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The Feminist Porn Book

The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure | Tristan Taormino, Constance Penley, Celine Shimizu, Mireille Miller-Young

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The Feminist Porn Book celebrates the power of desire, turning the spotlight on an industry where feminism is thriving.

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The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure | Tristan Taormino, Constance Penley, Celine Shimizu, Mireille Miller-Young

"When I say that pornography is good for women, I mean that sexually explicit imagery in which women are shown giving performative demonstrations of their own sexual power is imagery that can transform the cultural paradigm and ultimately change the world." Excerpt from "Cum Guzzling Anal Nurse Whore: A Feminist Porn Star Manifesta by Lorelei Lee in "The Feminist Porn Book." Art by @spunk.rock on IG ???

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The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure | Tristan Taormino, Constance Penley, Celine Shimizu, Mireille Miller-Young

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I‘m finally calling it. I started this book months ago then set it aside and found myself not that interested in picking it back up. It‘s premise is that porn can be feminist if approached in the right way. While I agree with that, the vast majority of porn is sadly antifeminist and works against strides women are trying to make. A good book to have out in the world but one I ultimately won‘t finish.

Hooked_on_books @queerbookreader I remember you had been excited about this book. Would you like me to send it your way? 6y

queerbookreader Had I? I don't think I've ever heard of it! Might've been somebody else? 6y

queerbookreader Tbh I don't see how the porn industry as it currently exists can be viewed in any way shape or form feminist. I believe it can be restructured from the bottom up and designed to be feminist, but as it stands now there is absolutely nothing about porn that can be considered feminist. Not while half of it is fetishizing races and/or queer women and the other half is pure abuse & punishment 6y

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Hooked_on_books @queerbookreader My mistake. This book is a group of writings from women who are trying to make porn from a feminist perspective, but given exactly what you said, it‘s such an uphill battle to achieve and overwhelmingly negative for women in the interim. 6y

queerbookreader At least they tried? 😕 I get trying to abolish the shame of female masturbation but it ain't feminist to defend an industry that glorifies abuse and predatory behavior (barely legal! Teacher/student! Parent/child! Noncon! Ew) 6y

Hooked_on_books @queerbookreader I totally agree. And these women aren‘t defending that industry—they agree with you. They are trying to change it from the inside, but without a huge boost and pressure to change, which doesn‘t currently exist, it‘s not going to happen. 6y

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The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure | Tristan Taormino, Constance Penley, Celine Shimizu, Mireille Miller-Young

Finally feel like my brain has recovered enough from the semester to get back to reading for my thesis! Homemade jam and coffee help though.

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The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure | Tristan Taormino, Constance Penley, Celine Shimizu, Mireille Miller-Young

Working on my thesis on feminist porn and thought this shirt was necessary 😍

Trashcanman Awesome shirt! 7y

lalatiburona @Trashcanman thanks! It's from Vice Versa Press ❤️❤️❤️ 7y

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The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure | Tristan Taormino, Constance Penley, Celine Shimizu, Mireille Miller-Young

Thesis reading ain't so bad!! 😍😂

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Improperlycookedblowfish

The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure | Tristan Taormino, Constance Penley, Celine Shimizu, Mireille Miller-Young

Sex positive feminist Betty Dodson commenting on a Women Against Pornography conference that took place sometime in the 80's. Unfortunately what she said is still relevant to current mainstream feminism. Imo.

zembla It's too bad she also uses the old "why aren't they focusing on REAL problems?" chestnut — that always smacks of derailing to me. 8y

Improperlycookedblowfish @christinamcc I can see where you were coming from. I don't see it that way. According to her all they were doing was appealing to emotion. What conversation is being derailed? It doesn't seem to me like they intended on having one. 8y

Improperlycookedblowfish @christinamcc Dodson later goes on to claim that this Women Against Pornography group pushed for censorship of porn without clearly defining what's pornographic material an what is not. This seems to me like a group that wants to ban something they don't like. They're not really interested in convos 8y

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Improperlycookedblowfish @christinamcc I see this a lot in current mainstream feminism. This unwillingness to engage with those they disagree with. 8y

zembla I personally would agree that SOME porn is hateful and promotes degrading views of women. It's totally fine if you disagree! Either way, I don't know context and I don't know what this particular group's point was, but to imply "this isn't worth considering when people are dying!!" seems derailing. 8y

zembla A lot of feminism, and political awareness generally, involves looking closely at things that are easy to take for granted. It's not just about putting out fires (tackling huge, immediate issues like war and poverty); it's also about examining powerful beliefs/attitudes that keep those fires raging. 8y

zembla I believe that's worth doing and doing well (with intellectual honesty, empathy, and respect). When we say "but this is trivial because there are bigger issues," we shut out insights that could help us deal with those issues. Big issues and everyday attitudes are connected — it's and/also, not eithe 8y

zembla *not either/or. (I was trying to edit down to 300 characters when I accidentally hit Send! Enough of my emdash abuse :) ) 8y

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Improperlycookedblowfish

The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure | Tristan Taormino, Constance Penley, Celine Shimizu, Mireille Miller-Young

I've only read the introduction and I'm really enjoying this. Quite a refreshing read so far. I haven't stumbled upon many sex positive feminist text. Wish there were more of them.

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