Mom would be so proud...

Actually, she would. A whichever-wave feminist who instilled her values by both word and example, she would no doubt be thrilled to have her daughter creating the type of pornography that helps make the world a place where a woman’s right to determine and enjoy her own sexual pleasure is a taken-for-granted aspect of daily life, right up there with equal pay for an equal day.

Especially if it were award-winning pornography.

Well, maybe next year. Instead, we’ll take our mother’s birthday as the ideal time to belatedly congratulate the winners of Good for Her's 2007 Feminist Porn Awards

Hottest Group Sex Scene
Under the Covers | Candida Royalle; Femme Productions
(Alum CineKink 2006)

Hottest Trans Sex Scene
In Search of the Wild Kingdom | Shine Louise Houston; Blowfish Video

Hottest Straight Sex Scene
The Bi Apple | Audacia Ray; Adam and Eve
(Alum CineKink 2006)

Best New Star
Simone Valentino, Afrodite Superstar | Femme Chocolat

Hottest Gonzo Sex Scene and Hottest Diverse Cast
Chemistry 1 | Tristan Taormino; Adam and Eve

Hottest Love Scene
Matt and Khym | Tony Comstock; Comstock Films
(Alum CineKink 2006)

Hottest Couples Scene
Burning Lust | Skye Blue & Kelly Holland; Playgirl

Best Smutty Schoolteacher (educational)
Hearts Cracked Open | Betsy Kalin
(Alum CineKink 2005)

Hottest Dyke Sex Scene
Superfreak | Shine Louise Houston; Blowfish Video

Best Feature
The Masseuse | Paul Thomas; Vivid Video

Indie Porn Pioneer
Anna Span; Easy On The Eye Productions
(Alum CineKink 2006)

And CineKinkster’s mom will likely be extra proud of Audacia Ray (see above), whose book Naked on the Internet: Hookups, Downloads and Cashing in on Internet Sexploration was just published (a movie and a book in one year?!?), an overview of the many ways that women are utilizing the Internet to explore and expand our sexuality.

Also grounded in feminism and drawing upon her own personal and professional experiences, Audacia talks to women about a range of interactions on the web, fro m those that exist solely in the online world to those that culminate in an actual meeting of the flesh. She considers the new audiences and markets that have opened up for adult products, with Internet commerce providing an anonymous and attractive alternative to the raincoat-infested – perceived or otherwise – brick-and-mortar outlet of yore. And she looks at some of the women who are using the web as a place to commoditize their own sexuality, both literally and in the representational sense as producers and purveyors of porn.

With a healthy dose of realism, Audacia paints an online world that is neither sensational menance nor utopian bliss. Detailing both potentials and pitfalls, she provides an engaging and balanced look at the particular vagaries – ie finding oneself oddly compelled to write in a somewhat stilted first-person plural voice? – of a slightly newish medium, along with the advances it might afford in realizing the progressive possibilities our mothers (literal and otherwise) put into motion.

Now, about that Equal Rights Amendment...

Call Me Troy

Actually, you can call us just about anything, so long as you pull our hair just the right way while you're doing it. But Call Me Troy is the title of a new documentary from director Scott Bloom, whose Original Pride: The Satyrs Motorcycle Club was the centerpiece of our latest CineKink @ Pioneer screening.

A profile of gay rights activist and founder of Metropolitan Community Churches, Rev. Troy Perry, the work promises to be an important chronicle of the fight for sexual freedom and a moving tribute to a man who proclaimed that sexuality and religion - Christianity, even! - need not be separate.



The teaser trailer for Call Me Troy screened as part of our Pioneer program on Wednesday. Careful viewers will note an appearance by Skip Chasey (aka Master Skip), who was also a key subject in Pup (Best Documentary Short, CineKink 2005).

NYC Leather Pride was here!

And boy, are we beat!

Still trying to sort out the images flashing through our mind, we're glad that Viviane's Sex Carnival braved the heat on Sunday to take in the scenery at Folsom Street East. As it should be, just a CineKinkster shot or two in the midst, but lots of hot, sweaty men ... eating pie?

NYC Leather Pride is here!

We've been resting up for weeks in preparation for this one...

