FTM Porn Star James Darling Launches FTMFucker.Com

Aug 082012
 

James Darling has starting a new transsexual porn site called FTMFucker.com under the TROUBLEfilms network - Watch the trailer and read more about it below!

Oakland, CA – FTMFucker.Com launched recently, featuring exclusive content directed by FTM porn star and up and coming director James Darling. Darling won Heartthrob of the Year at 2012’s Feminist Porn Awards in Toronto, and has appeared in dozens of adult releases this year alone.

FTMFUCKER.Com is one of the first porn sites of it’s kind – featuring gay porn, straight porn, and queer porn starring at least one trans man in every scene. FTM Fucker updates with fresh, exclusive new content once a week, including hardcore video shot in HD, and high resolution photo galleries you can download.

“Trans men being seen as erotic beings is relatively new phenomenon and I’m proud to be a part. This is only the beginning!” – James Darling said in his FPA 2012 Heartthrob acceptance speech. He adds, “Trans men have a special chance to define our own language and terms, how we are spoken about and marketed in porn, because it is a blossoming, exciting new niche in the adult industry. This launch marks an exciting new era – there has been a lack of porn featuring trans men for a long time, and now there’s FTM Fucker!”

FTMFucker is hosted by TROUBLEfilms, led by queer porn icon Courtney Trouble. TROUBLEfilms hosts the pay sites QueerPorn.TV, Indie Porn Revolution, the amateur submission-based Queer Porn Tube, a VOD store at CourtneyTrouble.Com/Store, plus distributed films by up and coming porn directors such as Tobi Hill-Meyer (Doing It Ourselves, Genderfellator) and Courtney Trouble (Live Sex Show, Fuckstyles) – with much more to come in the following year. Darling states, “Joining up with TROUBLEfilms was the obvious best fit, as they are known for their longstanding reputation for ethical production practices and a dedicated cult following that’s excited for this kind of porn.”

“Bringing James Darling and FTMFucker.Com into the TROUBLEfilms family solidifys TROUBLEfilms as the go-to spot for ethically made, interesting, high quality indie porn,” says Courtney Trouble. “With IndiePornRevolution.Com being one of the first porn sites to feature trans men ten years ago, branching out into a site that specifically highlights FTM performers is the logical next step.

FTM Porn may be the first genre of its kind to be defined by and for the performers highlighted. Giving trans men the opportunity to film their own sex lives, define their sexualities, and work in the adult industry on their own terms sets a standard for other genres to follow suit. James Darling is an incredible porn director and will take this industry by storm – TROUBLEfilms is just lucky to be on board!”

James Darling is a FTM porn performer and sex educator based in the Bay Area. He won Sex Performer of the Year by Transguys.com in 2010 and Feminist Porn Awards Heartthrob of the Year 2012 for his work across multiple porn genres.

Cinekink in PDX this Sunday, August 5th!

Aug 032012
 

Hey, Portland … are you ready?  Cinekink is back in town for a hot, one-night stand! (And if you’re in LA or Chicago, they’re coming to visit you in October and November, see below for dates.)

Sunday, August 5 – 7:00 pm
KINK & KINSHIP
A collection of works that celebrate and explore the special sense of community our kinks tend to engender. Program includes:
The Transexual Dominatrix
So Pomo
Lenny Waller Memorial
Sisterhood of the Sash: International Ms Leather at 25
High: A Black Party Symphony

Glenda Rider of IMsL will be on hand after the screening for a Q&A, raffling off a signed poster commemorating the organization’s annual event!

Sunday, August 5 – 9:00 PM
BEST OF CINEKINK/2012
A special screening of award-winning shorts deemed the year’s best from CineKink, “the kinky film festival!”
The Transexual Dominatrix
Baldguy (Skallamann)
Pedal to Pleasure (from Portland filmmaker Poppy Cox!!)
What Makes Us Queer
Smut Capital of America
Craigslist Dating
Tooshie Smooshie
A Day in the Country

LOCATION:
Clinton Street Theater
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR
http://clintonsttheater.com/

ADMISSION:
Admission is $8 door/$6 advance per screening, $12 door/$10 advance for both; 18 and over only.

