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Monday, October 15, 2007

Web Porn Zen: Wikipedia, You Have the Right to Objectify Me

filed under: Erotic Elite, Web Sex Index by Melissa Gira | 1 Comment

As found on the blog of postmodern pornstar Tatum Reed: “I, Tatum Reed ackowelege [sic.] the public domain and license of the above photograph taken in New York City, May of 2007.” Is Reed still working out her notoriety with Wikipedia users? Her argument for her entry’s continued existence is that her media appeal is as mainstream as it is pornographic (see this archived discussion for evidence: “Keep Reluctantly. Tatum Reed is indeed a minor celebrity in the San Francisco Bay area. There are a number of independant articles about her written and easily accessed. Her being a prostitute (as well as a porn actress) is immaterial. I think she is just well-known enough of prostitute to make the cut.”).

Thursday, October 11, 2007

The Cult of True Prostituted Womanhood

filed under: Erotic Elite by Melissa Gira | 1 Comment

Why do debates around prostitution fall apart so completely? Laura Agustin, author of the new book Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry, offered this in an interview with Susie Bright this week:

Traditional prostitution debates are theoretical, focusing on the abstract question of whether selling sex can be considered a job— or must be defined as violence against women. Often debates seem to be a search for a single moral truth, in which the words of the subjects themselves are irrelevant.

Those committed to stopping commercial sex are certain of their own ideas and don’t trust those of anyone who actually works in the sex industry. They accuse people like me of selling out to patriarchy, being paid by pornographers, or being a pimp, and they accuse professional sex workers of having false consciousness or being irrelevant elites. They believe there is an essence that all biological women have in common— and they know what that essence is. They feel comfortable talking about women’s experiences across all cultural and linguistic boundaries. Fundamentalisms are on the rise, and this is one of them.

All the irrelevant elites in the sex wars, please stand up.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

[re:] To Build a Better Sex Blog

filed under: We Are The Sex Media by Melissa Gira | 1 Comment

Susannah Breslin (Reverse Cowgirl):

“Something more than one more portal to free porno. Something other than one girl’s Dear Diary of zipless fucks. Something without pseudonymous erotica, bad porn ads, and half-naked self-portraits via cellphones…

Something post-feminist and politically incorrect, unabashed and unashamed, what girls talk about where boys aren’t.”

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Bubble Hotties: “Let’s Join a Social Network Built Just For Two”

filed under: Web Sex Index, Bubble Hotties by Melissa Gira | Leave a Comment

Everybody’s former internet-boyfriend ze frank, who was there for us every day until not too long ago, wakes us up this morning with this self-portrait of a love song…

“and omg i would luv that picture of you
taking a picture of you
holding the camera for me
in the bathroom mirror…”

I’m not the only one reminded of ze’s fellow New York bubble hotties?