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| Heather Corinna is the editrix of Scarlet Letters, the Journal
of femme-erotica. In 1997, she founded the online magazine as
an alternative to testosterone soaked, male perspective pornography.
The sexy pro-girl site has been praised by Playboy as exuding
a "healthy, relaxed sexual ethos that permeates every aspect."
Scarlet Letters has won numerous awards for design and content
and boasts an international readership. She also adds sex bomb,
diva and action figure wannabe to her resume. Q. What made you start this publication? I wanted to create a market for my own work and the work of others I admired, where they could express sex honestly, in all its moods with a high level of literary craft. Q. What makes your Scarlet Letters unique? We remain the only publication of its size and scope online edited entirely by women that addresses sex from a women's perspective. Many of the sites you'll find claiming to be for women really aren't -- they're typical male sites where the stories and photos have simply been replaced with male figures. Most women we've heard from don't dislike sexual material because it is explicit, or because it is full of women. The difference lies in presentation, psychology and form, not in what gender is being shown. Q. What's your criterion for erotica? Safe, sane, consensual, honest and brave. I look for work that is hot and creates that heat without reverting to typical button-pushing. Q. Most taboo topic you've covered? The notion of "taboo" sexuality is really infantile sexuality. A lot of cultural sexuality is conditioned to be aroused by feeling "bad" or "naughty," and a lot of people are stuck in the sexual development because of it. Taboo topics are easy: I'm looking for growth. Q. Do people make assumptions about your personal life based on your profession and is that annoying? (laughing) No more than the assumptions people ever made simply because I was female and obviously sensual/sexual. The only dead-off assumption is that I'm having sex night and day, which -- sadly -- isn't true. My husband can attest to it, the poor dear. I'm working too much! Q. What's sexy for you? I'm a woman - I like foreplay. Joy. Laughter. Flamboyance. Right now, I've developed a mad crush on Edward Norton. I think he'd make the most darling submissive Q. What erotic (or otherwise) authors excite you? I usually find the most erotic scenes in work that isn't considered erotic - Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hindu and Greek mythology, biblical tales -- traditional stories, full of archetype and sexual undercurrent. Q. Where do you see erotica heading in the year 2000? Optimistically? I hope what happens on a literary level is what I'd like to see happen culturally -- that sex and human life escapes from separatism and it all begins to merge as nature intended. © 2000 Boston Phoenix Erosphere. All rights reserved. |
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