TICKETS:
http://cinekinkpdx12.eventbrite.com/

INFO
For more information and the full program line-up, visit http://cinekink.com/programs-and-events/tour/pdx

SPONSORS:
National tour sponsors for CineKink/2012 include Crystal Delights, KinkyMedical.net, Leather Archives & Museum, National Coalition for Sexual Freedom and njoy. Local sponsors include Darklady Productions, Portland Leather Association, PQ Monthly and She Bop.

CineKink: PDX is presented in conjunction with Oregon Leather Pride, which runs August 3-12, 2012.
http://www.oregonleatherpride.org/

Save the dates and stay tuned for more details on these upcoming appearances!

**CineKink: Los Angeles
October 12-13

**CineKink: Chicago
November 16-17

If you’d like to bring CineKink to your event – or know of a festival or theatre that might want to host us – we’re still booking/confirming dates for our 2012 tour! Just send an email to cinekink2012 (at) cinekink (dot) com to inquire.

Also look for an announcement of our CineKink NYC/2013 dates AND call for entries… coming soon!

Sexing the Transman XXX: Review

Jul 242012
 

We’re starting to review feminist porn titles on the site, and here is our first one. I had the chance to see a screening of some excerpts of Sexing The Transman XXX on the big screen in Toronto during the Feminist Porn Awards. I remember when I first heard Buck’s voice on film as he talked to his interview subjects from behind the camera, I thought, “Buck sounds like some creepy dirty old man.” Then I watched, and along with this dialogue were these long, lingering camera shots, following the ripple in a guy’s chest, the muscle definition of his arm. Buck and his camera were ogling these men – objectifying them even. It was all so lascivious and voyeuristic. It even reminded me of some of those old straight porn movies where the camera guy checks out the woman he’s filming in a really leering way. And then it struck me: we never see transmale bodies objectified or sexualized. We rarely see them naked or represented in erotic contexts. Buck’s camera was not simply ogling, it was worshipping these trans male bodies and his voice reinforced this adoration. The whole thing is incredibly subversive. Now, here’s Raybear’s take on the film. —Tristan

Since 2005, Buck Angel has proven himself to be a tenacious and consistent porn star in representing who he is and how he likes to fuck on screen, without a trace of shame or apology. In fact, he displays quite the opposite – absolute confidence and pride in his body and sexuality. His latest move, Sexing The Transman XXX, is an educational porn that expands his trademark attitude into the bedroom of other transmen. Buck is primarily behind the camera in this film, playing the role of sexy interrogator who asks each guy provocative questions about their gender, their body, their transition, and most importantly what turns them on, which leads them to strip down and show us how they like to get off. Sure Buck quizzes the guys about hormones and surgery, but he asks with even more enthusiasm about tattoos and working out.

A variety of toys to stimulate different parts and holes for each solo scene, including such favorites as a Feeldoe dildo, a Hitachi vibrator, and NJoy anal plugs. The film focuses on four different transmen, each at different stages of their own transition and with their own sexual predilections – MJ identifies himself as flamboyant, Eddie Wood is a hairy squirter, Sean sports ink and muscles. During the James Darling interview, he informs us he’d been on hormones since he was 18 and Buck Angel was the first transman he’d ever met, and in that moment I was able to really appreciate the reach of Buck and his work. This movie answers a lot of common questions posed to transmen, such as effects of hormones, body changes, and surgical procedures, but is done with the respect and understanding of a fellow transman and not in the least bit dry and boring. It’s also a well-edited film, both visually (picture-in-a-picture orgasm shot!) and sonically (opera arias and rock music that don’t drown out the sexy live sounds of the performers). After the four solo performances, Buck finishes the film with a fuck scene between himself and Fallen in a seedy basement romper room complete with wood paneled walls.

Sexing the Transman is an informational PSA that’s sexy, so folks interested in bedding a transman get both educated and titillated, while those of us who already appreciate the joys get to see trans bodies eroticized on screen in ways rarely shown.  Lucky for us, the sequel is already in the works with more types of transguys, so here’s to a much-needed series that will keep expanding the diversity of sexual experiences and bodies, and just keep getting sexier.

—Raybear

Watch the trailer for Sexing the Transman XXX here.

