Feminist Porn Resources
Feminist Porn is both a budding genre of adult films and a growing social movement. Here is our guide to Feminist Porn Filmmakers, Feminist Porn Companies and Websites, and Notable Feminist Porn Films. Coming soon: Notable Feminist Porn Performers, A Feminist Porn Bibliography, and Related Sites of Interest. Also see: What is Feminist Porn? and Feminist Porn News.
Feminist Porn Filmmakers
Anna Span, Easy on the Eye Productions
From annaspansdiary.com: Anna Span is a British director, producer, and outspoken politician. Like the majority of feminist porn directors, her films focus on women enjoying sex. Other themes include sex toys, everyday objects (such as a chocolate bar or orange) being used as sex aids, gang bangs, and role-playing. Unlike most mainstream porn, Anna spends a significant portion of each film focusing on the man, a cinematic approach she has termed “female point of view shots.”
DVD and VOD: Gamelink | Anna Span
Annie Sprinkle
From anniesprinkle.org: “Annie Sprinkle, Ph.D. is a prostitute/porn star turned artist/sexologist. She directed the groundbreaking films Annie Sprinkle’s Herstory of Porn and The Sluts and Goddesses Video Workshop. She has passionately researched and explored sexuality in all of its glorious and inglorious forms for thirty-six-years, and has shared her findings all along the way through producing and starring in her own unique brand of sex films, photographic work, teaching workshops, and college lectures. She is also an internationally acclaimed artist who tours theater pieces, and shows visual art, about her life in sex and love.”
DVD and VOD: Gamelink | AEBN (VOD) | Annie Sprinkle
Betty Dodson
Betty Dodson is an artist, activist, writer, educator, and a leading pioneer of the sex positive movement. She is most well known for her groundbreaking work on female masturbation, specifically her how-to workshops on female masturbation and orgasm. She turned those workshops into several films—The Orgasm Doctor, Viva La Vulva, Celebrating Orgasm, Orgasmic Women, and Selfloving, which were among the first sex-positive, feminist, explicit, sex education videos on the market. At 82 years old, Betty has no sign of slowing down. She recently released her memoir and blogs frequently at her site with collaborator Carlin Ross. She continues to run workshops, advocate for women’s rights, and educate the world about sexuality, pleasure and orgasm.
DVD and VOD: Gamelink | Dodson and Ross
Buck Angel
His website says it the best: “As an icon of popular culture, Buck Angel’s message of empowerment through self-acceptance and being sexually comfortable in your own skin has struck a passionate chord with folks all over the world. Since Buck coined the phrase ‘it’s not what’s between your legs that defines your gender!’ the term has become an anthem for men and women who have been inspired by this message of self acceptance. Buck, an FTM transsexual who has not surgically altered his genitals…made history when he received the prestigious award from Adult Video News (AVN) for Transsexual Performer of the Year in 2007 for his groundbreaking work in the adult entertainment industry. As the pioneer of an entirely new genre, Buck has received international recognition and continues to be a huge box office hit in numerous markets.” Popular films include Buckback Mountain, Buck Fever, and Even More Bang for Your Buck.
DVD and VOD: Good Vibrations | Gamelink | AEBN (VOD) | Buck Angel
Candida Royalle, Femme Productions
Writer, director, businesswoman, and former adult performer Candida Royalle basically invented what is now referred to as couples’ porn. She founded Femme Productions in 1984 in order to produce adult films from a woman’s perspective. Her films focus on heterosexual couples, high production values, scripted plots, sensuality, and romance. Her work does not contain images of genital close-ups, traditional “money shots” (a man’s external ejaculation on a woman’s body or face), rough sex, or anal sex (with a few exceptions). Candida has a wide fan base of women and men who appreciate her approach to porn.
DVD and VOD: Good Vibrations | Gamelink | AEBN (VOD) | Candida Royalle
Carlos Batts and April Flores, C. Batts Fly
Carlos Batts is an award winning artist, photographer and director. His production company, C. Batts Fly, is recognized for its creative, unique, and innovative approach in depicting sexuality and pleasure. His films are what I call “art porn,” and they’re quite avant garde, edgy, and artistic. Popular titles include Behind the Red Door, Glamazons, Dangerous Curves, and Artcore. Batts’ films feature people of diverse genders and ethnicities as well as voluptuous women, most notably performer April Flores (aka Fatty D), his wife and muse, with whom he often collaborates.
