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THE FEMININE
EROTIQUE
An oral histor y of feminist porn
Top, Jacky St. James (photo by Jeff Koga); bottom left, Erika Lust; bottom right, Tristan Taormino
Rudy Guiliani, Trump’s attorney and BFF,
recently stated, “If you’re a feminist and you
support the porn industry, you should turn
in your credentials.” Apparently, he never
heard of feminist porn.
First, feminism is about not letting men
define what feminism is. Second, you will
soon be seeing more porn made from the
female point of view. Lady directors will
create even more hot lady business.
In the Beginning
The genre got its start in 1984 when
Candida Royalle established Femme
Productions to produce films from a woman’s
perspective. She is considered to be one of
the initiators of feminist porn, as well as the
genre of “couples porn.” Royalle started off
by writing and producing Femme and Urban
Heat. After that she began directing for other
studios as well, including Stud Hunters (2002,
Adam & Eve Pictures), starring Ava Vincent,
Alexandra Silk and a group of New York
“studs” whom Royalle discovered. “I created
Femme in order to put a woman’s voice to
adult movies and give men something they
could share with the women in their lives,”
the late director said in 2013.
Meanwhile, in San Francisco, author and
sex-positive feminist Susie Bright put out the
first issue of On Our Backs, a porn magazine
≠ STORY: ANKA RADAKOVICH
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