Good porn also needs good performers. Intelligent and adventurous people, with the right motivations to get into the adult industry, a sex-positive mind and attractive, unexpected, different looks. Genderqueer performer Jiz Lee embodies all these things and many more. Jiz even got a Boundary Breaker Feminist Porn Award back in 2010! What a pleasant thing, to be a boundary breaker. Besides, we owe Jiz for attracting our very much admired Mickey Mod to the business, as he recently told us in an interview for XConfessions.
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“A limited example of what porn is has the danger in dictating what’s ‘normal’, raising issues in our understanding of sexual health, and also our sexual psyche. Diversity in porn lets us find ourself in the erotic landscape, proving we are ALL capable and deserving of love.” – Jiz Lee
Jiz has just released a book entitled Coming Out Like a Porn Star: Essays on Pornography, Protection and Privacy, and I’ve had the honor of being one of the contributors, along with interesting names such as Annie Sprinkle, Nina Hartley and Stoya. This is vital work to demystify the adult industry, to lift the veil of shame and obscurantism. A way to approach the people who are a part of it, in its most creative and brightest form, and humanize them (humanize us). It’s helpful to understand that we are not all the same and that we all have interesting stories to tell. If this project attracts your attention, you must know that the book is now available for pre-sale on Amazon. My segment is entitled “Mom, are the people in your films always naked?” and deals with topics such as maternity, sexuality and education. As far as I’m concerned, I’m very proud of my job and I’ve never tried to hide it – but it doesn’t mean that everything has been a bed of roses either.
Cover designed by Jamee Baiser
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