by Jiz Lee ~ January 6, 2009
Last weekend I had the pleasure of joining Fivestar and photographer Terrance Taylor for a bondage photography shoot in the abandoned Fort Ord in Monterey Bay. Terry was such a pleasure to meet, and I had a fantastic time exploring rope. Truth be told, rope bondage is still a very new sensation for me. I had a high endorphin moment, which I can only call ‘paradise’. There was a sensation of a hug and a squeeze. It felt out of breath the same way diving down in the ocean feels. It was both cold and very hot, and also got me pretty excited. I’m really into the musculature and dance of being bound and suspended. I’ve always been intrigued by bondage model Madison Young’s work and it was nice to find my own connection to being tied up. And to my beautiful rigger.
Here’s a peek at one of the digital photos from the shoot. I will share more later. I’m also excited to see what qualities come from the aged film Terry used. Many shots that were taken that cold day. The barrack walls are covered in what Terry determined was chocolate pudding, probably left from some kids who obviously had a great time defacing the walls and glass windows of the many buildings on the property. The sound of crunching broken glass from busted light bulbs echoed loudly.
by Jiz Lee ~ January 5, 2009
I’m so excited to hear that Pink & White is going to be up on HotMoviesForHer.com so so soon!
So excited in fact, that I’m jumping the gun by adding their VOD site to my top nav. Especially after they’ve been so cool about gender. They were awesome about my bio and by looking at the site you can see that they strive for more than just the AVN or GayVN crowd - there’s even a Queer Porn section! Even though I’m linking early and am really anticipating Pink & White Productions on the site, you can click over now and watch Lesbian Life: Reals Sex San Francisco on VOD as well as my friend Morty Diamond’s Trans Entities.
And if you’re antsy for Pink & White don’t forget that Kink.com’s very own KinkonDemand is carrying Shine’s original film The Crash Pad.
I’ll let you all know when HotMoviesforHer has Shine’s films… that is, if you don’t find out first cause that shit’ll blow up when it does. Thanks sexy gals at HM4H!
by Jiz Lee ~ January 5, 2009
Some of my favorite toys are ON SALE over at Babeland.com, with the best of 2008 sale. Besides a ton of high quality silicone and non-porous materials that are great for easy cleaning and sharing, this list includes the Jaguar Lux which I have in white — in fact all the colors are on sale right now for less than $80. Dude. This is the most beautiful comfortable harness I highly recommend it!
“But wait, there’s more.”
There’s also a sale going on over at Good Vibrations for all Safer Sex supplies. Condoms, gloves, dams, and oceans and oceans of lube. It’s all 25% off.
You might have noticed my favorite safer sex supplies on my Toys page, but I’ll spell them out here as well:
Premium Condoms are latex lightly lubricated plain-looking condoms that are fantastic to use with toys to keep things clean. They fit well over a hitachi as well.
Trojan Supra Non-latex Condoms are great for those allergic to latex condoms. They don’t stretch as well, and are a little more pricey, but heck.
Nitrile Black Dragon Gloves (this link goes to Babeland cause GV doesn’t carry them) these gloves are SO SEXY. Black = hawt. Not 25% off but totally worth it.
System JO Silicone Lube Silicone lube is waterproof! It’s perfect for bath/shower sex (remember that a little goes a long way). It’s also great for marathon fucking because it doesn’t get absorbed by the skin like water-based lubes do. It’s silky and I have to admit the packaging is hot to boot.
Please Gel Lube I like to use a thick water-based lube for sex, particularly fisting. This brand is pretty easy on the delicate pH balance of the vagina.
Sex factoid.
Vaginas have a pH balance. True! pH refers to a measurement of acidity or alkalinity — and this is all regulated by secretions that are produced by the vaginal walls. The pH scale ranges from 0-14, with 7 being neutral for obvious reasons. The average (because we’re all different, even throughout different times in our lives) level for a healthy vagina is between 4 and 5 — that’s leaning on the acidic range. Why acidic? It’s because of lactic acid, which is produced by the natural bacterias that live in the vagina to create a barrier against infection and irritation. If that pH balance shifts, the natural defense is weakened and thus vaginas are prone to other bacteria, which is when yeast infections or BV (bacterial vaginosis) occurs. Other symptoms are discharge, itching, change in odor or taste, etc… Which is why putting GOOD lube up there is important.
I haven’t added it to my Toys list yet, but one of the most sensitive lubes out there is Pleasureglide. Once you find a lube that works good for your body, stick with it and support the sources that carry it! : )
by Jiz Lee ~ December 31, 2008
I’m officially a Pornsaint! Back in August I wrote about the image of me created by visual artist Jeff Faerber (www.jefffaerber.com). So cool! After some incredible exhibits, including most recently at the “Oh oh oh Christ! Religious Iconography” exhibit at my favorite SF art gallery Femina Potens, the Pornsaint gates have opened and I’ve been welcomed by the PornPope into PornHeaven with Jeff’s image in the pornsaint gallery and an interview.
