Lesbian Sex and Sexuality - Season 1 (2007)

In this episode, we explore the world of lesbian porn, which has come a long way. Far from the days when women shot on consumer video cameras with friends and lovers in their own living rooms, today's lesbian pornographers come equipped with film degrees, storyboards, and the latest in digital technology. While the tools have changed, their goal remains essentially the same--to make authentic lesbian porn with real queer women who are having real orgasms. Shine Houston is the up-and-coming porn director of the breakout hit "The Crash Pad". Her second feature "...

Not long ago, if you walked into a lesbian bar or club, you would not expect to find a scantily clad woman collecting dollars for a dance. Go-go girls were seen as politically incorrect and relegated to the domain of men. Not so today. Almost every lesbian bar and club has a sexy dancer on the bar, a stand or onstage. There is an underground cult of celebrity among the girls based on talent and creativity. And for any woman who has ever felt vulnerable or protective of the girl dancing on the bar for men, in an all women's setting the dancer's power over the patrons' ...

This episode traces the beginnings of lesbian porn made by lesbians for lesbians. Reacting against the widespread anti-porn bias in mainstream feminism, and fed up with the showy girl-on-girl action typically found in porn manufactured for straight men, these sex-positive pioneers decided to put the cameras and control in their own hands. They created an emerging genre of lesbian pornography and erotica dedicated to representing lesbian desires from a lesbian perspective that has turned into a mega-business. We talk to Nan Kinney about creating On Our Backs, the ...