Buy Sexing the Transman XXX at these fine retail sites:

Hot Movies for Her (VOD)
The Smitten Kitten (DVD)
AEBN (VOD)
Sexing the Transman

Listen to or download Tristan’s interview with Buck Angel on Sex Out Loud.

Submit Your Feminist Porn – Calls For Submissions

Jun 202012
 

Attention filmmakers! Polish off your short sexy films and submit them to one (or all) of these great festivals and contests.

The Petra Joy Award 2012
 This is an erotic short film competition for aspiring female filmmakers – women who are either completely new to filmmaking or amateur directors who have not been distributed yet. The theme of the second Petra Joy Award is “Female Fantasies”. Petra Joy is a pioneer of female-focused porn and has always promoted female sexual liberation and self-expression in her erotic films, books and workshops for women. The duration of the film can be anything between one to ten minutes. The genre is open – from animation to documentary or erotic vignettes – we welcome all films that feature female fantasies and in an innovative, creative and artistic way. A fresh, creative approach is much more important to us than technical perfection. Deadline is August 31, 2012. Details here.

HUMP! 2012
The Stranger and Portland Mercury are looking for short porn films – five minutes max – to be screened at HUMP! 2012 over three weekends in November in Seattle, Portland, and Olympia. Films can be hardcore, softcore, live action, animation, kinky, vanilla, straight, gay, lez, bi, trans, genderqueer – anything goes! (Well, except no poop, no animals, no minors.) Deadline for submissions is October 5, 2012. Click here for info on cash prizes and where to send your film.

Good Vibes International Indie Erotic Film Competition
Submit your short erotic-themed film to THE QUICKIES – Good Vibrations international Indie Erotic Film Competition and you may end up a star!  Whether you’re a professional artiste, art student, budding filmmaker, or just having fun with your Flipcam, we want to see your stuff!  What’s erotic?  You tell us! Funny, serious, gay, straight, if you think it’s hot, we want to see it in 7 minutes or less.  Our 2012 Grand Prize Winner will receive $1,500 at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on October 26th!  Submissions must be received by June 30, 2012. Details on how to submit.

The 2012 Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
This annual film festival, is celebrating its 10th year, and has expanded to a ten day event presented in the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Films and videos submitted can be of any length and should be of interest to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender communities.  This year the festival is excited to add a new shorts program of erotic films.  While many LGBT films feature love stories and a bit of titillation, this shorts program is an opportunity for erotic films to have their own dedicated showcase.  We are looking for short films that particularly highlight authentic eroticism and desire from a variety of perspectives.  Deadline is Friday, July 14, 2012. Submission guidelines here.

U.S. Debut of The Feminist Porn Show in Portland, Oregon

May 252012
 


June 5, doors 7:00 pm, pre-show 7:30 pm, show 8:00 pm
She Bop Presents The Feminist Porn Show with Tristan Taormino
“The Feminist Porn Show” is a special evening curated and hosted by Tristan Taormino to showcase feminist porn, a genre of adult film and a growing movement. Tristan will introduce the audience to the concept of feminist porn and discuss its history, then she’ll screen a curated selection of short clips from filmmakers around the world. The clip show features the work of both pioneers and newcomers, including Fatale Video, Candida Royalle, Annie Sprinkle, Nina Hartley, Jackie Strano and Shar Rednour, Petra Joy, Erika Lust, Shine Louise Houston, Anna Brownfield, Carlos Batts, N. Maxwell Lander, Emilie Jouvet, Louise Lush, Jaiya, Maria Beatty, Buck Angel, Madison Young, Nenna, Courtney Trouble, Morty Diamond, Tobi Hill-Meyer, Kelly Shibari, Loree Erickson and more. The screening will be followed by a facilitated discussion, where we’ll explore some of the current issues surrounding feminist porn. The pre-show will include a sexy performance from Felice Shays. Afterward, She Bop will be selling DVDs from the featured filmmakers, including Tristan’s films, and she will stick around to sign books and videos. And the party can continue at the adjoining Bar Bar! This event is general admission, so get there early for a good seat. Tickets are available in person at She Bop and Mississippi Studios, where there will be a $1 box office fee. If you buy tickets online, there is a $4.40 service charge.
Location: This special event is presented by She Bop, but will not be held at the store, it will be held at Mississippi Studios, 3939 N. Mississippi, Portland OR 97227
Admission: $25, buy tickets at She Bop (909 N. Beech Street, Portland, OR 97227), at Mississippi Studios (3939 N. Mississippi, Portland OR 97227, $1 box office fee), or online via Ticket Biscuit ($4.40 service charge)
Info: info at sheboptheshop.com and 503-473-8018, Twitter: @SheBopTheShop