I LOVE PornSaints.org, and am so happy to see some of my favorite stars as pornsaints such as Lorelei Lee, Madison Young, Sasha Grey, Stoya, and Buck Angel, too! In PornHeaven, you get to make your own stats, so instead of the traditional model boob size, I get to represent the genderqueers and hapas, yey. Check out Pornsaints.org, buy art if you can, and if you’re in SF, “Oh oh oh Christ” runs until January 4th and features more pornsaint artwork and other pieces, including some fucktastic collages by Carol Queen such as Rosie Emergent, by Carol & Robert Morgan Lawrence.
by Jiz Lee ~ December 28, 2008
No Fauxxx just released a free gallery of me and Dylan Ryan from our scene in Lesbian Life: Real Sex San Francisco.
Featured toys were my own Aslan Leather’s White Jaguar Lux Harness and Vixen Creations Vixskin Buck Dildo (in Caramel). The glass toy was Dylan’s; I’m not sure what the model is and can’t find it sold at Babeland or Good Vibrations, though the Stella is pretty similar.
Enjoy! (Isn’t Dylan gorgeous!?)
by Jiz Lee ~ December 26, 2008
That is all.
by Jiz Lee ~ December 23, 2008
When I first started sharing with friends my desire to do porn, I heard the same concern come up over and over again. No… it wasn’t “What will you do if your parents find out?” And no, it wasn’t the quintessential “What if you decided you wanted to run for office?”
It wasn’t either of the two questions above, because these were queer friends, and they had specific concerns, namely:
“What if some straight guy ends up jacking off to it?”
My short answer: So what?
The start of a longer version: How could bringing pleasure to anyone, regardless of age, race, gender, be a bad thing? If someone finds it erotic and gets off to it, I’d be glad. If it altered someone’s stereotypes about what queer sex was like, all the power to them! If after they watched it they saw ‘lesbian’ sex as something passionate, intense, and real – and this validated their choices to treat queers as equals, good! If it changed their mind about female sexuality and expanded their notions about what the female body is capable of, yes! If by watching it they began to see gender as a lifestyle, a fluid notion, and they realized that they can’t judge a female-bodied person by anatomy or sexual actions, please! If they resonated with what they saw and were able to internalize feelings of desire, or came to terms with their sexual identities within the rigid definition of the masculine and that made them a more receptive person, by all means, watch! Enjoy! Come! (or not!) The irony is that even buying the DVD supports queers. Money talks. Think about it. Let’s inform the people with the pocket books, share our own wealth to nurture what we love, support those around us, and make the world better place. [For you and me.]
But Really: “What if some straight guy ends up jacking off to it?”
No doubt many of you reading this are that ‘guy’… or have been perceived and even judged for the thought of being ‘him’. The defining characteristics of this man isn’t always the same — whether he’s a “creepy old guy” or a “dude”, or an “old white guy” (calling attention to race, when it was perhaps assumed in the previous examples).
This is not a new topic. In fact one of my favorite books by Sex Blogger Audacia Ray called Naked on the Internet talks a little about the fear and she herself even posted a blog about the “Creepy Dudes” phenomenon about a year ago that is still as fresh in its issue though it is buried in archives. It’s worth a look, particularly the comment thread which includes discussion from writer Thomas Roche, and pornographer Tony Comstock (here’s a good resource for anyone looking for porn that includes straight couples in a loving formula). Both older straight white men who incidentally KICK ASS.
Despite the specifics of this male gaze, the implication is thus: What if I am in danger of being exploited?
Just last week, the subject [sorta] came up again when my friend Richard (of the awesomeness that is Fem.Men.ist) posted his review of the 2006 Feminist Porn Award Winning film The Crash Pad, which was Shine Louise Houston’s first film. The Crash Pad is often people’s introduction to Pink & White Productions; traveling mostly word of mouth similar to the symbolic key in the plot line, it has reached an unknown number of people who find their hearts opened to the idea of porn as a hot and celebratory experience. Even a corrective experience, as Richard so deftly put it. A beautiful interaction soon followed by comments from his readers, who are among some of the most intelligent and considerate voices I’ve read in a long time.
One idea has left me to muse… What are the new queer spaces and when is it appropriate to share our words or images within a space that places no boundaries? I say, bluntly: anytime we fucking feel like it. Heterosexual pornographers have long had the privilege of distributing their work to whomever was curious enough to pull out their charge card. Why do we queers second-guess our intentions, limit the breadth of our distribution, and reject opportunities that have the potential to propel marginalized experiences into mainstream understanding? If we don’t make our own images, we’re granting others the power to make those images for us, often with the stereotypes that can fail to represent an authentic experience. Is this exploitation and isn’t fear of exploitation the reason many of us choose not to become involved with pornography? What if it possible to exploit oneself for noble purposes? Merriam-Webster defines an exploit as a deed or heroic act. And in the transitive verb usage, “exploit” actually has two definitions: the first of which is to make productive use of, the second; to make use of meanly or unfairly for one’s own advantage. Is pornography inherently exploitative? What of Feminst Porn can be applied to issues of queers and women/transpeople of color?