THE 24th ANNUAL LEATHER PRIDE NIGHT
Leather Pride Night, always a colorful coming together of NYC's S/M, leather and fetish communities, will again feature veteran auctioneer, Jo Arnone, presiding over an array of items to include leather and latex fetish clothing, unique toys and equipment, art objects, Broadway theater tickets and ... CineKink festival passes! Making the auction and festivities all the better, this year's beneficiaries are The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, God's Love We Deliver, Ali Forney Center, Leather Archives & Museum and Heritage of Pride. For more info.

FOLSOM STREET EAST XI
Then, don't sleep in too late, as over 10,000 leather men and women take to the streets for Folsom Street East, the largest outdoor festival of its kind on the East Coast. Featuring, once again - CineKink t-shirts! - this humongous S/M-leather-fetish block party takes place Sunday, June 17th from 2-8 pm on West 28th Street (between 10th and 11th). Stop by the CineKink table and say hello! For more info.

LEATHER PARTY CENTRAL
With a range of pre- and apres- celebrations scheduled, there's bound to be a party (or few) just right for you! And these are just the ones we know about...
6/15 - MetroBears @ the DugOut
6/15 - DSF @ Paddles
6/15 - The L.U.R.E. in Exile; 52 Walker Street, (advance tickets at
Purple Passion, 211 W. 20th)
6/16 - TES @ Paddles
6/17 - LSM @ Paddles

CINEKINK @ PIONEER: CELEBRATING LEATHER PRIDE
Wednesday, June 20th/7 pm

The Pioneer Theater and CineKink team up to present another evening of kinky movies, pizza and beer. This month, we celebrate Leather Pride with a program that includes:

Original Pride: The Satyrs Motorcycle Club
(Directed by Scott Bloom, 2005, USA, 56 minutes)
One of the first gay men's social organizations ever, The Satyrs Motorcycle Club was formed in 1954 and lives on as a vital group of Harley-riding, bearded and leather-clad men-loving men. This documentary is a journey back to that illustrious start, and then a trip of the present-day, a visit with the group at their annual outing in a remote Northern California location. Plays with the short, PISSIES NOT SISSIES, a first-hand account of the jovial goings-on in the men's room at a renowned international leather contest. (Charles Lum, 2005, USA, 14 minutes)

A beer and pizza reception follows the screening for all ticket holders.

More info and tickets!

Save the Dates - CineKink NYC!!

Alright, you can stop holding your breath now, your anxious anticipation is over. We're delighted to announce that our anchor event, CineKink NYC, will be moving out of the glutted fall cultural season and leaping into February - yep, it's a leap year - in our fifth annual(ish) appearance.

Get ready to jump along with us, February 26 - March 2, 2008, when we present a specially-curated program of films and videos that celebrate and explore a wide diversity of sexuality. In addition to screenings, plans also include a short film competition, awards, panels, parties and a gala kick-off fundraiser.

CineKink is currently inviting sponsors to come on board for the festival and a call for entries will go out shortly. If you're not receiving our regular updates, be sure to sign up here to get all the latest information.

Meanwhile, mark your calendars... February 26-March 2, 2008 !!!

Say what you will

Sorta, especially if it's in the form of a fleeting expletive. So said a federal appeals panel as it struck down Federal Communication Commission policies that had, in recent years, taken a tougher stance on so-called obscenties spoken on broadcast television and radio.

The challenge to the FCC indecency fines related specifically to utterances by such celebrity luminaries as Bono, Cher and Nicole Richie appearing on live awards broadcasts, generally involving variations on your basic "f-word" theme.

Reversing decades of a more lenient policy, the commission had found that the mere utterance of certain words implied that sexual or excretory acts were carried out and therefore violated the indecency rules.

But the judges said vulgar words are just as often used out of frustration or excitement, and not to convey any broader obscene meaning. “In recent times even the top leaders of our government have used variants of these expletives in a manner that no reasonable person would believe referenced sexual or excretory organs or activities.”

As we sit back and ponder what might constitute a "reasonable person," we eagerly anticipate what ruling might soon come down on the matter of another celebrity's fleeting, bare nipple.