But what makes this story really interesting is that Bitch isn't your ordinary "no naked ladies, please" feminist magazine—as things go, they're pretty pro-sexy. In the past, they've run ads for porn sites (including a porn site run by yours truly); they've also sponsored burlesque festival Tease-O-Rama (a move they got a good deal of flack for).

So what, pray tell, makes this specific act of sexiness one that's anti-feminist? Is it the fact that the sexiness is gratuitous? Is the pubic hair just a bit over the line? Is it the line about good things in pink boxes? We're scratching our heads over here—but we'd love to hear your thoughts on the issue.

· Rejected Ad Of The Week: Bitch Turns Down Pussy (animalnewyork.com)

The Naked Feminist

Director: Louisa Achille
Featuring: Veronica Hart, Nina Hartley, Christi Lake, Chloe Nicole, Candida Royalle, Annie Sprinkle, Ginger Lynn, Marilyn Chambers, Seymore Butts, Betty Dodson, Veronica Vega, Mischa Allen, Abby Ehmann, Kylie Ireland, Sharon Mitchell

Review by: Gram Ponante

Aussie filmmaker Louisa Achille did something wonderful and revolutionary with this movie: she was able to present anti-porn feminists in a way that didn't make them seem shrill while giving a podium to some of the adult industry's most levelheaded and articulate champions, particularly Veronica Hart, Nina Hartley, Betty Dodson, Carol Queen, Sharon Mitchell, Annie Sprinkle, Candida Royalle, and Kylie Ireland.

Despite the widening blur dividing porn from mainstream entertainment, docs about the adult industry tend to lionize one side while demonizing the other. Unfortunately, this does nothing to convince the choir of the other's point of view. "Naked Feminist," while clearly pro-porn, neither paints porn's detractors as ridiculous nor shies away from showing porn stars exhibiting doubt.

Shot in 2002 and 2003, "The Naked Feminist" makes the obligatory AVN convention trip to Las Vegas for interviews with Hartley, Julie Meadows, Ginger Lynn, and the one of a kind Chloe Nicole, tracks down Veronica Hart at her office at the late, lamented VCA Pictures (VCA and Adam & Eve seemed to have a lock on the porn talent and clips presented), and found Dodson, Sprinkle, and Queen elsewhere around the country.

Seymore Butts appears briefly, but the remainder of the dozens of interviews are with women, who discuss everything from how porn affects relationships to the notion of solidarity among female performers (the doc devotes a chapter to "Club 90," a support group for porn actresses). We also hear some scary stories (Sharon Mitchell's rape by a crazed fan, Veronica Hart's first scene, in which the director went too far), some unsurprising ones (Chloe was high in her first scene), and a standard issue Dodson heartwarmer, in which she explains to her electrician why his unsatisfied girlfriend left him.

Of all the quotes that illuminate the ambivalence of attitudes about porn, my favorite is Carol Queen's:

"The notion that a woman who revels in her sexuality is free and open to anyone is really the toxic heart of the slut role or epithet and it's the part that the conservative feminists - and we - agree is problematic and wrong and needs to be trained out of the culture," Queen says. "And the culture is reluctant to do that because that is what keeps the slut role dangerous."

"Naked Feminist" has not found wide distribution,so its debut this week on iTunes (rent it for $2.99) will be the best opportunity the hour-long movie has had to attract eyeballs since its release.

Since so much time has passed, however, the new-porn aspirations of interviewees have either already come to fruition and just as quickly become something else - How is Hart's feminism different from Joanna Angel's, which might itself be different from Sasha Grey's? - or faded altogether. Hart is no longer making porn movies, which is a shame (luckily, Candida Royalle is), Chloe is no longer in the business, Marilyn Chambers is dead, and Annabelle Chong's hope that the solo-woman Internet site as a ticket to financial security might have been true in 2003, but is not now.

That said, "Naked Feminist" provides generous dollops of all the women in the adult industry who have something to say about it (circa 2003) and the message is still a compelling one today.