ALSO: TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE FOR TRISTAN’S OPEN RELATIONSHIP WORKSHOP ON JUNE 3:

June 3, 7:30 pm
She Bop Presents: Making Open Relationships Work
Do open relationships really work? How do people create nontraditional partnerships that are loving and lasting? Tristan Taormino, relationship expert and author of Opening Up, shares some of the key principles that can help your open relationship(s) succeed. She’ll discuss common issues and problems-from “new relationship energy” and time management to jealousy and agreement violations -and ways to address and resolve them. Tristan will offer tips on communication, negotiation, and boundary setting, as well as how to cope with change. Learn how to get to the root of jealous feelings and transform them by embracing the concept of compersion. Whether you’re a newcomer or veteran to the world beyond monogamy, come discover strategies to help you nurture and grow your open relationship(s).
Location: This workshop is presented by She Bop, but will not be held at the store, it will be held at the Q Center, which is 3 blocks up the street from She Bop at the corner of Mississippi and Mason (4115 N. Mississippi).
Admission: $25, buy tickets at the store (909 N. Beech Street, Portland, OR 97227), by phone 503-473-8018 or online
Info: info at sheboptheshop.com and 503-473-8018, Twitter: @SheBopTheShop

CINEKINK hits Las Vegas in June!

May 202012
 

CINEKINK: LAS VEGAS – June 7-9, 2012


CineKink -– “the kinky film festival” — kicks off its annual tour in Las Vegas, June 7-9, 2012. With screenings at the city’s arts-district cinema, Theatre7 (1406 South Third Street), CineKink: Las Vegas will offer a specially-curated program of films and videos that celebrate and explore a wide and exciting world of sexual diversity, with works ranging from documentary to drama, comedy to experimental, mildly spicy to quite explicit – and everything in between.

This year’s line-up features:

Thursday, June 7 – 7:00 PM
CABARET DESIRE
CineKink Audience Choice Award – Best Narrative Feature/Tie
Set against a sumptuous Barcelona backdrop, at a bohemian gathering where readings, dance and music create a sensual vibe, CABARET DESIRE weaves together four erotic tales of intimacy, love, passion and sex.
Directed by Erika Lust, 2011, Spain, 74 minutes.

Friday, June 8 – 7:00 PM
STAGE BROTHER
CineKink Audience Choice Award – Best Documentary Feature
Jennifer Buonagurio has a dream…she wants to make it in the world of adult entertainment. With her brother, Richard, acting as manager, the New Jersey siblings pack into a mini-van and head
cross-country to the mecca of porn: Los Angeles. Directed by Richard Buonagurio, 2011, USA, 86 minutes.

Friday, June 8 – 9:00 PM
SWEET PRUDENCE AND THE EROTIC ADVENTURE OF BIGFOOT
CineKink Audience Choice Award – Best Narrative Feature/Tie
When Bigfoot is sighted near a remote nudist resort, sweet young Prudence sets off with her best friend, Veruca and her college buddy, Mike, to take the perfect photo of the mythical beast: one which will allow Prudence to finally get her long-awaited degree in cryptozoology. But how up close will they actually get?
Directed by William Burke, 2011, Canada, 90 minutes.

Friday, June 8 – 11:00 PM
SIRWIÑAKUY (LIVING TOGETHER)
In a Bolivian coffee-shop, middle-aged Luis spots Anouk, a pretty young French woman with exquisitely bad table manners. He approaches her and, without introduction, asks her to go home with him–and she, surprisingly, accepts. Once there he attempts to frame her into the woman that lies beneath her childish exterior, and the two participate in their own kinky version of a sirwiñakuy–an indigenous tradition where a man brings home a trial “wife.”
Directed by Amy Hesketh, 2010, Bolivia, 111 minutes.

