Feature image of Golden Curlz and Papí Coxxx in Crash Pad episode 236. All of the photographs in this NSFW Sunday are courtesy of Crash Pad Series. The inclusion of a photograph here should not be interpreted as an assertion of the model’s gender identity or sexual orientation. If you’re a photographer or model and think your work would be a good fit for NSFW Sunday, please email carolyn at autostraddle dot com.
Welcome to NSFW Sunday!
Cherry Torn and Lilith Luxe in Crash Pad Series episode 213
+ Is porn the epicentre of the American sexual imagination? Why not?:
“As we are consumers of pornography, our viewing patterns are undeniably part of our erotic lives, but that doesn’t mean our porn lives are part of our sex lives — at least, not directly.
Instead, pornography trains us to redirect sexual desire as mimetic desire. That is, the sociological theory — and marketers’ dream — that humans learn to want what they see. In porn terms: If you build it, they will come.”
Also from the Cut, please enjoy these out-of-context porn facts.
La Muxer Diosa and Mars the Prince in Crash Pad Series episode 238
+ Trans performers are still underrepresented in mainstream porn, and still face derogatory language, unwarranted STI stigma, different marketing, archetyping and more. One mainstream porn company shooting a scene with a trans performer is a step, sure, but don’t mistake it for progress:
“While [Chelsea] Poe says it’s great that trans performers are getting more mainstream opportunities, like the Wicked shoot, she questions just how much progress it actually represents.
‘I think trans people becoming filmmakers and directors is the way you’re going to see more trans-positive narratives come out,’ she says. This doesn’t just impact porn performers, it also affects viewers. As she puts it, ‘Trans women who are going on a porn site and finding positive depictions of their sexuality, that stuff really matters.'”
Golden Curlz and Papí Coxxx in Crash Pad episode 236
+ Celebrate father’s day with an explanation of Daddy.
+ Rural America needs sex ed.
+ It just got easier to find porn on Tumblr.
+ Sometimes you just have to marry yourself.
+ At Oh Joy Sex Toy, Erika Moen reviewed the Jaguar harness.
+ Autostraddle affiliate the Pleasure Chest is hosting a queer strap-on sex workshop in Los Angeles on June 28.
+ “Where Should We Begin?” is a podcast from therapist Esther Perel that lets you listen in on other people’s couples therapy.
+ Gaydar is complicated.
Leigh Raven and Nikki Hearts in Crash Pad Series episode 217
+ Go get tested for STIs:
“HPV can cause genital warts, but is also associated with some cancers, including not just cervical cancer, but cancers of the throat in both men and women. (Thankfully, many high-risk types of HPV are vaccine-preventable.) Untreated STIs can also increase the risk of HIV infection. Heather Corinna, founder of youth sex education site Scarleteen, notes that there’s another reason to get tested—if you’ve got access to health care, you’re looking out for those who don’t. You’re also protecting people with compromised immune systems who could get really sick from that thing you can treat with a quick course of antibiotics.”
Reading about Daddy just reinforced how badly I want there to be a regular Mommi column on AS.
“The most popular time to watch porn is midnight, followed by 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. But after that, it’s 3 p.m., 4 p.m., and 5 p.m.”
shout out to the 3-5pm crowd i see you do you see me
also HUGE SIGH at that daddy article i love when people are like “obviously gay men and straight women are the only ppl this would apply to” HAHAHAHA
We used to see plenty of that attitude here, unfortunately.
I never had a problem finding porn on tumblr, in fact I’ve mistakenly found one of stuff my friend did on tumblr.
Sometimes I feel like I’m out of the loop because I just don’t watch or read porn. Apparently a LOT of people do. Explains why no one ever believes me when I say I don’t.
Wait what is the non-kinky definition of Daddy??
The most popular search term in west Virginia being ‘redneck’ lol