28: Is ethical porn a fantasy or the future of adult entertainment?

Have you ever stopped to think about where your porn comes from, or if porn actors receive fair pay? These aren’t generally pressing questions for the average porn consumer as they scroll through their search results for a 5-minute clip. But as with all parts of consumer culture, it’s important for us to think about how we can support higher and more ethical production standards.
Euphemia Russell is a pleasure and sexuality educator in Melbourne. In this episode, we spoke to her about the state of the Australian adult entertainment industry, and how we can help to support artistic integrity and fairer production standards.
 
In this episode, we also discuss:
The state of Australian sex education
The cultural, political and institutional barriers to running a sex education business
The state of the porn industry
Does ethical porn exist?
Why sex work is work
The politics of Porn Hub and its heteronormative cis-gendered bias
One cup, two girls
What really goes on inside the porn industry?
Do we need more realistic porn? Is there a place for fantasy in our intimate lives?
Porn screenings and safe spaces for understanding public and private perceptions of porn
Why we NEED more public spaces to talk about sex safely
Row Murray on Episode 23 
Kids are watching porn from as young as 8-years-old
When is the time educate our kids about safe, consensual sex?
Porn tropes and their place in rape culture
The demise of high quality porn in the 90s
Why you absolutely HAVE to pay for porn
Crash Pad Series
The problem with ‘feminist' porn and ‘ethical’ porn
SWERFs and social exclusion
Why do so many straight women love lesbian porn?
How you we be better consumers? Vote with your dollars!
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Porn actor Jizz Lee
Catalyst Con
Why is Australia so conservative?
Victorian legal frameworks and sex work 
#gymtw
Sex Worker’s Outreach Program 
Estelle Lucas on Episode 17 
Why rape fantasies are common - but are they 'normal'?
Esther Perel and the concept of a secret garden
How to cultivate healthy fantasies
Lube is the BEST SEX TOY
The difference between oil, silicone and water-based lubes
Passionfruit in Richmond, Melbourne
 
Be sure to follow Euphemia’s work on Instagram and Facebook.