This month sees the release of Naked Ambition: Women Pornographers and How They Are Changing the Sex Industry, a collection of essays written by women sex workers about their experiences in the adult industry. The contributors, brought together by editor Carly Milne, include Jenna Jameson, Violet Blue, Nina Hartley, and Rachel Kramer Bussel. Milne is chronicling the book's release on her blog.
When adult entertainment first appeared on the pop culture radar as an underground film phenomenon, women were little more than starlets, whofor the most partanswered to men. But as pornography evolved in step with technology and consumer demand over the past twenty years, it also reflected the shifting political climate. Greater sexual equality started to appear both in front of and behind the cameras. Not only did female performers take charge for the first time of their careers, but women began running the companies people purchase movies from, opening woman-friendly sex shops and writing thoughtful, analytical commentary on pornography-often from a feminist perspective. In Naked Ambition, adult entertainment industry insider Carly Milne takes readers behind the scenes and on to the frontlines of today's woman-owned and supported adult entertainment industry that has revolutionized both pornography and the traditional feminist movement that has for years often stood in opposition to it.
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June 2005
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