DVD and VOD: Good Vibrations | HotMovies | TLA Video | Carlos Batts | April Flores
Courtney Trouble
From CoutneyTrouble.com: “In 2002, Trouble created nofauxxx.com, the largest and longest-running queer porn site in history. Her site is not only gay, lesbian, and trans-friendly; many of the 150 performers and models on the site are ‘alt’ porn and mainstream porn stars. She then began directing films for Reel Queer Productions/Good Releasing, the production and distribution arm of the feminist sex shop Good Vibrations. Her cinematic style is a successful mix of a lo-fi ‘do-it-yourself’ indie-art aesthetic with an accessible, understandable, yet female-forward porn formula. As a result, her films appeal to a wide variety of viewers ranging from the average consumer (whoever that is!) to those who enjoy subversive, political, and inquisitive porn.” Her award-winning films include Nostalgia, Billy Castro Does the Mission, and the Roulette series. Courtney is also the co-creator of Queer Porn TV.
DVD and VOD: Good Vibrations | Gamelink | AEBN (VOD) | Courtney Trouble
Emilie Jouvet
From The End of Being: “French pornographer Emilie Jouvet crashed into the scene in 2006 with her break-out hit Pour Une Nuit (One Night Stand), winner of The Feminist Porn Award for Sexiest Dyke Movie and First Prize of the Lesbian Jury at the Berlin Porn Film Festival, amongst others. Jouvet is a DIY porn auteur of the highest order. She is the director, the editor, the videographer, the actress, the art director, the producer, and so on. Don’t expect amateur work, however. Jouvet’s porn is of a conceptual nature, aimed to do more than simply satisfy the viewer.”
DVD and VOD: Good Vibrations | Emilie Jouvet
Estelle Joseph, Stella Films Productions
From PornMoviesforWomen.com: “Estelle Joseph was tired of watching the same old stuff in porn movies. After much discussion with her female friends, she decided to try her hand at making the kind of porn movie she herself would want to see. Thus, the City of Flesh series was launched. Estelle is a Broadway/Off-Broadway producer and performer, and is a principal creative force behind Stella Films Productions City of Flesh series. She strives to combat porn stereotyping by presenting adult stories from a woman’s perspective and shooting in prime New York City locations. Joseph’s goal is to create interactive movies that appeal to a broad audience that includes not only men, but also couples and women.”
DVD and VOD: Gamelink | Estelle Joseph
Erika Lust, Lust Films
Erika Lust is a filmmaker, writer and founder of Lust Films of Barcelona, a highly successful company that has earned international acclaim for its sexy, well-produced, and mentally stimulating films. Lust seems to have mastered how to combine an intriguing plot with steamy sex, thus creating a porn experience that resonates deeper then surface-level arousal. As Lust said in a recent interview with The Guardian, “Our work speaks about sex, lust and passion. We enjoy exciting you and exciting your mind. We make love, not porn. And we do all this with a feminine aesthetic and innovative approach.” Her first film Five Stories for Her won numerous international awards. She went on to direct Barcelona Sex Project, an outstanding sexually explicit experimental documentary and Life Love Lust (2010), her latest erotic movie. Erika Lust is also author of the acclaimed book Good Porn: A Woman’s Guide and runs Lust Cinema, which features the work of European independent porn directors Maria Beatty, Kristyan Geyr, Mia Enberg, Sofilles Productions, and Jessica Nilsson.
DVD and VOD: Good Vibrations | Gamelink | AEBN (VOD) | Lust Films | Lust Cinema
Jaiya, New World Sex Education
Jaiya describes herself as “a unique mix of Dr. Ruth, Lady Gaga and a Yogi.” She is a world-renowned sexologist, creator of the Red Hot Touch educational video series, and the founder of New World Sex Education, a company dedicated to using real sex education to help men and women get the sex lives they desire. Her educational messages are presented with a spiritual, sensual, and erotic tone.
DVD and VOD: Gamelink | New World Sex Education
Jamye Waxman
Jamye Waxman is a sex educator and lecturer in the field of human sexuality and relationships as well as a sex writer, author, blogger, video host, producer and director. She is a former Babeland sex educator and President of Feminists For Free Expression. She created the Personal Touch sex education series for Adam & Eve and directed the titles Toying With Pleasure, Seeking Monogamy Without Monotony, Exploring the O, and 101 Positions for Lovers. Her films combine sex education with erotic imagery, creating an experience that can be enjoyed solo or with a partner(s).
DVD and VOD: Good Vibrations | Gamelink | AEBN (VOD) | Jamye Waxman
Joanna Angel, Burning Angel
Joanna Angel is considered the queen of alt porn. Her involvement both on and off screen played a crucial role in the development of this genre, showing the world the sexy side of the alt/punk community. Burning Angel, the production company and website co-founded by Joanna, is ideal for folks looking for alt, emo, tattooed and pierced, goth, and punk rock porn at its best. As a performer and a director, she’s known for her extreme hardcore sex scenes, authentic orgasms, and quirky sense of humor.