· "The Naked Feminist" on iTunes (itunes.com)

The 2009 Good For Her Feminist Porn Award winners are:

Hottest Kink Movie
Perversions of Lesbian Lust Vol.1 | Madison Young; Madison Bound Productions

Steamiest Trans Scene
Crash Pad Series 2- Unlocked | Shine Louise Houston; Pink and White Productions

Sexiest Straight Movie
Intense Desires | Eli Cross ; Lennox Films

Hottest Mature Couple's Movie
Bill and Desiree: Love is Timeless | Tony Comstock; Comstock Films

Most Sensual Softcore & Golden Beaver Award for Canadian Content
Man of My Dreams | Mimi Balfour; Cleopatra Productions

Steamiest Educational Series
Red Hot Touch Series | New World Sex Education

Sexiest Dyke Movie
One Night Stand (Pour Une Nuit) | Emilie Jouvet; Hyst Productions

Most Deliciously Diverse Cast
Roulette | Courtney Trouble; Nofauxxx Productions

Heartthrob of the Year
Dylan Ryan | For work in Strap-on Motel, Sex Mannequin, Crash Pad Series Volume 3, Champion, Perversions of Lesbian Lust: Volume 1 and Lesbian Life: Real Sex San Francisco.

Heartthrob of the Year
Tyler Knight | For work in Chemistry 4 and Intense Desires

Indie Porn Pioneer
Madison Young

Movie of the Year
Champion | Shine Louise Houston; Pink and White Productions

Honorable Mentions:
Voluptuous Biker Babes | Carlos Batts; Adam and Eve Pictures
Matinee | Jennifer Lyon Bell; Blue Artichoke Films
Couch Surfers: Trans Men in Action | Trannywood Pictures; Brazen Garage Squad Productions
Skateboard Kink Freak | Maria Beatty; Bleu Productions
Barcelona Sex Project | Erika Lust; Lust Films

· Feminist Porn Awards 2009 (goodforher.com)
· Thumbnail: Courtney Trouble accepts her award (flickr.com)

We're still waiting on the full list of winners, but from Jiz Lee's recap, we know that Madison Young was named an Indie Porn Pioneer and awarded Best Kink Movie (for "Perversions of Lesbian Lust"), Dylan Ryan won Female Heart Throb of the Year, Courtney Trouble was awarded Most Diverse for forthcoming flick "Roulette," and Pink & White Productions picked up awards for Steamiest Trans Scene (in "Crash Pad Series Vol 2: Unlocked") and the coveted Movie of the Year, for none other than "Champion."

We couldn't have picked better winners ourselves.

· Feminist Porn Awards - We are Family (jizlee.com)
· Feminist Porn Awards 2009 (goodforher.com)
· Thumbnail: Feminist Porn Award Winners... in bed (twitpic.com)

The full list contains an impressive 46 films, with more than a few of our official crush objects finding their way on to the list (hey, we have good taste in porn!). We're keeping our fingers crossed that next year's list is even longer.

· 2009 Feminist Porn Award Nominees (goodforher.com)
· Thumbnail: Penny Flame and Anthony Rosano in feminist porn "Penny Flame's Expert Guide To Handjobs"

· Feral Lingerie Model 2005 (flickr.com, via dacia.tumblr.com)

We don't want to rehash the whole "stupid sluts/empowered women" debate here—you can read it yourself and make up your own mind, but we do take issue with one particular comment. She writes:

"No one - at the risk of looking oldfashioned and stuffy - is willing to stand up and question current behaviour.

Really? No one? Because from where we sit there's pretty much an entire industry devoted to doing just that. Hardly a day goes by that we don't stumble across someone who is wringing their hands over what MySpace, Girls Gone Wild, and beer commercials are doing to our youth. They may or may not have point, but if you can't hear them making it then you clearly aren't listening.

· "Women blame lads' mags for sexual exploitation - yet are they are just as guilty?" (dailymail.co.uk)
· Related: "Feeling Sexually-Objectified? It Could Be Your Own Damn Fault" (Jezebel)

We're pretty sure there's a message in here about feminist attitudes of self worth and the objectification of women in our popular culture, but dang it if we aren't having a hard time suppressing our twins fantasy right now. Art or no art, anyone who has a Realdoll of herself is just the kind of kooky cat we want to know.

