Porn Perspectives

Oprah Says You Can Watch Porn

Check out Oprah and Dr Laura Berman (Oprah's go-to therapist) talk to a woman about watching porn. It's clear Oprah isn't totally on board the porn train, but at least she's open.

I think this is good advice.

Watch here

Porn Popular in Bible Belt

Can't say I'm surprised to read about a Harvard University study's findings that traditionally conservative states are high consumers of online pornography.  Eight of the top 10 states are conservative-leaning: Utah (staying strong at #1!), Alaska, Mississippi, Arkansas, North Dakota, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and West Virginia. Hawaii and Florida are the only two of the top ten which are politically liberal.

Here is a quick article about the study, a Mormon writer's thoughts on the issue, and the original study (PDF).

Porn-related activities and discussion is rife with contradiction; ask any pornographer, who will tell you that the Bible Belt serves up the best customers. God bless porn?

 

A billboard in the Deep South

Marge Simpson Poses for Playboy

I don't even know how to process this information. The November 2009 issue of Playboy magazine, due out this week, will feature Marge Simpson on its cover.

The goal is to appeal to a younger audience. Maybe I'm out of touch, but images of a vaguely human yellow mother figure drawn without clothes may not be a failsafe path into the pants of young men. I never understood the sexual appeal of drawings. It reminds me of when my little sister said that Wonder Woman's underwear makes her butt look fat. (Dude, it's not that she can't shop - she's a series of freaking lines and colors.)

Who knows, maybe Playboy's just hoping people buy the magazine as a novelty. They sure do need the money.

See what you think:

Are you getting hot?

Squirt Ban in UK

Apparently UK porn films must undergo approval by a group called the British Board of Film Classification. I can only imagine a row of grey-haired Brits staring down their noses at raunchy movies - I'm shocked anything makes it past them.

Films depicting female ejaculation had been banned by this board, a decision which was recently overturned thanks to the lobbying efforts of female porn director Anna Span.

Ms. Span

While the question of female ejaculation is mildly controversial--what is it anyway? is it pee? do regular women do this?--one must admit there's a massive double standard in place when male ejaculation is (literally) all over the place in porn films. 

So kudos to Anna Span. I'll have to check out her films.

You can read more about this issue here. There are some freaky new-age books about "divine nectar" from which I'd steer clear. Many resources about female ejaculation are available, should you want to investigate. Word of caution: female ejaculation is apparently much more, uh, copious (i.e., messy) than the male version.

Sasha Down Under

Sasha supporting PornPerspectives' new SFW policy (photo courtesy VICE)

VICE magazine interviewed Sasha Grey while she was in Australia promoting Steven Soderbergh's film The Girlfriend Experience. Check it out here.

If you want more Sasha, she talks about her philosophy about her porn career, why she thinks women are excellent directors, her ambition for the industry, and why she doesn't need to be saved in a video here (NSFW). She's got some great insights, as usual, but you kind of feel bad she has to work with idiots like the photographer also featured in the video.