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| If it comes as a shock to you that some of the most sex-positive,
diverse, and educational smut I've ever seen comes from the folks
at Good Vibrations (via Sexpositive Productions), you haven't been paying attention for the last decade or so.
If it's even more surprising that the videos coming out of Good
Vibrations are not only all of those things, but fun, funky, real,
playful, kinky, explicit and incredibly hot? Well, it's high time
you start paying attention, lest you miss out on the action. I make a point of telling anyone sending me video porn for review that I have a really hard time getting into the stuff. For the most part, watching porn is usually more of an exercise in comedy than in arousal for me (which isn't to say that can't be fun as well, but it isn't usually the intended effect). When a company sends it along despite my disclaimers, it's usually a giveaway that they know they have something special. And that was certainly the case with the following films from Good Vibrations. I have so many good things to say about the variety of goodies offered by not just each of these films, but within each film, so, without further foreplay... Please Don't Stop How do I love this? Let me count the ways. This was my favorite of all four films, without a doubt. Allow me first to warn you, since it may be a bit alien to many porn purveyors: like films from SIR Video, what you're getting when you open this puppy is lesbian smut. I'm not talking about what Darcy and Muffy do for studly Joey to get him off, in case mainstream porn has skewed what "lesbian" means to you. I'm talking about dykes, here, people, the real deal -- women who dig other women even when the cameras are off. Most of the actresses involved even have, like, body hair in places besides a landing strip on their mons. Fancy that! Waltzing into this lesbian roundtable feels like lunch with your girlfriends, except that it's interspersed with hot, real, voyeuristic sex (if that's included in lunch with your girlfriends often, more power to you). In the context of a group sex talk about female anatomy, safer sex, toys and lesbian sex practices, this all-dyke cast of color, identity, size and age diversity gets it on: intimately, genuinely and deliciously. Please Don't Stop represents for real, and breaks down the barriers and the "non-discussables" in some lesbian communities: anal play, strap-on sex and safer sex for dykes. Please Don't Stop has some gorgeous scenes, including an amazing female ejaculation scene and a sensation play finale with a tender but torrid series of orgasms that are just breathtaking. Solitary moments and close-ups in the film are used beautifully. If I could send a copy of this to every lesbian who has ever written me yearning for community, information and a friendly, funny, candid and umm... inspiring approach to lesbian sex, we'd all be happy campers. Actually, if Trick Ready, who plays a sumptuous garage butch in the film, and who I hold responsible for my biting through my lower lip, could just come over to my house and provide it personally, one of us would be a REALLY happy camper, but I digress. This sort of film is so vital in GLBT circles: not only is it hard as hell to find porn that reflects hot but real lesbian sexual scenarios (with women of varied color, size and age no less), the information alone is all too hard-to get -- it's going to be a rare thing if Mom or Aunt Julie can (and will) tell you how to use cling film for cunnilingus, or how to use a strap-on properly. Creating a venue to provide that information in the context of smoking hot smut? Brilliant. Slide Bi Me If you're looking for a smooth transition from mainstream porn to an indie, Slide Bi Me may be just the ticket. It's not without some mainstream conventions, but it uses them to fiddle with the genre and hype up the comedy during this orgiastic romp. The setup goes like this: it's the annual office picnic for an insurance company whose company guidelines clearly have a lot of leeway in the sexual harassment department. It doesn't take long for everyone to grab a partner or six, even after the party is invaded by a renegade butch biker and a femme male cop. Here's my favorite part: the fine folks at Good Vibes, unlike the rest of the pornographic universe, seem to have noticed that not just women, but men too happen to be bisexual(!), and that multi-gender bisexual play can involve men actually touching each other beyond high-fiving when the girls are done playing together. While I could personally have used a long-haired androgynous boy (or 12) in the pile, I hardly felt cheated because I was just so tweaked to feast my eyes on men kissing, licking sucking and fucking each other for a change. Again, we get a whole lot of diversity, in the actors and actresses and in the sex play and partner groupings. Bisexual play that LOOKS like bisexual play: who'da thunk it. Voluptuous Vixens Curves galore abound in this jobbie, from average to super-sized, in vignettes paying homage to retro styles and flavors: from fifties frolics to new-wave tacky. Russ Meyer would be damned proud. And we all want that, don't we? While I liked nearly all the segments, my favorite segment by far was with the uber-zaftig Olivia Luscious and the super-curvy Amy Money wrestling and spanking on leopard-print, no less, before gloving it up and engaging in some hot strap-on sex and another great female ejaculation scene -- turning me puce with envy. Could either of these dames be any cuter or more sassy? I'm certain they've both raised the bar here to amazonian proportions. Celestina Meow Meow, also featured in Please Don't Stop, is also an absolute sizzler. Meow, indeed! Per un-usual, the chicks in the Good Vibes flicks give us perfect orgasms, the real laughing-crying-squish your forehead, gnash your teeth, giggle-grunt kind. No fakers here, kids. A couple of the scenes in this film were just a little too drawn-out for my own taste, but not enough to even come close to spoiling the rollicking fun. Don't go expecting the usual prototypical "fattie" flavor with Vixens -- instead you get real live girls catting it up proudly with a purr and a bag full of attitude at every size. It's so rare to see a parade of hot, curvy and fat women in a sexual milieu that isn't exploitive and that doesn't leave a bad taste in your mouth: even if this number wasn't hot as Hades, it'd be refreshing to see. That it is makes it that much rarer a find. |
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I had no trouble whatsoever finding a whole lot to like with all of these films, and they're all quite different. As both a sex educator and a safer sex aficionado, I can't keep from pointing out that safer sex practices abound in these pieces, and they're a testament to the fact that safe can be REALLY bloody sexy, a party the mainstream porn world remains far more than fashionably late in coming to. As well, I can really appreciate being able to get very real, genuine and candid sex without having to lose out on the technical or artistic quality. Over the years I've heard a lot of our readers, male and female alike, wishing, hoping and praying for this sort of smut, and to you I say -- it's out there, baby. What are you waiting for? Grab it, support it, enjoy it: do not pass go, do not collect 200 other crap porn flicks that barely cut the proverbial mustard. Good Vibrations has given us a Get Out of Porn Hell Free card, bless their lusty hearts. And Trick? I'm now in dire need of a tune-up. And I don't even have a car. |
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12.07.06: Scarlet Letters -- in case it isn't glaringly obvious -- is currently
on an extended hiatus. The web has changed, we've changed, and
we're trying to figure out how we both fit together now, which isn't a process we want to rush. If you're looking for more current SL-related content, you can
have check out upcoming books from editor Heather Corinna and previous co-editor Hanne Blank, check out Heather's current sexuality sites, or explore sites through the femmerotic network. We hope to be back with you soon, as fresh, challenging and
unexpected as ever.
In the meantime, by all means, enjoy our years of past content,
all of which still remain in the public and subscription areas.
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