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The Condom Mandate [Update]

porn scene with condom

An ordinance sponsored by the AIDS  Healthcare Foundation that requires LA porn productions to use condoms inorder to receive a film permit was tentatively approved last week by the Los Angeles City Council. Today a second vote gave the final approval. The law will go into effect in 90 days, at which point the LAPD can perform spot checks on permitted sets.

The Safer Sex in the Adult Industry Act will not affect films shot in studio. It applies only to permitted locations, like rented houses. I.e., it’ll apply to most sets. Though, I presume some will go guerilla style and film without a permit.

For a while now, the Cal/OSHA and AHF have interpreted a work-safety regulation already in the law books to mean unprotected sex on porn sets to be illegal. Before the passing of this new ordinance that interpretation was barely enforced.

The industry has been vocal on its anti-condom stance, which is disconcerting from an education and health perspective but sensible in a free-speech context.

In regards to health, self-regulation in the industry, such as requiring performers to have STD tests every month, has worked for many if not most. Over the decades HIV cases in the industry have been scarce. No doubt, requiring condoms would give performers the best protection. But it’s worth discussing wether a condom mandate is worth its implications.

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Submit to the Spotlight

sex in the dark

I might not have indulged in much porn titles last year, but I’m okay with certifying James Deen and Kristina Rose’s fuck in the dark in Manhandled 4 the best sex scene of ’11.

Belladonna performs in and directs Manhandled 4, a rough-sex porno exploring women’s submissive fantasies. Anti-porn disciples may never get their heads around a movie like this one.

Could they understand the thrill of submitting to Belladonna’s light in Deen and Rose’s scene? Instead of pulling focus or choosing a frame, Belladonna uses a spotlight to direct the viewer’s eye in an otherwise pitch-black scene. When the circle of light hits their breathless faces we can still sense hips thrusting. Seconds later all that is visible are genitalia, but we can feel their thrashed expressions. It’s a melody of subtlety and lucidity. It responds to complaints of hardcore pornography being too in-your-face, then assaults the voyeur with what they’re aching for.

More importantly, the scene makes the viewer a submissive participant. You may be jerking off, but Belladonna is calling the shots. You’ll see what she wants you to see. You’ll get turned on on her terms. It’ll last as long she wants. And you will like it.

The spotlight scene is one of the most refreshing and affective in contemporary porn. That’s not to say that the rest of the scenes in Manhandled aren’t superb. The London Keyes and Jordan Ash scene is particularly harrowing, in a good way.

Manhandled 4 is an appropriate pick-me-up to being burnt-out on all the X-Art prettiness.

Clip Reblogged from delectatio morosa and a thousand others.

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“We should do this more often.”

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

from Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Rebloggers offer cute translations like “o god i cant breathe” and “You’re doing a really good job.”

According to the English subtitles, she’s saying, “You’re like an ant.” But that’s not plainly romantic out of context.

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance currently available on Netflix Watch Instantly

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I want to objectify this couple

Is it wrong that I want to move in with them just so they can frolic and fuck in my background? They can be an immersive and lively 1970s art piece. Friends and lovers will come over and say, “Can Devendra and Rebecca join us?” “Let’s ask.” ; )

Devendra Banhart at the Rainbow House – Director’s Cut

Starring real life couple Devendra Banhart and Rebecca Schwartz, the premise of the Oliver Peoples 2011 campaign is an exploration of authentic intimacy and sexuality. The love affair is explored in the one-of-a-kind masterpiece by architect John Lautner: Rainbow House. The contemporary California setting proved to be a perfect atmosphere to showcase the natural chemistry of the young, intriguing couple. Produced with acclaimed photographer and aspiring director Lisa Eisner, the short film will debut in early 2011 on the Oliver Peoples website.

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Sex Ed of Terror

Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, directed by Craig Macneill
, and written by Clay McLeod Chapman “Late Bloomer” is a dreadful tale of sexual awakening.

{via /Film}

It would have been more horrific (in a good way, cinematically) had the director dared to show a splatter of semen on the floor at the end. Although the magic of movie-making means it didn’t have to be the boy’s real ejaculate, such a scene, I imagine, would come too close to child porn for most. Leading up to the climax the narration works well alongside the symbolic imagery. When the boy snaps back to his embarrassing reality, only letting the voice-over tell the story feels disingenuous to a visual medium.

But an emotional public may gasp at this perceptive of film theory.

Also see: Happiness (imdb): in which, SPOILERS, the family dog is seen cleaning up Billy’s first load.

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A Look at the 2011 Feminist Porn Award Winners

Last month Good For Her gave out their feminist porn awards to let us know of the women-powered porn titles that are worth our time.


Movie of the Year: LIFE LOVE LUST – directed by Erika Lust

Watch at shitty quality on Tube8.

2011 FEMINIST PORN AWARD WINNERS

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*New Video* "Blackstreet" – Black Spark Film

blackspark:


this video was filmed earlier this afternoon and evening i love you guys and wanted to express that – Black Spark

This is how you use greyscale effectively.

Previously: The Black Spark Makes Gay Porn For All

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via her eyes only

SOURCE: Blue Angel and Brandy Smile in Sheer Nylon, Scene #2

Porn producers are getting arty to differentiate themselves from all the crap on the tube sites.  Though I love the composition in their stills, Daring Sex is trying too hard with their videos. There’s no need for random shifts to black & white (see below).

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by Chip Willis

It’s Vaunt again. And she’s exercising.

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Bobbi Star explains why pubes are good for Richardson Magazine, a place you should bookmark. See interview section for more.

The video section if full of exciting clips from people like Andrew Blake, The Black Spark, and Kimberly Kane.

All the ‘Richards’ in the erotic arts gets confusing. Let me clear things up:

Also, read this fax from photographer Richard Avedon sent to Andrew Richardson.

Previously: Richardson Magazine A4

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