Saturday, June 9 – 3:00 PM
KINK & KINSHIP (shorts program)
A collection of works that celebrate and explore the special sense of community our kinks tend to engender. Program includes:
Lenny Waller Memorial
The Transexual Dominatrix
So Pomo
Sisterhood of the Sash: International Ms Leather at 25
High: A Black Party Symphony

Saturday, June 9 –5:00 PM
KINK & LAS VEGAS (panel discussion)
(Free event, RSVP suggested)
Saturday, June 9 – 7:00 PM
BEST OF CINEKINK/2012 (shorts program)
A special screening of award-winning shorts deemed the year’s best from CineKink, “the kinky film festival!”
The Transexual Dominatrix
Baldguy (Skallamann)
Pedal to Pleasure
What Makes Us Queer
Smut Capital of America
Craigslist Dating
Tooshie Smooshie
A Day in the Country

LOCATION
theatre7
1406 South 3rd Street
Las Vegas, NYC 89104

TICKETS AND PASSES
Ticket prices for each regular screening are $10 door/$8 advance. Admission to the panel discussion is free, with RSVP suggested.
A great value for a weekend of non-stop, kinky entertainment, a CineKink: Las Vegas All-Access Pass, covering admission to all six regular screening programs and the panel discussion, is available in advance for $40; $30 for students/seniors; $25 for CineKinksters & Friends w/Benefits

SPONSORS
National tour sponsors of CineKink: 2012 include Crystal Delights, KinkyMedical.net, National Coalition for Sexual Freedom and njoy

For tickets and more information, please visit http://www.cinekink.com

The Feminist Porn Awards are coming!

Apr 152012
 

I’m headed to Toronto soon for the Feminist Porn Awards –  on Friday night is the 7th Annual Awards Gala, featuring clips from honorees plus live entertainment. On Saturday, I’m giving my workshop on open relationships at the University of Toronto. Scroll down for the full list of details on the weekend’s events.

Wednesday April 18th – Sexing The Transman with Buck Angel
Muzzo Family Alumni Hall (121 St. Joseph Street), 7-9pm
$15 advance or at the door (free for SDS and Cinema students)
Pioneering filmmaker Buck Angel gives an audio-visual tour of transman sexuality with his new documentary Sexing the Transman, including interviews with a variety of transmen and the people who love them. In the talk that follows Buck is your guide to re-defining gender and enjoying the fluidity of sexuality and individual expression of identity. Co-sponsored by Sexual Diversity Studies and Cinema Studies, UofT. All Genders Welcome.

Thursday April 19th – Public.Provocative.Porn: The Year’s Best in Feminist Film
The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema (506 Bloor Street West), 9:30pm
$15 advance or at the door
Join us for a screening of selected Films by Filmmakers Erika Lust, Buck Angel, Nenna and N Maxwell Lander. Directors will be in attendance for a moderated discussion and Q&A facilitated by CoCo La Crème.
This event is 18+ Only.

Friday April 20th – 7th Annual Good For Her Feminist Porn Awards Gala
Berkeley Church (315 Queen St East), VIP Party at 8pm / General Admission at 9pm
$20 Early Bird (limited) / $25 Advance / $30 at the door
Join us as we present the legendary Feminist Porn Awards with a fabulous celebration of your favourite porn makers, plus a night of mind-blowing entertainment, a mountain of eye candy and the best movie clips ever seen at an awards show. Featuring hot entertainment from Ill Na Na, Olive-or-Oliver & CoCo La Creme and hosted by Elvira Kurt with Ryan G. Hinds. ASL interpretation provided.
This event is 19+ Only.

Saturday April 21st – Making Open Relationships Work with Tristan Taormino
UofT Campus,  11:30am-1:30pm
$33
Do open relationships really work? How do people create nontraditional partnerships that are loving and lasting? Tristan Taormino, relationship expert and author of Opening Up, shares some key principles that can help your open relationship(s) succeed. Tristan will offer tips on communication, negotiation, and boundary setting, as well as how to cope with change. Whether you’re a newcomer or veteran to the world beyond monogamy, come discover strategies to help you nurture and grow your open relationship(s). Co-sponsored by Sexual Diversity Studies and the Sex Ed Centre, UofT. All Genders Welcome.

