Pornography
The Brussels festival dismantling the stigma around sex work
Belgium became the first European country to decriminalise sex work, thanks in part to SNAP! – a sex worker-run festival fighting for visibility, rights and sexual freedom.
Written by: Alex King
Trans creators are reclaiming their image on OnlyFans
‘I feel that sense of control‘ — Transgender people have historically been marginalised and fetishised in porn. But with its direct-to-consumer model, the adult platform is giving trans performers the opportunity for authentic representation, reports Jake Hall.
Written by: Jake Hall
How webcams revolutionised pornography and sex work
Content life — A new exhibition examines how cam culture changed the way we communicate, and sparked a new wave of online content.
Written by: Miss Rosen
A feminist revolution in porn? There’s still a long way to go
Looking forward — This year, Europe’s largest erotic festival rebranded itself as a feminist rebuttal to mainstream ‘hetero-basic’ industry norms. But, as porn faces its own #MeToo moment, how much work is left to do?
Written by: Meaghan Beatley
The erotic magazine making porn more inclusive
NSFW! — Artist Lauren Crow was struggling to make sense of her “young, fat, queer body”. So, she started Lascivious, a DIY porn magazine that flips how plus size women are depicted across visual culture.
Written by: Ione Gamble
Exploring sex through zombies, skinheads & misandrist nuns
Bruce LaBruce — Ahead of his first UK exhibition, iconic queer filmmaker and artist Bruce LaBruce talks taboos, personas, and staying in your discomfort zone.
Written by: Biju Belinky
Everybody watches it, so why can't we have a grown up conversation about porn?
From Where I Stand — The UK government wants all adult sites to use age verification and Britain is once again hysterical. Everyone watches it, so let's have a nuanced debate, argues Abi Wilkinson.
Written by: Abi Wilkinson
Video: The hilarious 1960s anti-porn film that links smutty mags to child murder
The ‘Reefer Madness of porn’ — Watch as hairy-palmed youngster Paul Halliday is seduced into a world of bared butts and kiddie murder, in Pages of Death: a 1962 anti-pornography film unearthed by the Oregon Historical Society.
Written by: Adam White