Not Safe for Work: Why Feminist Pornography Matters

Abstract

Can there be such a thing as feminist pornography? Many still say no. Echoing decades of anti-pornography feminist literature, Gail Dines told the Daily Beast in 2012 that “anyone willing to feed off women’s bodies and use them as raw materials to make a profit has no right to call themselves feminists.” But many feminists, including those who make porn, disagree. Despite decades of efforts to suppress it, porn is reaching larger audiences than ever. Making porn more politically progressive for those who consume it and making sets safer for performers are critical issues for feminist intervention—and feminist pornographers have chosen to take on both.

The diverse economies of online pornography: From paranoid readings to post-capitalist futures

“…Hence, online pornography is not just about the emergence of alternative aesthetics, but also alternative economies. Certain forms of online pornography thus pose a challenge to both patriarchal porno-scripts, and the exploitative capitalist logic of mainstream corporate production (Potter, 2016).…”

Gender and Structural Inequalities from a Socio-Legal Perspective

“…130 In this way, we need to actively change the status quo, despite how 123 One of the pioneer of the feminist pornography is Candice Vadala, an ex-pornographic model, who started her own company with the words "these movies are sold based on the women, but our sexuality was completely ignored in them." Potter (2016). 124 Kurg et al (2002), p. ix.…”