I wasn't saying that antique porn was more intellectual, I was saying that the current revival in antique pornographic art forms (i.e. burlesque) was spearheaded by intellectuals.
And this article explains it better than I ever could.
"Burlesque revival: more nerdy than sexy?" reads the headline.
""The base level of IQ is decently high," said James Habacker, 42, owner of "The Slipper Room," a burlesque-themed New York club that hosts Weldon's salon. "Even in the last year the supertalented old school have really stepped it up.""
I have seen a couple acts of "The Stripteasers" at MIA one year but never seen them at Roxy's or out and about it seems I all ways miss them for some reason. The two skits I saw where pretty cool. I would really like to see them again some time.
In terms of what porn puts down women I can't really say cause I'm not a women. From what i have heard the dirtier the Scene the more money it pays in general. I think that woman and guys also should only do stuff they are comfortable with. But I'm sure women get pressured into things some times that they don't want to do. Or might say I really don't want to be splurged on by 3 guys but if I do I'll get so much money, ah ok. That is why I think it is good that there are some women who run porn now. I also think that the buiness kinda exploits guys compaired to the women. Men are paid less and then when it is time for them to get off (most of the time) the girl doesn't suck them off or jerk them off they do it them sleves they also have to be able to cum on cue where as women can fake an orgasim and it is fine.
This is the part where some people won't like what I say. There are a lot of gross sex acts and what each person finds hot and gross are different. but that being said there is a market of every fetish known to man and if it sells then someone needs to do it. Ok needs to do it isn't the right term. For example bondage lots of people are into it but would never admit it so they go buy a bondage DVD. What if none of the actresses who didn't really like it wouldn't do it anymore or people who did decided to keep it in there private life. Then what will the people who only get off to that do? I'm not saying 12 guys should tie up a Japanese School girl and cum all over her then another girl should come in and lick it off of her (ok as wrong as that sounds it does sound kinda hot to). But there is a market for that. I think that no one should be forced or made to feel like they should do a scene like that. But I do think that people who don't have a problem doing that should do it.
On a side note does the writers being on strike effect porn movies, I wonder? Sorry if I took this post with this comment in another direction that wasn't my aim. On a side note the stripteasers do have a myspace page and used to have a webpage you could get to from roxy's website also.
I've seen the Stripteasers! It was awesome. Very sexy, but more entertaining than arousing, I'd say-- I didn't exactly beat off to it, but I definitely enjoyed it a lot and want to see them again.
And they're very much of the political-activism-in-burlesque school of thought-- much lesbian content, as in actual genuine lesbians not straight chicks petting one another for the amusement of straight guys (they're heavily affiliated with Roxy's, which is a dyke bar), and a lot of feminist type commentary in it.
That's the kind of sexiness I really enjoy. I like porn where the sexuality of the participants is very empowered, where you get the idea they're really getting off on what they're doing as much as you are. Even porn that's ostensibly *about* degradation-- typical porn subject matter-- can be empowering if done properly. It's not that I only want to watch pornos about strong women being empowered, is what I'm trying to say-- I just want to watch porn that has an empowered/empowering kind of vibe to it. The unashamed vibe, maybe, is what I want to say?
I was reading the blog of a porn affiliate at one point and he recounted how through pressure of his affiliate network he convinced a major porn network provider to stop filming certain types of scenes that were degrading to the women participating in them, and it actually worked-- the site didn't take down existing content, but stopped doing those things in future photo/video shoots. (Things like writing "SLUT" on the women's foreheads in indelible marker, making them brush their teeth with cum, disgusting things like that that are becoming trendy in porn of late. The site insisted the women hadn't objected, but the affiliate marketer said he found it disgusting and couldn't believe the women enjoyed it, and would stop sending them business unless they desisted.)
-good article
-Dita Von Tease is amazing, oh yeah
-With burlesque it about the show not the nudity and some groups don't do nudity, hence the name tease
-There is burlesque group in Buffalo are The Stripteasers the only ones though?
- I don't know much about burlesque other then it is different than going to see some young lady show her tits and pussy and quick as possible
I hope some one else chimes in on the comments other then just me.