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A UK 
hospital has been exposed for renting out wards to make extra cash – by shooting a porn film in a hospital ward – lets hope is was safer sex….. it seems no-one is asking THAT question in the Houses of Parliament.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/10518917.stm
“Chicks with Guts” was a discussion about women making films in a male dominated industry. There was a great range of speakers including Anna Brownfield, Ovidie and Julia Simone.
I asked a question about making safer sex within sex films and there was an interesting range of answers. Points of view ranged from those that said it was never a question and 100% of their films are safer sex… to those who agreed safer sex is important, but talked about it in terms of the actors’ and actresses’ safety and considered regular testing to be enough. I felt that the discussion could have gone further to talk about the skills needed to make your film sexy and safe, how to portray safer sex to your audience and how condom use is viewed by commercial distributors and the audience. Anna Brownfield gave a great answer – she sees safer sex practices on set as non-negotiable and believes that it’s not good enough just to show the condom during sex, but scenes can make the preparation for safer sex hot by using visuals and the twang of the latex to turn the audience on.
Lets hope next year we can have more discussion of the best ways to use porn to promote sexy safer sex!
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I’ve come to the 4th Berlin Porn Festival to talk about safer sex and learn more about the porn industry.
One major lesson I have learnt is that air sex is a much under-rated method of safer sex. Last night I attended the festival party – I don’t know what I was expecting, but this was not exactly it – however the highlight of the evening for me was the “air sex” competition. Basically, it’s like air guitar but with sex. Air sex allows you to totally use your imagination, act out fantasies and be an exhibitionist – with all your clothes on and with an appreciative audience watching.
The outright winner for me, and luckily for the jury also, was a man billed as Long John Silver (the jury was ably led by Courtney Trouble who always makes safer sex films, and who is more than qualified to judge the quality of the air sex). When he got on stage I did not expect much – frankly he looked kinda geeky and smartly dressed in contrast to the other contenders. But he stunned us as he gyrated to Johny Cash.
He was amazing and had the audience in the palm of his hand. The only way to have made it safer was if he had put on an imaginary condom before indulging in his extensive air sex performance. Air sex is a whole new range of safer sex possibilities I had never considered before… but will certainly consider again!
Cover of Filament mags first issue
A UK publisher ran into roadblocks recently trying to make a mainstream erotic magazine for women with pics of actual naked men in actual states of arousal. Filament magazine claims printers won’t print the mag for fear of the wrath of “the women’s/religious sectors”.
Are erect penises actually dirtier than women’s body parts? Are women too frail to handle pictures of erect penises when, in fact, they were just stopping by the newsstand for a carton of milk? Or are women simply not interested in ogling men’s bodies?