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The 7th Annual Feminist Porn awards are generously sponsored by Hot Movies for Her, LELO, The Everything to do with Sex Show, Aslan Leather, NOW magazine.

Still want more? Switch: Queer Porn Play Party produced by ASLAN Leather is for anyone & everyone comfortable playing in queer & trans positive spaces! Check it out on Saturday April 21st at Oasis Aqualounge. Tickets available at ASLANLeather.com

Courtney Trouble’s award-winning film Live Sex Show Now Available for VOD/Digital Download!

Apr 112012
 
Live Sex Show, best known for it’s groundbreaking live performance with porn legends Nina Hartley and Jiz Lee, is now for sale as a digital download at CourtneyTrouble.Com. Released by Courtney’s very own TROUBLEfilmsproduction company, Live Sex Show has received  a Feminist Porn Award nomination as well as the “Bring It” Best Porn Award from the Cinekink Film Festival since it’s release in October 2011.

Along with Jiz Lee and Nina Hartley; April Flores, Tina Horn, and Courtney Trouble also star in this film, which was shot in front of a live, horny audience at the San Francisco Masturbate-a-thon in 2010 at the Center for Sex and Culture. Indeed, this film was made as a benefit to the Center, led by sex positive icons Carol Queen and Robert Lawrence.

This film was the first release on Courtney Trouble’s independent film and website production company, and is also Trouble’s first inclusion of heterosexual sex scenes in her films, and certainly not the last. April Flores and Jolene Parton both star with their real-life male lovers, showing that Trouble’s queer porn career will gracefully transition into a full scale all-inclusive production house that blends the underground critically acclaimed and academically rejoiced Queer Porn Movement with a growing heterosexual fan base that prefers to see couples, high-chemistry couplings, and authentic desires portrayed on screen.

Live Sex Show has been kept from VOD and online porn streaming distributors until now, with it’s first release at CourtneyTrouble.Com’s online store, featured for only $25.00 for a full DVD quality download to own, unrestricted file that’s compatible with iTunes or Quicktime, and most mobile smartphones and tablets.

Live Sex Show will also be released at Adult DVD Empire for VOD within the month, Trouble says – an exciting connection that means more fans and more funds for this growing and ground-breaking company.

The film has been available only on DVD format until this time, with retailers like Smitten Kitten and Eden Fantasys at the top of sales. Wholesale inquiried for the DVD should be sent to orders@courtneytrouble.com or check out the TROUBLEfilms website for more information!

Consent opens at apexart

Mar 282012
 

Have you ever opened up to anyone about your private relationship with pornography? Despite the common knowledge that the use of porn, particularly online, is nearly ubiquitous—according to 2010 statistics compiled by OnlineMBA.com, 25% of search engine requests are for porn and over 28,000 people are looking at online porn at any given second—few of us think or talk about it honestly. In the internet age, although porn is easier than ever to access, it is also easier to consume surreptitiously before ”x-ing out” and deleting the web history. If the statistics are even close to correct, most of us are consenting cogs in the wheels of the porn industry’s massive turnout, yet we often show a very different face to the public than the one we put on when we are alone with adult entertainment. The gap between our intimate moments and our public reactions to porn is rarely bridged with conversation or dialogue. Consent aims to close the gap between what we think about porn and what we say—to collapse the space between the “them” of the porn industry and the “us” of the consumer.

Consent is a new exhibition curated by Lynsey G at apexart gallery in New York City.  Closing the gap between the porn industry and its consumers, Consent features interviews with porn actors, directors, activists, and consumers, including:

Lux Alptraum
Brittany Andrews
Nyomi Banxxx
April Flores
Lynsey G
Cindy Gallop
Sinnamon Love
Mr. Marcus
Daniel Reilly
Kelly Shibari
Oriana Small
Natasha Starr
Danny Wylde
Madison Young

The Graduate XXX  Screening: Wed, Apr 4: 6:30pm

Lynsey G  (aka Miss Lagsalot, in some circles) is a copywriter, reviewer, interviewer, columnist, and blogger writing for and about porn since 2007.

