I had hoped to simply skip over this news item, but people keep asking me about it. I can't justify the time it'd take to write out my response, so I'll leave it to Jon Stewart to speak for both of us:
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Susie Bright
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In the debauched world of INDIEROTICA, the thin bra-strap of a line between the seductive and the obscene is torn, stripped, and ripped off so often that one can have difficulty differentiating between the exploitative and truly erotic. Here to help us connect the dots is the brilliant and sexy REBECCA, author of the clever blog, PORN PERSPECTIVES. "Examining the interplay between pornography, feminism, economics, and technology", it's possibly the smartest sex on the internet.
-Jess, INDIEROTICA.com
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Women Moving In
Some argue that this downturn will result in a return to quality in porn. Customers can get junky content for free online, so why would they pay for it? Instead, producers will need to present a product worth paying for. I've argued that women in particular understand this market for quality content. Supporting this claim, Good Releasing, sister to novelty toy company Good Vibrations (started in the 1970s and oriented towards female consumers), has announced a three new video production lines: Reel Queer Productions, HeartCore Productions and the PleasureEd Series.
According to Good Vibrations COO Jackie Strano, Good Releasing will feature quality content and leverage the expertise of legend Carol Queen, PhD. According to Strano:
“Good Releasing's titles showcase authentic and hot adult entertainment full of helpful information, lustful and unabashed sexualities, unapologetic desire, genuine pleasure, and screen burning chemistry.”
She added:
"Our films will offer viewers’ a unique selection of wide-ranging topics that provide open-minded information for a diverse audience, with special emphasis placed on mutual respect, enthusiastic participation and pleasure.”
I wouldn't be surprised if we saw more women using the economic downtown as an opportunity to launch new ventures and introduce novel, high-quality content to the market. Now's a great time to get started.
Microsoft Stays Away from Porn
Microsoft: We do not have relations with that word...
A stir rippled through the blogosphere in response to a TechCrunch article stating that ads for Microsoft's Bing search engine appeared when people Googled the word "pornography," implying that Microsoft had purchased the word for advertising purposes.
Microsoft denies this, saying they did NOT buy pornography, the ad appeared because of key words "free videos", porn is evil, yadda yadda.
In one nice aside, according to CNet, Bing has a great video search engine which is perfect for finding porn. Nice tip!