DVD and VOD: Good Vibrations | Gamelink | AEBN (VOD) | Burning Angel
Madison Young
Madison Young is a fiery redhead known for her authentic approach to documenting sexuality. Her participation is on both sides (and all around) the camera. Young’s films express her view on the importance of free, sexual expression and create a dialogue about breaking down sexual taboos. This message is close to her heart. As a self-proclaimed feminist who enjoys rough sex, severe bondage, intense S/M, puppy play, and all people regardless of their place on the gender spectrum, Young is used to defending (and promoting) socially atypical sexual practices. She directs for her own company, Madison Bound, for Reel Queer Productions/Good Releasing (the production and distribution arm of the feminist sex shop Good Vibrations) as well as her own websites in the Feminist Porn Network [link, need affiliate code]. Popular films include Perversions of Lesbian Lust, Fluid, and Frisk Me.
DVD and VOD: Good Vibrations | Gamelink | AEBN (VOD) | Feminist Porn Network
Maria Beatty, Bleu Productions
From the Bleu Productions website: “Maria Beatty’s films reveal the previously hard-to-find fantasies of bondage, spanking, tickling, sensual teasing, and more. Not only an astute observer of the cultural aspects of the fetish world, Beatty’s artistry as a filmmaker sets new standards of quality. The high art quality of the films is a dramatic contrast to the (frequently) shocking images she reveals.” Her cinematic style is often described as “erotic noir” due to the unique way she juxtaposes lesbian hardcore with the shadowy look of old crime flicks. Beatty’s highly personal approach achieves an authentic sensuality rarely seen in adult cinema and leads viewers into the enticing world of fetishism.
DVD and VOD: Good Vibrations | Gamelink | AEBN (VOD) | Bleu Productions
Nica Noelle, Sweetheart Video and Sweet Sinner Films
Sweetheart Video and Sweet Sinner Films are the brainchild of director Nica Noelle and Jonathan Blitt, owner and operator of parent company Mile High Media; they say, “Our goal is to create original, innovative erotica for the discerning viewer. Sweetheart (the girl/girl line) and Sweet Sinner (the straight line) films are storyline-driven, carefully cast, and always contain real sexual encounters between people who truly want to be together…We never ‘cut’ during the sex scenes, loop footage, or ‘position’ the performers during their encounters, therefore allowing viewers to fully experience, if vicariously, the entire sexual encounter as it occurred.”
DVD and VOD: Gamelink | AEBN (VOD)
Nina Hartley
Hartley is a true pioneer of feminist pornography. Over the last thirty-plus years she has acted in and/or directed hundreds of pornographic films as well as been an outspoken activist for the sex positive movement. Addressing other women, she says, “Sex isn’t something men do to you…Sex is something you dive into with gusto and like every bit as much as he does.” Hartley’s films clearly embody this “sex with gusto” message. What makes her intensity especially appealing is that it is expressed with authenticity, confidence, and ease—a trifectah of traits that make for an intimate viewing experience. She has directed her own line of educational videos for Adam & Eve since the early 1990s, which cover everything from oral sex and female ejaculation to bondage and dominance and submission. Her films are directed by her husband, acclaimed fetish director Ernest Greene, and she often teams up with him on his feature films as well.
DVD and VOD: Good Vibrations | Gamelink | AEBN (VOD) | Nina.com
Petra Joy
Petra Joy’s films are based on the erotic fantasies of women (including herself). As a result, they are focused on female desires and female pleasure. Joy refers to her films as “art-core” rather then “hard-core,” a title they earn due to their depiction of real bodies (her sets are “silicone-free” zones), their focus on sensuality, and their creative edge. Furthermore, she refuses to portray any sexual actions that she believes many women experience as degrading such as forced fellatio, extreme anal sex and facial cum shots. Popular titles include Feeling It!, The Female Voyeur, and Female Fantasies. Petra is also the creator/curator of the Her Porn series, where she compiles the best female-friendly porn scenes from around the world.
DVD and VOD: Good Vibrations | Gamelink | Petra Joy
Shine Louise Houston, Pink & White Productions
From the website: “Pink & White Productions creates adult entertainment that exposes the complexities of queer sexual desire. Taking inspiration from many different sources, Pink & White is dedicated to producing sexy and exciting images that reflect today’s blurred gender lines and fluid sexualities. ‘There is power in creating images, and for… a woman of color and a queer to take that power… I don’t find it exploitative; I think it’s necessary,’ says company owner and director, Shine Louise Houston.” Shine has won multiple Feminist Porn Awards, including The Visionary Award in 2009. Popular titles include The Crash Pad (which spawned the web-based episodic series CrashPadSeries.com [need affiliate code and link]), Champion, and Superfreak. Shine is also the creator of Heavenly Spire, a web site which “focuses on masculine beauty and sexuality and how it manifests on different bodies with a unique cinematic style.”
DVD and VOD: Good Vibrations | Gamelink | Crash Pad Series | Heavenly Spire
Tristan Taormino®, Smart Ass Productions
Sex educator, author, and speaker Tristan Taormino has directed and produced 24 adult films, including her multi-award winning debut film based on her book, The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women for Evil Angel. She founded Smart Ass Productions in 2006 to create intelligent, ethically-produced, performer-driven films with authentic chemistry, pleasure, and orgasms for everyone. A few months later, she became an exclusive director for Vivid Entertainment. Her documentary-style series Chemistry has won several Feminist Porn Awards, and Tristan was the first woman ever to win an AVN Award for Best Gonzo Movie for Chemistry, Volume 1. Her series Rough Sex depicts real women’s fantasies of BDSM, dominance/submission, and kink and has won two Audience Choice Awards at CineKink Film Festival. Tristan is creator and executive producer of Vivid-Ed, Vivid’s sex education line. She received the Feminist Porn Trailblazer Award in 2010 for her ten years of work in the industry.
DVD and VOD: Pucker Up Shop | Smart Ass Productions | AEBN (VOD)
Feminist Porn Companies and Websites
Comstock Films
Comstock Films was founded by documentary film director Tony Comstock. Although his films cover a variety of topics, he is most recognized for his Real People, Real Life, Real Sex series. This collection of documentaries captures the authentic pleasure, love, and intimacy of a variety of couples ranging from trans 20-somethings to grey-haired senior citizens. Comstock hopes his films highlight the importance of sexual pleasure in committed relationships as well as the problematic and unrealistic display of sexuality in mainstream cinema.
DVD and VOD: Good Vibrations | Gamelink | Comstock Films
Cyber-Dyke Sex Network
Cyber-Dyke is a joint effort among lesbian and bi webmistresses who came together to create a network of high-quality erotic sites for women with a single price low enough that everyone can enjoy! If you’ve been in search of lesbian porn and erotica, you’ve finally found the real thing! There are more than a dozen sites in the network created by women for women including DarkPlay, Sappho’s Girls, Posteriority, Girl Tools, Shaved Dyke and Foot Femmes.
DVD and VOD: Cyber-Dyke
Fatale Media
Fatale Media prides itself on producing and distributing authentic, explicit and sexy lesbian pornography. This is not surprising considering that the company’s president, Nan Kinney, also co-founded the groundbreaking magazine On Our Backs. What sets Fatale apart from the majority of girl-on-girl porn is that it is intended for a queer audience, therefore giving it a genuine quality that transfers onto the screen. Fatale Media distributes Fatale Video (lesbian porn from the 1980s and 90s), the films of female ejaculation pioneer Deborah Sundahl, S.I.R. Video (directors Jackie Strano and Shar Rednour), and other independent queer porn. Ironically, this lesbian-centered company’s best selling series is Bend Over Boyfriend, a collection of films about heterosexual couples exploring anal play.
DVD and VOD: Gamelink | Fatale Media
For The Girls
From the site: “For The Girls is a quality erotica site for women that combines a huge selection of sexy photos created and selected for women, with an entire online magazine. So you get thousands of pics of sexy naked men, erotic couples photos, male strippers, hardcore movies and exclusive steamy erotic fiction combined with columns, fascinating articles, sex advice, humor and lots more. Close your eyes and indulge your fantasies!”
VOD: For The Girls
Good Dyke Porn
The creators of Good Dyke Porn are real dykes, who identify as lesbian, queer, bisexual, transgender, butch, femme, in-between, shy, exhibitionist, dominatrix, submissive, and other. “Using a documentary style, multiple cameras, and minimal editing we successfully capture true intimacy,” it states on their homepage. “That intimacy is shared between real-life couples, solo models and camera operators, and brave, beautiful, sexual women who’ve come together for the purpose of pure sex, unencumbered with conversation or context.”
DVD and VOD: Gamelink | AEBN (VOD) | Hot Movies for Her (VOD) | Good Dyke Porn
Good Releasing
Good Releasing is the production and distribution arm of the feminist sex shop Good Vibrations. It has several imprints. Heartcore Films “offers artistic alternatives to formulaic features with films by independent artists with fresh, diverse content” and features films like Kimberly Kane’s My Own Master and Pregnant With Desire. Reel Queer Productions, “documenting authentic, edgy, queer sex and culture with relevant, intelligent films inclusive of the many sexualities that identify as queer,” includes films by Madison Young, Courtney Trouble, and Nena. Pleasure-Ed “doesn’t just tell you how to have better sex, it shows you too. This continuing collection of explicit educational films includes a wide range of informational and instructional content to inspire and enhance your sex life” and features films by Dr. Carol Queen.
DVD and VOD: Good Vibrations | Gamelink (Heartcore) | Gamelink (Reel Queer) | AEBN (VOD) (Heartcore) | AEBN (VOD) (Reel Queer)
No Fauxxx
“NoFauxxx.Com was created in 2002 [by Courtney Trouble] as a space to explore sex beyond straight, gay, lesbian, and gender binaries. This site led to the creation of the ‘Queer Porn’ genre, with its all-inclusive casting and production standards. By all means an obscure, self-funded under-dog, No Fauxxx remains the longest-running porn site of it’s kind. No Fauxxx’s genre and gender -less navigation structure encourages the audience to think outside their own boxes and find something new and exciting to get off to.”
VOD: AEBN (VOD) | No Fauxxx
Queer Porn TV
A collaboration between Courtney Trouble and Tina Horn, Queer Porn TV is “intended to be a documentation of exhibitionist queers having a great time. The site (yes, QueerPorn.TV is 100% internet based) facilitates spontaneous, nasty sexuality with a transparent sleaze that boldly proclaims sex and body positivity. Contempt of social definitions plays a central role in the films and clips produced by this company. They do not say what is and is not sex, what is and is not hot and what is and is not queer.
VOD: Queer Porn TV
S.I.R. Productions
S.I.R. Productions is an all-woman-run company founded in the late 1990s and based in San Francisco that creates adult films with an educational twist. S.I.R. (which stands for Sex, Indulgence and Rock-n-Roll) was started by writer and editor Shar Rednour and musician, Jackie Strano. “We wanted to see our desire and our sexuality onscreen and show what real dykes look like when they fuck,” says Jackie when asked about the origins of S.I.R. “We made our movies for ourselves and for our community first and obviously that authenticity resonated with a lot of people from many different communities.” Their mission is to create films that arouse and entertain while simultaneously educating individuals on sexual health. Their titles produced more than a decade ago—Bend Over Boyfriend, Hard Love and How to Fuck in High Heels, Sugar High, Glitter City, Healing Sex—stand the test of time.
DVD and VOD: Good Vibrations | Gamelink
Trannywood Pictures
Trannywood Pictures is a small, independent, San Francisco-based porn production company that brings together a diversity of trans and other queer men. Their models are in various points in their transition. They support guys who don’t want or plan on being on hormones or don’t want any surgery, as well as those who do. Central to Trannywood Pictures is their focus on educating and encouraging the public about safer sex practices. Popular titles include Cubbyholes, Couchsurfers, and Trannywood Gone Wild.
DVD and VOD: Good Vibrations | Gamelink | AEBN (VOD) | Trannywood Pictures
Triangle Films
Triangle Films is the brainchild of Kathryn Annelle who has been producing lesbian films since 2006. Triangle’s mission is to explore new and different areas of lesbian erotica in an attempt to fulfill the desires of their fans. What sets these films apart from their peers is that they are created by a woman for a female audience. This unique vision gives Triangle Films a whole new dimension of sensuality, sexuality, and erotica. Popular titles include the Boundaries series and the Feminist Porn Award-winning River Rock Women’s Prison.
DVD and VOD: Good Vibrations | Gamelink | AEBN (VOD) | Triangle Films
Notable Feminist Porn Films
The Best of Vulva Massage presented by Joseph Kramer (New School of Erotic Touch)
The Bi Apple directed by Audacia Ray (Adam and Eve)
Dirty Diaries: 12 Shorts of Feminist Porn produced by Mia Enberg (Story AB Production)
Doing it Ourselves: The Trans Women Porn Project directed by Tobi Hill-Meyer (Handbasket Productions)
Hearts Cracked Open directed by Betsy Kalin
Masturbation Memoirs directed by Scarlot Harlot (House O’ Chicks)
Matinee directed by Jennifer Lyon Bell (Blue Artichoke Films)
An Open Invitation: A Real Swinger’s Party in San Francisco directed by Ilana Rothman (Private Media)
Tantric Massage for Lovers with Mark Michaels and Patricia Johnson
The Band directed by Anna Brownfield (Hungry Films/Poison Apple Productions)
Trans-Entities directed by Morty Diamond
Want directed by Loree Erickson (Femmegimp Productions)
