The Feminist Porn Book Quotes

“If society treated sex with any dignity or respect, both pornographers and prostitutes would have status, which they obviously had at one time. The sexual women of antiquity were the artists and writers of sexual love. Since organized religions have made all forms of sexual pleasure evil, no modern equivalent exists today.”
― Tristan Taormino, The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure

“I don’t disagree with all of what you do,” he said, “but I think it’s entirely unjust that you receive checks from the government for your homosexuality.” I stared at him with my mouth full of fries. “Oh, it’s not that bad,” I said, “I only get half as much because I’m bisexual.”
― Tristan Taormino, The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure

“si no se confía en que una mujer tome decisiones sobre su propio cuerpo, ¿cómo se la puede ver como autónoma en lo que respecta al resto de su vida?”
― Tristan Taormino, The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure

“Because you make lesbian fist-fucking videos,” he said.”
― Tristan Taormino, The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure

“Well-meaning friends suggest that I should drop the word “feminist,” and perhaps the entire concept, because feminism is so “old hat.” Young women today have lost interest in feminism because they believe it’s antisex and that all feminists are man haters. Let me tell you something, girlfriends. That’s exactly what the powers-that-be want us to think and do.”
― Tristan Taormino, The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure

“Emotionalism without intellect from victims without power was how lynch mobs and nationwide hate groups were formed—the basic strategy of fascism, I concluded with a shiver.”
― Tristan Taormino, The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure

“The basic principle of S/M was that all sexual activity between one or more adults had to be consensual and required a verbal negotiation, followed by an agreement between the players. All my years of romantic sex, when we tried to read each other’s minds, were basically nonconsensual sex.”
― Tristan Taormino, The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure

“In order for women to progress, we must question all authority, be willing to challenge any rule aimed at controlling our sexual behavior, and avoid doing business as usual, thereby maintaining the status quo.”
― Tristan Taormino, The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure