{"id":3552,"date":"2013-04-13T13:12:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-13T19:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fatalemedia.com\/blog\/?p=3552"},"modified":"2013-04-13T13:12:31","modified_gmt":"2013-04-13T19:12:31","slug":"feminist-porn-conference-2013-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fatalemedia.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/feminist-porn-conference-2013-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Feminist Porn Conference 2013 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first annual Feminist Porn Conference<\/a>, masterminded by Tristan Taormino<\/strong>, took place at the University of Toronto on April 6, 2013. We were thrilled to be there, amid the hundreds of attendees and presenters academic and porno alike.<\/p>\n

\"Nan<\/a><\/p>\n

Nan Kinney<\/strong> and Shar Rednour<\/strong> were a hit with the presentation of “Lesbo Retro: A Dyke Porn Retrospective<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

Here is the press release Tristan issued about the conference…what a wealth of talent and intelligence in one place! Sexy,\u00a0fun-loving, interesting people!<\/p>\n

The 1st Annual Feminist Porn Conference Draws Hundreds to University of Toronto<\/strong><\/p>\n

TORONTO (April 8, 2013)\u2014The First Annual Feminist Porn Conference<\/a> was held at the University of Toronto on April 6, 2013 and drew nearly 250 attendees. This one-day conference brought together academics, cultural critics, performers, directors, producers, sex workers, activists, students, and fans to explore the emergence of feminist porn as a genre, industry, field of study, and movement. The event, the first ever conference devoted exclusively to feminist pornography, featured 45 different presenters from around the world.<\/p>\n

Presenters<\/a> included leading professors whose work spans multiple disciplines from history, sociology, film and media studies to comparative literature, sexuality studies, and feminist studies, including Kevin Heffernan<\/strong> from Southern Methodist University, Lynn Comella<\/strong> of University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Ariane Cruz<\/strong> of Pennsylvania State University, Jill Bakehorn<\/strong> of UC Davis and UC Berkeley, Nicholas Matte<\/strong> of University Toronto, Emily Nagoski<\/strong> from Smith College, and York University\u2019s Bobby Noble<\/strong> as well as scholars from CUNY, UCLA, Northwestern, and Ohio University.<\/p>\n

Several panels<\/a> featured some of the most well-known producers and performers working in feminist porn today, including Jiz Lee<\/strong>, Courtney Trouble<\/strong>, Madison Young<\/strong>, Sinnamon Love<\/strong>, Dylan Ryan<\/strong>, April Flores<\/strong>, Carlos Batts<\/strong>, Loree Erickson<\/strong>, James Darling<\/strong>, Carrie Gray<\/strong>, Tobi Hill-Meyer<\/strong>, Tina Horn<\/strong>, Arabelle Raphael<\/strong>, Quinn Cassidy<\/strong>, Jes Sachse<\/strong>, and Bianca Stone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The international conference drew presenters from around the world, including Liesbet Zikkenheimer<\/strong> and Marije Janssen<\/strong> from Dusk TV<\/a>, an erotic TV channel for women in the Netherlands, and Australian webmistress and director Ms. Naughty<\/strong> of ForTheGirls.com<\/a>. Carol Queen<\/strong>, PhD, co-founder of the Center for Sex and Culture<\/a> and Good Vibrations\u2019 sexologist, spoke on two panels: \u201cConspicuous Consumption: If We Sell It, They Will Come,\u201d about the connection between feminist porn and sex-positive retail stores and \u201cFeminist Perspectives on Sexual Identity and Sexual Health in Educational and Feminist Porn.\u201d<\/p>\n

Award-winning filmmaker Shine Louise Houston<\/strong> of Pink and White Productions screened her documentary Shiny Jewels<\/em> to a huge crowd.<\/p>\n

A screening of Lesbo Retro: A Dyke Porn Retrospective<\/em>, a clip show of lesbian porn from 1960-2000, was followed by a question and answer session with its curator, Shar Rednour<\/strong> and special guest Nan Kinney<\/strong>, co-founder of On Our Backs<\/em> and Fatale Media<\/a> and recipient of the 2013 Trailblazer Award <\/a>at The 8th Annual The Feminist Porn Awards on April 5.<\/p>\n

The keynote was delivered by feminist pornographer Tristan Taormino<\/strong> and Professors Constance Penley<\/strong> and Mireille Miller-Young<\/strong>\u00a0(both from University of California-Santa Barbara). As three of the four co-editors of The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure<\/em>, recently published by The Feminist Press at CUNY, they discussed how feminist porn has shifted sexual representation and pondered what the future holds for feminist porn.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal of our book was to put academics and sex industry workers into conversation with one another to discuss critical issues about feminism, sexual media, representation, sexual agency, and labor. This conference took those conversations to the next level,\u201d said Mireille Miller-Young.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope it mobilizes academics and sex industry workers to create coalitions to support each other\u2019s work,\u201d said Constance Penley.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe event exceeded my expectations,\u201d said Tristan Taormino, who produced the conference. \u201cI was inspired by the diversity of voices from professors and students to performers and fans. The enthusiasm for dialogue about feminist porn issues was overwhelming, and I am already planning next year\u2019s conference.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Feminist Porn Conference was sponsored by the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, Good for Her, The Feminist Porn Awards and The Feminist Press.<\/p>\n

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