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Do you see this move as a natural evolution of the site?
Adding girl/boy content regularly is part of the natural evolution of the site. We’re very rigid in
some ways, but we try making a few new types of content each year. Our in-house shooters and
post-production staff enjoy the challenge, and the variety it adds to the site is welcomed by mem-
bers. Some fail, and some are successful.
Recently, we have been making a monthly podcast, where several models talk about a sexual
issue, such as masturbation or anal sex. We started a new AW Education project, where models
offer their personal opinions on questions that men might seek—obvious things like “Does penis
size matter?” and more obscure things, like “Can I have sex with my girlfriend when she has her
period?” These have no nudity, so we put them on YouTube as well, which is creating some good
traffic we’re converting.
I know you mentioned that the abbywinters.com B/G will be different than other companies—
mainly that the performers are together in real life. Does this ensure that your content will be
different from other companies—i.e., it’s not a typical “porn scene” with people being paid to
fuck each other?
Part of our reason for using real-life couples is to differentiate from our competitors, but it’s also
more true to our core values, showing healthy loving relationships. We also don’t get the detectable
feel that two people who met half an hour before are now having sex. That can be very sexy—I’m
a fan of the genre—but we’re aiming for something different.
When a boyfriend has ED or PE, we weave it in as part of the scene—of course the girlfriend is
supportive, and it certainly is something many men suffer from, so our customers can feel a little
Will there be subsequent DVD lines?
In March, we’re releasing a new line of girl-boy DVDs with two of our newer
girl/boy scenes on it. We’re a little nervous of how the market will receive it!
But, we hope it’ll be successful, and we’ll release one new G/B DVD per month
for a while to see how it goes.
more comfortable if they suffer from this. And, we have captured some really erotic scenes in this
There’s talk in the mainstream media about porn produced for women and
couples with an emphasis on authenticity. Is this intended for those viewers?
way.
Is it a requirement that the couple is together in real life?
We primarily work with female models. After they have done a few shoots with us, we ask if
they’re interested in doing a shoot with their boyfriend. Some say they don’t have a boyfriend right
now, so we ask them to let us know when they do, and if he’s interested in doing a shoot with her.
While there’s incentive for a model and her partner to lie to us about their relationship—and we
do not ask for “proof” of their relationship (I am not sure what form that would take, actually!)—
they all seem very legit to me.
When we see the models walking home from the shoot and they’re holding hands, it seems to
us they genuinely care for each other.
How do you recruit the couples? Have you already started shooting these B/G scenes? When do
you expect them to debut on the site and how frequently will new scenes be posted?
We have shot around 30 girl/boy scenes to date, and around 20 have been released on the site.
We have added them as a feature to our tour, and seen a little kick in sales from that. We plan to
continue releasing one per month for now, but in the future, we hope to move to two per month.
We also sell our content pay-per-scene on our site, and girl-boy shoots are consistently in the
top 10 most purchased scenes there.
Porn has been produced for couples for a long time—at least since the ’80s.
No one seems to have cracked the market, really, though lots of people have
ideas on what might work, put them into practice, but then they seem to fade
away, or remain a small commitment to a release schedule. There will always be
a small percentage of purchases by couples and women, but the majority has
always been men in my experience.
However, that’s online, and I cannot speak for brick-and-mortar stores.
I think the industry needs to fund real research into what women want to see
(and are willing to pay for) in adult entertainment. There will be an answer, but
no one has the money to find it—yet. I have proposed before to pool our
resources—if we got 100 companies to donate $1,000 to a pool, and engaged a
serious market research firm, we’d get some great information that’s beneficial to
the entire industry. (If anyone is seriously interested in this, hit me up on gari-
on.hall@abbywinters.com.)
But, like everyone, we’re doing it tough lately, and don’t have much spare
money. So, we’ll continue making what we call “human-friendly porn,” and
people of any gender or coupling are welcome to purchase it at their whim.
Pictured: cover from Girls and Their Boys 01; stills from Girls Love Sex Too.
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AMKingdom began principal photography in early March on sci-fi adventure Saving Humanity, its follow-up to last year’s big-budget come-
dy Revenge of the Petites. In a new twist on traditional release strategies for adult motion pictures, AMK plans to first issue an R-rated ver-
sion of the movie through conventional theatrical, DVD, VOD and cable channels, then release a Director’s Cut that AMK owner Kim
Nielsen said “will include the XXX, sex-positive scenes.”
Petites writer/director Harry Sparks (seen at right on the Petites set; photo by EMMreport.com) returns on Saving Humanity, which the
company says combines science fiction staples including post-apocalyptic futures and time travel.
“Saving Humanity is a cautionary tale about what lies ahead for our society if we continue down the wrong path,” Sparks said. “Similar to
Revenge of the Petites, our goal with AMKingdom is to create movies with a moral message and heart. In regards to Saving Humanity, the
message is it’
s never too late to change ourselves and the future, as long as we allow ourselves to be aware and take responsibility.”
Added Nielsen, “Harry wrote an amazing script, which I believe will push adult entertainment to new levels. Sex is used to enhance an
already complex plot. It’s a fantastic story, and we want to highlight it with the R-rated release.”
The cast of Saving Humanity will be made up of models from AMK’s parent company, adult network ATKingdom.com (Amateur Teen
Kingdom). AMK was formed last year as the company’s feature division, and Petites, its debut release, racked up a bounty of accolades.
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