Feminist Porn Award Nominations 2012
Feminist porn pioneer Annie Sprinkle once said: “The answer to bad porn is not no porn, but to try to make better porn!” And to this I would add: not necessarily “better” porn, but specifically, “MORE” porn. Because “better” is in the eye of the beholder, and given that all adults involved are legal and consenting, there’s...
Intersections of Erotic Performance Art & Pornography
I’m on the road again, this time headed to SXSW. It’s been a few years since I’ve attended the annual Music/Film/Tech conference, and so I was excited to be invited by Femina Potens to present at one of the special after events. The event will be a series of short presentations, followed by a panel...
MOMMY IS COMING to Berlinale!
I’m excited to travel to Berlin tomorrow to attend the premiere of MOMMY IS COMING at the 62nd Berlinale, Berlin International Film Festival. MOMMY IS COMING is a raunch comedy directed by Cheryl Dunye and co-written by Sarah Schulman, and produced by Dunye, Claus Matthes, and Jürgen Brüning, who you might recognize as the producer...
Fleshbot Awards 2011
I’m very excited to be heading to New York this weekend to attend the 2011 Fleshbot Awards! Fleshbot.com stands out as a pivotal website for me because it was one of the first — and most mainstream — of porn sites to respect my gender pronouns. In addition, Fleshbot acts as a model of sex-positivity, being one...
Berlin Porn Film Festival 2011
I’m excited to share that I’ll be attending the Berlin Porn Film Festival 2011 later this month — October 27th through the 30th. (The 30th is my birthday!) There’s a slew of amazing features and shorts; it’s really a great spread of work. Some featured artists include friends Tristan Taormino (check out her new Sex-Positive...
Gay Gay Gay Gay Gay June
(Video for Queerly Beloved. See below for more info.) So much Gay! Every June San Francisco’s Queer Arts Festival bursts with events. Being gay, it’s always a super busy month! Here’s what I’ve got going on, you ready? Wednesday June 22nd SF Bay June Queer/Leather Happy Hour – Pride Edition The Mix SF Come to...
Ecosex & Art in Ecosexual Symposium SF
This weekend is the 2nd Ecosexual Symposium, the love child of LoveArtLab‘s wedding wives Elizabeth Stephens, a UCSC art professor and environmental activist and Annie Sprinkle, Ph.D. a former feminist porn-star, and pioneering ecosexologist. Last year I attended the 1st Ecosexual Symposium held in Los Angeles, presenting on Green Porn with director Carlos Batts and...
Dr. Sketchy’s the Ripper
In the last installment of Jiz goes to NYC for Dr. Sketchy’s awesomeness, I modeled for a special Transmet tribute starring me and Ryan Keely. Fun was had (as witnessed in this youtube clip) and it will also be included in the upcoming documentary on Warren Ellis, “Captured Ghosts” (youtube clip). Check out the photos and more...
May is National Masturbation Month
Happy National Masturbation Month! It’s May, which for the past several years has been declared and celebrated as National Masturbation Month. Started by Good Vibrations after Jocylen Elders was fired from her position as Surgeon General after advocating that children should be taught masturbation as an alternate and healthy form of sex. For this post...
Feminist Porn Award Winners 2011
I had such a great time at the Feminist Porn Awards this year! First off, thank you to all my friends/fans/supporters who helped me meet my fundraising goal to cover the cost of my trip to Toronto to attend the ceremony and festivities. I hope you enjoy the DVDs I sent you. I arrived Thursday...
Switch Play Party Saturday
I’m posting this from my iPhone. On Saturday April 16th I will be performing at SWITCH, a kinky queer play party presented by ASLAN Leather during the Feminist Porn Awards in Toronto. Here’s link for more info: House of Switch I will be performing with Sophia St James & Daddy Aslan. Follow me on Twitter...
Shibari Relief: a kinky artist’s fundraiser for disaster relief in Japan
I’m thrilled to announce that one of the images from my recent Secret Angel Karma Pervs collaboration with photographer Shilo McCabe (of the Sex Positive Photo Project) will be supporting Shibari Relief, a kinky artist’s fundraiser for disaster relief in Japan. Patti Beadles and Mark I. Chester are organizing a kinky art silent auction/sale/raffle of BSDM...
Girl Talk
There’s a great event happening tomorrow, which a friend of mine is co-curating/co-hosting called this Thursday, called “Girl Talk: A Trans & Cis Woman Dialogue”. If you’re in San Francisco, definitely check it out! I attended last year, and it was a powerful dialogue indeed! Girl Talk: A Trans & Cis Woman Dialogue Thursday, March...
Rough Sex 3: Adrianna Nicole’s Dangerous Mind – Release Party!
I’ll be in NYC for the Release Party for “Adrianna Nicole’s Dangerous Mind” by one of my favorite directors, Tristan Taormino. The event is free, so you should definitely swing by to see me and have a good time! This marks the 3rd time in 4 weeks I’ve been to New York… I’ll also be...
Writers with Drinks – March 19th
I’ll be joining Writers with Drinks this Saturday, March 19th. What will I be reading? I’ll be workshopping my essay for submission to the Feminist Porn Studies: Writing by Academics and Sex Industry Workers (edited by Constance Penley,Celine Parreñas Shimizu, Dr. Mireille Miller-Young, and Tristan Taormino). I’m striving to find a voice for this essay, and a flow that...
