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Annie Sprinkle on porn, love and ecosexuality

Annie Sprinkle on porn, love and ecosexuality

From starring in, writing and directing porn, to gaining a PhD in Human Sexuality, to an art career that spans some 30 years, Dr Annie Sprinkle has made it her mission to show us that there is something deeper connecting all of us, in the erotic. You were a pioneer female director and writer of [...]

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Shot with desire: the Lords and Ladies of misrule

Shot with desire: the Lords and Ladies of misrule

Cat O’Nine Tails is one of the few female photographers today working with men as erotic subjects. Her website shot with desire brings together richly imagined photography for people of all genders and sexual orientations. Sydney-based Cat speaks to Filament about making her vision a reality. ‘We need more people taking an adventure with depictions [...]

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Photographing wet men – Zuleika Fray

Photographing wet men - Zuleika Fray

Among other things, Zuleika Fray photographs men in wet settings. We decided to show you some and find out more about her work. Zuleika Fray, 28, lives in Plymouth and London, United Kingdom How did you get started in photography? I was studying art and, not being the best realist painter, I fell in love [...]

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Erika Lust on making porn for women

Erika Lust on making porn for women

Erika Lust wasn’t born when Annie Sprinkle first directed a porn film in 1975, proving detractors wrong when Deep inside Annie Sprinkle became the second highest-grossing porn film of 1981. The male-driven model of mainstream porn hasn’t much changed since then, but finally, there is a growing number of female directors making porn that’s high [...]

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Britt Marie Trensmar: Play the man

Britt Marie Trensmar: Play the man

An interview and feature on the work of one of the world’s leading women who photographs men, Britt Marie Trensmar. ‘I enjoy men’s bodies as beautiful landscapes.’ When did you start photographing men as erotic subjects, and why? I love men and their bodies. It’s not just that they turn me on; I see their [...]

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Placebo’s Steve Forrest on eating fellow band members

Placebo's Steve Forrest on eating fellow band members

Hello Steve. How are you today? I’m fine, thank you. I’ve just been out shopping with my girlfriend, getting ready to fly to Budapest. You came from relative obscurity to join one of the biggest names in rock music today. How did that happen? My band Evaline had opened for Placebo a few times when [...]

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Shazia Mirza on boobs, boys and body hair

Shazia Mirza on boobs, boys and body hair

Regarded as one of the UK’s most successful Muslim women in any field, Shazia Mirza breaks the mould of women’s comedy with her dry and often controversial humour. Hi Shazia. How’s it going? It is going great. They normally fall to the side, but today they are really pert and on top. Is humour a [...]

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