oftentimes, during my endless hours shaping college-aged youth of today, I have a little debate going: who’s more detrimental to the survival of humanity, Ke$ha or Katy Perry?
(yes, this is something I think about)
For various reasons having to do with overall message and schtick, longevity thus far, and apparent popularity, Katy Perry is currently winning hands down.
le sigh…
But one Katy Perry-”inspired”ish bit of cultural awesome that is most definitely NOT detrimental to the survival of humanity is Wicked Pictures‘ Next Friday Night (2012).
Written by Stormy Daniels and directed by Barrett Blade, Next Friday Night stars hard-bodied hardass Alektra Blue like you’ve never seen her before – dorky (like uber dorky)… with headgear and braces and colored rubber bands… and glasses and the most ridiculous hair… and a lisp and this unbelievable shuffling gait… and such a perfect “oh my golly gee goodness guys!!” earnestness that you can’t even believe.
The movie is cute!! Here’s the synopsis (cropped from the back of the box so you can see Alektra in full goof mode – top left)… Continued…
Today, a handy-dandy list of the right wing’s 20 biggest sex hypocrites; horror’s newest living nightmare – a box of porn!!!! – and anything that dares to consider adult content and/or the adult industry in a serious and nuanced light faces discrimination and rejection… again.
People often talk about the “sexual gymnastics” (read: acrobatic, uncommon, and not everyday for every person) that can be found in porn…
Well, Digital Sin (a subsidiary of New Sensations) has taken the bold step required to pair sexual gymnastics with actual gymnastics in their cleverly titled new release, Sexual Gymnastics (2012)… Continued…
For those of you who have not moved recently, it sucks. For those of you who have moved recently, you know. Further, in addition to causing intense fatigue, moving is time consuming, expensive, and the source of many a random scratched, smashed, and/or ripped XXX. Long story short, this week’s Dr. Chauntelle Show is delayed.
But don’t despair!! There’s so much more to the PVV Stratosphere… So, why not take this opportunity to listen to one of many other delightful Dr. Chauntelle Show episodes and/or a super fascinating Back Stories interview? They’re all here – enjoy!!
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Rest assured that I’m not neglecting my duties as The Eminent Pornologist. I’m either carrying boxes (that may or may not be filled with work-related items) or unpacking dishes while thinking about critical commentary on the adult industry… and you!!
Starting a line of sports team-themed bullet vibrators is a great way to bring family together!!
Dreaming up color schemes, giggling over endless double entendres, and finding creative ways to reach out to local businesses and mainstream industries – could there be a more creatively stimulating bonding experience!!?
I would think no, but starting a line of sports team-themed bullet vibrators with your sister-in-law isn’t all fun and games. How do I know? Well, I recently had the opportunity to speak with the lovely and amazing Nancy MI.
Nancy (who lives in Michigan, hence the MI) is a 40ish mother of three, an adventurous lover of life (including the epic cold), and one of the kindest and most gracious human beings ever. She and her sister-in-law also developed Sporty Vibe. In addition to everything else, they’re the vibrator moms…
…except that they’re not. Nancy took some time out to share a little bit about her experiences developing her own amazingly unique novelty line, her subsequent experiences with the adult industry, her resulting experiences with folks outside the industry, and so many other amazing and endearing things. Have a listen!! Continued…
Westwood has changed a lot, I took the opportunity to have dinner at an old haunt (what a gilded memory I had, dang!!), and the traffic is just as horrific. But none of that really constituted weird. Weird came later. Let me explain… Continued…
Everyone has an opinion about porn – it’s either good or bad, exploitative or liberating; it’s super hott, or it’s just plain nasty… when, in actuality, it’s more complicated than any one of these “either/or”s. Just like real life, porn is multi-dimensional and complex, and every discrete element is also part of a wider socio-cultural past, present, and future. PVVOnline engages these complexities, connecting the dots and offering readers a unique take on the adult industry.
Read Dr. Chauntelle's interview with HotWife Blog here!!
[also at hotwifeblog(dot)com]
Dr. Chauntelle writes more than just PVV super-sass!!
If you really want your brain bent over porn, check out some of Dr. Chauntelle's scholarly writings on the subject:
"'Anything that forces itself into my vagina is by definition raping me...' - Adult Performers and Occupational Safety and Health." Stanford Law and Policy Review. Forthcoming, 2012.