Exhibition on view Tuesday-Saturday, 11-6, March 21 – May 12, 2012.

 

apexart
291 church street, new york, ny 10013
t. 212 431 5270
www.apexart.org ( http://apexart.org/ ) apexart’s  exhibitions and
public programs are supported in part by the Andy Warhol Foundation
for the Visual Arts, Barbro Pro Suecia Foundation, Bloomberg
Philanthropies, Degenstein Foundation, The Greenwich Collection Ltd.,
William Talbott Hillman Foundation, Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides
Foundation, and with public funds from the National Endowment for the
Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New
York State Council on the Arts.

All apexart events (http://apexart.org/events.php)  are free and
open to the public.

Call for Submissions: New Views on Pornography

Mar 212012
 

Calling all sex scholars! Lynn Comella and Shira Tarrant are editing a two-volume anthology on sexuality, politics, and the law. The deadline is July 30, 2012 and the call for submissions is below.

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Call for Submissions: New Views on Pornography: Sexuality, Politics, and the Law, 2 Volumes

Edited by Lynn Comella, PhD and Shira Tarrant, PhD
Deadline: July 30, 2012

Co-editors Lynn Comella (University of Las Vegas, Nevada) and Shira Tarrant (California State University, Long Beach) are seeking submissions for a two-volume edited collection under contract with Praeger.

Description: New Views on Pornography is a two-volume collection of the most current scholarship on pornography. This edited series presents empirical research on a range of contemporary issues regarding pornography’s politics, psychology, cultural and legal debates, providing a comprehensive and multidisciplinary overview of the field of porn studies in one convenient location for students, researchers, and professors across related fields. Our goal as editors is to showcase new and innovative research that examines the culture and politics of pornography in a global context, including but not limited to, questions of production, audiences, market niches, technological innovations, political debates and controversies, obscenity, free speech, public policy and the law. The editors seek well-researched facts and data in order to provide readers with a comprehensive overview of issues on the subject.

Author Guidelines: For consideration, please submit full chapters (5,000-7,000 words), a brief abstract, bio (75-100 words), and complete contact information. Submissions must include endnotes and bibliography, and adhere to Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition. Send submissions in .doc or .docx format to both contact emails below. Submissions not conforming to these guidelines will not be considered.

The Editors are specifically interested in submissions on the following:

  • Foundations and Controversies in Pornography
  • Defining Pornography
  • The History of Pornography
  • Pornography and the Law: Historical Highlights
  • Cultural Trends and Changing Ideas about Pornography
  • Key Resources in Media and Cultural Studies of Pornography
  • Consumption Practices: Who Is Using Porn?
  • Global Porn Production: Practices and Revenue
  • Sources of Porn: The Marketplace and Changing Supply Patterns
  • The Porn Wars in Historical and Contemporary Perspective
  • The Politics of Porn Literacy and Social Control
  • Issues of Race, Ethnicity, and Pornography
  • Impacts of the Industry: Interviews with Porn Actors and Industry Workers
  • Studying Pornography: Research Methods and Methodologies
  • Impacts and Effects of Pornography
  • Defining the Terms: Problems with Content Analysis and Ideological Bias
  • Women Watching Porn: Issues in Data Collection and Self-Reporting
  • Pornography and Global Sex Trafficking: Separating Myths from the Facts
  • Pathologizing Porn: Questions about Addiction
  • The Impacts of Pornography on Intimate Relationships
  • Technology and Porn
  • Obscenity, Surveillance and Free Speech: Current Issues in the Law
  • Varieties and Genres of Pornography
  • How the Adult Industry is Organized: Issues of Production and Revenue
  • Masculinity, Violence, and Pornography: Correcting the Data
  • Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Porn
  • Porn Studies in Global Context
  • Porn Use and Sexual Satisfaction

Deadline: July 30, 2012

Send To: Please send cc’d submissions to Lynn Comella at lynn.comella@unlv.edu and Shira Tarrant at Shira_Tarrant@yahoo.com. Include Praeger NVOP Submission in the subject line. Submission queries should be directed to the above.

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