I witness production companies marketing to a broadening notion of queer female sexuality. One series directed by a man markets itself as porn for women who love women. Regardless of the composition of their production crew, this common phrase speaks to a particular audience. Your guess is as good as mine if that audience includes you.
Why does this particular ‘By women for women’ or “By Lesbians for Lesbians” phrase intrigue me so much? Well, I’m not a ‘woman’. (I identify as genderqueer and I’m opposed to cisexual logic, even when I hear myself subscribing to it. What is a Man and What is a Woman? What is undefined?) I’ve never considered the sex I have to be gendered per se. And yet… I have an unmistakeably female body, especially when buttnaked. So if a reviewer, be they straight, dyke, or any other identity calls me a ‘woman’ and the porn I do for women who love women… what of that? This is where language gets tricky. Queer eras and echelons overlap. The same language that helps us shift through a million hegemonically minded titles to get to the handful of these with which we resonate is the very generalization of definitions and categories from which we work hard to be free.
Recently my bio was put up on HotMoviesForHer.com, a VOD site that is one of the most queer friendly on the market to date. For example, their theater is defined by: Hetero, Lesbian, Queer, and Gay. For my bio, there were gender choices: Female, Male, Transsexual. When I decided not to pick any of these labels, I was assigned a curiously perfect default: UNKNOWN.
by Jiz Lee ~ December 19, 2008
You know the performance art duo that Shawn and I do called twincest?
Well, we have some pretty efing cute shirts. It’d be way cool if someone wore one to our next show. We’re doing a benefit with Jess Curtis Gravity in January.But until then, the merch. Merch like real artists! ; )
From left to right: Fluid Bonded, What About the Fucking Children, I Scabies You
by Jiz Lee ~ December 17, 2008
How is that possible?
Three letters. V - O - D.
KinkOnDemand.com has just added The fucking Crash Pad to their library of hot porno that you can watch by. the. scene. Which means, for 9.99 Kinks you can watch the very first porno scene (The Crash Pad, part 3) that I’ve ever been in. You know, the one where at the end I come buckets all over Shawn/Syd Blakovich’s darling hungry face.
And we wrestle at the start of it. Little Syd’s first wrestling porno scene victory. And she still dominated.
From Felice Newman, published in the SF Bay Times:
“I don’t know what I want to tell you about first—the chemistry between the actors, most of whom are real-life couples; the amazing camera angles showing penetration up close and so clear that you can see the cream oozing; or a shocking cum shot that rivals anything in mainstream porn…
But the most outrageous example of fluid-sharing is also unarguably the hottest moment of the DVD. Two bois enter the pad and proceed to wrestle for dominance—this is a visual reference to a standard in the canon of gay male pornography in which the loser’s butt is the trophy of the victor. In The Crash Pad version, the wrestling match is followed by a long scene of vigorous penetration with fingers, and then an outrageous rimming scene in which the recipient’s anus is so open you can see her partner’s rigid tongue descend into the darkness. But wait—there’s more. The bottom, seemingly spent, crawls on top of her partner’s face and ejaculates copiously into her mouth. This is the shocking cum shot, and the film’s crowning moment. For sheer dirtiness, you cannot beat The Crash Pad.“
That was published back in March 2006. The scene was shot on a hot summer day in August 2005. Having this scene pop up online is like a welcomed trip down memory lane. Okay, so 2005 wasn’t really that long ago, but it was such a passionate scene for Shawn and I, and sorta set the tone for the rest of our loving porn-filled relationship. This is the scene that won “Hottest Dyke Sex Scene 2006″ from the Feminist Porn Awards.
My friend Richard recently bought the video from Good Vibrations and posted it on his — fucking fantastic — blog Fem.Men.Ist because he found watching it a radically different experience that changed his mind about porn. “Dare I say, it was a corrective experience.” Read more of what he and his commenters had to say.
So, I know lots of queers who are all… “I wanna see all the films that Pink & White has to offer, but you know”…”I’m broke”… “I want to borrow it from a friend”… well. Support queer porn. (Makes a good holiday gift as well.) If you can’t afford a whole DVD, consider just buying the scene that looks most interesting to you. And you’re lucky. KinkOnDemand.com will release ALL of Pink & White’s films in chronological order, so even folks who have never seen the “DIRTY DOZEN” that Princess Donna and Dana DeArmond give to Lorelei Lee will get to have their fill.
But don’t wait too long to buy those Kinks — they’ve got a special right now where current and new subscribers will receive 10% off all KinkOnDemand.com shoots from now until January 5th.
