The 2011 Good For Her Feminist Porn Awards were held this past week from April 13 to 15. As a feminist and a queer woman, I often wonder whether altporn is intrinsically feminist or whether feminist porn is intrinsically alt. Looking at the nominees for this year’s Feminist Porn Awards, I am struck by how much crossover there is and isn’t. Courtney Trouble from Nofauxxx had multiple nominations. Talent from Burning Angel in nominated productions included Dana Dearmond who was the very first person naked on the Burning Angel site, Jiz Lee who has had hot sex with Joanna Angel herself on camera, reigning Burning Angel cock James Deen who has appeared in so many videos and photos that he must be the hardest working man in porn, and Andy San Dimas who appears in 14 Burning Angel photo sets and 7 videos. GodsGirls also has 11 sets of Andy San Dimas and 22 sets of Ariel X. Ariel X, Jiz Lee, and Dana Dearmond also appear on Blue Blood and other Blue Blood talent in nominated productions inluded Aiden Starr, Justine Joli, Sasha Grey, Syd Blakovich, Madison Young, and my future gorgeous wife April Flores. Blue Blood senior photographer Carlos Batts was nominated multiple times for his directing.
The talent and producer overlaps make me feel like there is a relationship between alt and feminism, but I don’t think it is as strong a one as I would like. I was happy to see Courtney Trouble take home wins for Most Tantalizing Trans Film and Honoured Websites. Most of the other winners showed the same pattern as the mainstream porn awards i.e. a lot of alt people always get nominated, but a smaller percentage win than seems right to me. Although Courtney Trouble speaks passionately about indie porn, the Feminist Porn Awards were certainly not very indie-oriented, with nominated productions from huge porn companies like Private, Vivid, and Wasteland. Is alt intrinsically indie or does not being indie make something intrinsically not alt?
Food for thought anyway. I’d like to see more of the award shows, which like to decorate their halls with alt performers and producers, give awards to those same very decorative personalities.
Now the longest running celebration of erotica focused on women and marginalized people, The Good For Her Feminist Porn Awards have been celebrating feminist smut for six sexy years. 2011 is sure to be another unbelievable year!
Join Good For Her and your hosts, Jane Luk and Ryan G. Hinds for an awards show like no other! Steamy clips, acceptance speeches that range from earnest to sizzling, hot performances from Boylesque T.O. and CoCo La Creme, and a chance to mingle with our guests including: Carlos Battas, Jaiya, Cheryl Dunye, Drew Deveaux, Tristan Taormino, Shine Louise Houston, April Flores and many more. Then, dance the rest of the night away with DJ San Fran!
FPA 2011 Nominees
The nominees for the 2011 Good For Her Feminist Porn Awards continue to strive to provide erotic entertainment that is smart, sexy, and appreciates women as viewers. In addition to featuring over 50 nominations, the 2011 nominee list includes the highest number of nominated websites ever at 11.
The nominated films for the 2011 Feminist Porn Awards show the true diversity of feminist porn – from the educational and sultry Oral Sex for Couples series by Jaiya, to the creative sexual pairings in Carlos Batts’ Artcore, on to the taboo-busting Mommy is Coming from independent filmmaker Cheryl Dunye, all the way to the dynamic and androgynous performances of Drew Deveaux. These are all just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the talent and sharp erotic eye of the feminist porn creators in the 2011 nominees list.
These nominees are under consideration for categories including: Sexiest Straight Film, Hottest Trans Scene/Film, Most Deliciously Diverse Cast and many more. The Nominees for the 2011 Good For Her Feminist Porn Awards are (in alphabetical order – film title first)
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A Little Part of Me |
James Avalon |
New Sensations Romance |
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Alice |
Erica McLean |
Cheeky Monkey |
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Alpha Femmes |
Anna Devia |
Anna Devia Productions |
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An Open Invitation: A Real Swinger’s Party in San Francisco |
Ilana Rothman |
Private Media Group |
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Art School Dykes |
Lily Cade |
Nightingale Pictures |
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Artcore |
Carlos Batts |
C.Batts Fly |
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Billy Castro Does The Mission |
Courtney Trouble |
Reel Queer Productions |
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Ciao Bella: A Woman’s POV |
Madison Young |
Reel Queer Productions |
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Community Action Center |
A.K. Burns and A.L. Steiner |
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Shine Louise Houston |
Pink and White Productions |
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Tristan Taormino |
Vivid Ed |
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Femmetastic! |
Madison Young |
Reel Queer Productions |
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Fucking is The Only Prayer |
Louise Lush |
Indigo Lush Films |
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Genderfellator |
Tobi Hill-Meyer |
Handbasket Productions |
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Heads Up: The Official Guide to Fellatio |
Dr. Carol Queen |
Pleasure Ed |
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Her Little Secret |
Kathryn Annelle |
Triangle Films |
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Intimate Pursuit |
Kathryn Annelle |
Triangle Films |
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Lesbian Deception |
Nica Noelle |
Sweetheart Video |
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Lesbian Truth Or Dare Volume 4 |
Nica Noelle |
Sweetheart Video |
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Erika Lust |
Lust Films |
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Kathryn Annelle |
Triangle Films |
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Maybe He’s Gifted |
N. Maxwell Lander + Beau Charlie |
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My Girlfriend’s Mother |
Nica Noelle |
Sweet Sinner Video |
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My Own Master |
Kimberly Kane |
HeartCore Productions |
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Oral Sex For Couples Vol. 1: Connected Cunnilingus and Fabulous Fellatio |
Jaiya & Lawrence Lanoff |
NWSE, LLC |
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Oral Sex For Couples Vol. 2: Orgasmic Cunnilingus, Fellatio and Anilingus |
Jaiya & Lawrence Lanoff |
NWSE, LLC |
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Oral Sex For Couples Vol. 3: Sexual Positions for Oral Lovemaking |
Jaiya & Lawrence Lanoff |
NWSE, LLC |
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Pregnant with Desire |
Madison Young |
HeartCore Films |
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Tristan Taormino |
Vivid-Ed |
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Courtney Trouble |
Reel Queer Productions |
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Seven Minutes in Heaven: Fuck Yeah! |
Courtney Trouble |
Reel Queer Productions |
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Sex Experiments: Bisexual Scenes and Sex Interviews |
Anna Span |
Easy on the Eye Productions |
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Sola |
Carlos Batts |
C. Batts Fly |
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Taxi |
Maria Angel and Jincey Lumpkin, Esq. |
Juicy Pink Box |
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The Return of Post-Apocalyptic Cowgirls |
Maria Beatty |
Bleu Productions |
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They Met in Cherry Hill |
Kathryn Annelle |
Triangle Films |
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Nenna |
Good Releasing/Reel Queer |
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Too Much Pussy: Feminist Sluts in the Queer X Show |
Emilie Jouvet |
Womart prod + Jurgen Bruening + La seine TV
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Trannywood Gone Wild |
Shannon and Prince Warren |
Trannywood Pictures |
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Twisted Getaway |
Sophia St. James |
SSJ Entertainment |
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YEAY! We dont see enough posts covering feminist and queer porn thank you!