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RP.
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posted 01 June 2006 04:36 PM

Toronto hosts world's first 'feminist porn' awards

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"We wanted to celebrate filmmakers who are making really great porn, the kind that makes us feel good about sex, makes us feel good about our bodies and treats sex as something fun and good," she said.
Eleven awards will be handed out in three categories: porn flicks that depict "genuine female pleasure" or "women having a good time," films that were produced or directed by women, and adult movies that "expand the range of pleasure for women," Gallant said.

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Michelle
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posted 01 June 2006 05:01 PM

Oh wow. I misread that name at first and thought it was CHERYL Gallant extolling the virtues of feminist porn!

BTW, I wonder which hotel they're talkng about? The Drake? Or that other one nearby - I forget the name of it. Both are near me. I wonder why the writer of the article was so coy about it?

[ 01 June 2006: Message edited by: Michelle ]

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RP.
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posted 01 June 2006 05:25 PM

Here's info I found:

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Thursday June 1 - Toronto’s first ever Feminist Porn Awards @ Gladstone Hotel Ballroom. Good For Her Book Store presents Vixens+Visionaries: an x-rated celebration of female porn directors and the first ever Feminist Porn Awards. Vixens+ Visionaries will feature the leading lady of female erotica, Candida Royalle. and the new generation of feminista porn producers: Tristan Taormino (Ultimate Gd to Anal Sex, House Of Ass) Dana Dane (ErocktaVision) Angela Phong (Pornograflics) Abiola Adams (Femme Productions) Jen Bowers (SMUT Magazine) § Highlights of new work by female erotic directors § Roundtable and Q+A § The first ever Feminist Porn Awards. § Porn-a-licious performances by CoCo La Crème & Sexy Mark Brown (Skin Tight Outta Sight Burlesque) and more. § Live video mixing by Roxxxy. Guest presenters Josey Vogels (My Messy Bedroom), Russell Smith (Globe and Mail), Rebecca Rosenblatt (Dr. Date) and more. Gladstone Hotel Ballroom. 1214 Queen st. west at Dufferin. 8 pm (doors at 7:30) $15 ($5 for afterparty only) Tickets: www.goodforher.com ~ Telephone: 416-588-0900 ~in-store at 175 Harbord St. | Queer West Village Toronto, Ontario.

Queer Toronto

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S1m0n
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posted 01 June 2006 07:04 PM

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Originally posted by Michelle:

BTW, I wonder which hotel they're talkng about? The Drake? Or that other one nearby - I forget the name of it.

The Duck, shurely.

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Flash Walken
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posted 02 June 2006 06:00 PM

it's a shame that pornography depicting women enjoying themselves is limited to new-age thinking and 'queer' festivals.

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S1m0n
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posted 02 June 2006 07:22 PM

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Originally posted by Flash Walken:
it's a shame that pornography depicting women enjoying themselves is limited to new-age thinking and 'queer' festivals.

Almost all pr0n depicts women 'enjoying themselves'; it's just in most of it, it's not very convincing.

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Patrick Ross
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posted 18 June 2006 06:12 PM

I would say the issue with traditional porn isn't whether or not the women are portrayed as "enjoying themselves", but how they are treated.
Women aren't treated as equals in traditional porn (I know I'm not saying anything original here), they're not even treated as people -- they're treated like objects.
This is why traditional porn doesn't excite me -- at all.

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