· "When Amber Met Amber" (chicagoreader.com, via Lusty Lady)

Previously: Selfkiss: Hot You On You Action, Japanese Sex Doll Watch: Behind The Scenes, "A Perfect Fake" on YouTube, Milky Lovers: Japanese Sex Doll Brothel, Realdoll Threeways, The RealDoll Museum

· Speaking of ... we were just thinking today that what Macau really needs is a Playboy Mansion. Now our timeshare there won't go to waste! (abcnews.go.com)

· Brooke Burke and Brooke Burns are not the same person. Trust us—we checked very closely. (gorillamask.net)

· Hookers will no longer be called prostitutes in Britain, although if you still want to call your girlfriend a "dirty whore" in bed then take your chances. (yahoo.com)

· Because we've gone almost an entire week without an adult awards show, you better get your nominations in for the next one. Seriously, when is it our turn to win? (bestadultawards.com, via xbiz.com)

· Some dude in Denver wants to put a stop to Ladies' Nights, because they discriminate against men. Word is that he will also be the chairperson of the city's next Sausage Festival. (westword.com)

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Previously: Morning Wood Archives/Wet Spots Archives

We've been called a lot of names over the years, but one thing we rarely get accused of is being feminist. (Calling you "chicks" all the time probably doesn't help.) After all, feminists aren't even allowed to like porn, right? Well, some of them do—and not only does feminist porn exist, there's enough of it that they can give awards for the best of the lot. Twice! Tomorrow night, female-friendly sex shop Good For Her will host the second annual Feminist Porn Awards in Toronto. Unlike the Oscars, you can actually buy a ticket and mingle with some of the stars like Simone Valentino of "Afrodite Superstar" (pictured) and producer Peggy Comstock of Comstock Films. Plus there's a pretty good chance you'll get to see some good old fashioned smut. We'd go ourselves if wasn't for that passport problem, but if you're up in the Great White North you should do what you can to be there. When it comes to dirty pictures, these broads really know what they're doing. (Oh ... we did it again, didn't we?)

· 2007 Feminist Porn Awards (goodforher.com, via artthreat.net)

Previously: Porn For Women: We Know You're Out There, Preview: "Afrodite Superstar", Say No To Designer Vaginas!, Naked Ambition, Asian Princess Artifacts

Our favorite thing about postmodern feminists (really, what's not to like?) is their willingness to put both boobs and brains into the equation when challenging stereotypes, and Asian Princess Artifacts has this strategy down to a T. In that vein, performance artist Gennifer Hirano has been a stripper and a fake porn starlet—and unlike most of everyone's favorite peroxide blonde and balloon-boobed real porn starlets, she did it to make a point about objectification and stereotypes and not just for the cash. But just because her website says "It's not about sex" (which she later follows up by emphasizing that "it's about power") doesn't mean that there aren't a few good nudie pictures of Gennifer's various performances and fine art projects. In addition to the fake porn starlet project, Gennifer has made a pinup inspired flip book, dressed up like Marilyn Monroe, and made a calendar featuring her posing on a car while wearing a bikini and eating a bowl of rice. Call it art if you want to; we just think it manages to be both smart and sexy.
- AR

· Asian Princess Artifacts (asianprincessartifacts.com)

Previously: Rudegirls, Naked Ambition, "Anti-Porn 'Feminists' Hold Conference", Nina Hartley Strikes Back, Pro-Porn Women, Women and Porn, To Asia, With love

· You're probably thinking that a "poll" to see who has Hollywood's best breasts is just an excuse for hundreds of websites to post more pictures of Scarlett Johansson's cleavage—and you'd be right! (sfgate.com)

· The Sex in Video Games conference (featuring a talk by our very own Violet Blue) wraps up today, with a lot of discussion about project development, personal networking, industry trends and—we assume—making boobs bounce. You know, just like a regular business conference. (sexinvideogames.com + reuters.com + zdnet.com)

· This might be the nerdiest thing we have ever read: a thoughtful examination of how X Men Rouge and Iceman could have sex without making actual skin-to-skin contact. It's also kinda disturbingly hot. (wired.com)

· Everyone has a fantasy about bending that cute co-worker over a desk and getting it on right there in the office. Of course, when your office is a junior high school you should probably just get a hotel room. (thesmokinggun.com)

· Congrats to friend of Fleshbot Tristan Taormino, who cleaned up at the Feminist Porn Awards. Not literally, of course, because cleaning up isn't just women's work—although we've seen her movies and they probably did make quite a mess. (villagevoice.com)

· The city of Des Moines takes an interesting approach to flood control. To be fair, they did tell the engineer to "drain the main vein." (dmregister.com)

· A mayoral candidate in Italy is under fire for allegedly offering to pay a porn star to sleep with people who vote for him. Call your Congressperson and tell them that's the kind of pandering we need in America! (agi.it)