Dylan Ryan is the femme fatale of your dreams. Dealing in high heels and high IQs, this brainy beauty gets you hot and bothered as soon as she hits the screen, then grabs the reigns as a social work student fighting for sex workers’ rights. How freakin’ sexy is that?! Part of the San Francisco porn posse, Dylan makes some of the most exciting and engaging queer porn out there! She was even crowned Heartthrob of the Year at the 2009 Feminist Porn Awards!
Sure Ryan is super sexy and smart, but that’s far from all there is to this foxy lady; she is also amazingly fun, a dedicated advocate for social justice and an all around insanely sweet gal. She is the kind of person you call when you have a hangover so bad that you need whiskey shots at brunch just to make it through the day. I should know, I’ve done it.
1. How (and when) did you get started in the industry?
I got started in 2003 through my good friend Shine Louise Houston. We were working together at Good Vibrations and on our many breaks and during downtime, we would talk about our futures and all the amazing things we wanted to be famous for. Her’s was an interest in starting a porn company, looking to unleash the “13 year old boy” inside her. I told her if she ever got it off the ground that I would be in her first movie (The Crash Pad). A few months later she called me up and I made good on my promise… little did I know that I had found my career…
2. If you weren’t in the adult industry, what would you be doing?
While I enjoy my porn life, I do have another one and in THAT one, I am getting my MSW so that I can continue my work with street based prostitutes, doing advocacy and outreach and hopefully, eventually starting my own non-profit for the sex work community.
3. What’s the best thing you’ve learned or best advice you’ve received from the industry?
That my body is hot, sexy and as worthy of utilization as my brain. Women are very rarely allowed to be anything powerful, but if they are, the brain is the only acceptable tool to be used for forward mobility. If a woman uses her body for financial or personal gain, she is seen as a slut and the concept of her seeing her body as a tool is trampled by feminist discourses that privilege a woman’s mind as her place of power. Being in porn has made me aware of my physical power and how I can accept my body, love my body, feel sexy and attractive and dynamic while creating financial stability and making a life for myself. I can employ all parts of myself and feel good and strong about that.
4. What’s the funniest thing that’s happened while filming?
There are so many amazing outtakes, especially from my time filming with Pink and White. Funnily enough, many of them having to do with animals! In the first movie, I heard a dog barking while in the middle of a scene where Jiz Lee and I were doing a reverse cow-girl position. I believe I looked up absentmindedly and said, “dog?” and everyone started cracking up. My last shoot with Crash Pad Series, there were a ton of pigeons roosting behind the set building and the louder the sex sounds would get, the louder they would coo… it was highly distracting and I think we had to hold quite a few times because I couldn’t stop laughing.
5. What do you think is the biggest misconception about women in the industry?
There are so many, where to start… That we are dumb, that we are in it for the money, that we have all been the victims of sexual of domestic violence, that we are slaves, that we are mentally ill, that we are nymphomaniacs… need I go on? The fact is, for every life circumstance, there are many different kinds of people and many different reasons why they do what they do. Those stereotypes might be a reality for sex workers and should definitely be considered when thinking about worker needs and experiences. They become problematic AS stereotypes when they are applied to ALL workers. And they are misconceptions in that they are not true for me and not true for many many other working women out there.
6. What did you do today?
I slept in, had a delicious breakfast and when to meet with the head of a homeless shelter to talk about how to make the shelter more accessible to trans men.
7. What would you rather have done today?
I was pretty happy with my day… I could have eaten more chocolate but that is usually the case…
8. If you could do a movie with anyone (living or brought back from the dead) who would it be?
BELLADONNA. I CANNOT BELIEVE I HAVEN’T WORKED WITH HER YET.
9. Who is your favorite adult performer?
SEE PREVIOUS QUESTION.
10. You’ve got 20 bucks left to your name; what would you do with it?
Oh, it’s terribly boring, but I would buy groceries. Seriously…or take myself to a movie, I’m a big fan of doing that…
11. If you were president, what’s the first thing you’d change?
I ratify the U.S. signature on the Kyoto Protocol and begin to create programs that enforce the mandates of the agreement.
12. What’s the most embarrassing thing you’ve ever done?
I have to choose one? Wow, I am so consistently foot-in-mouth I’m not sure I can choose….
13. Which is your favorite project you’ve worked on?
I don’t think I have an absolute favorite project but in terms of shoots and sex, the two times I have shot with my real-life partner, Trucker Cash have been pretty freaking fantastic.
14. If you could have 1 superpower what would it be?
Flying. No contest to that one.
15. Meat or veggie?
Both. =) I love meat. ESPECIALLY BACON. but I also love veggies… kale, broccoli, asparagus - give me a massive salad and Im a happy girl… put bacon bits on top and I’m over the moon!
16. What is your favorite book?
It’s called “She’s Come Undone” by Wally Lamb. You would swear the writer is a young woman.
17. What is your biggest pet peeve?
People who are not respectful of others’ personal space. I believe in the bubble of personal space and don’t appreciate people who bomb through the world like its all about them and where they want to throw their bodies.
18. What is your best piece of sex advice for women?
Masturbation is an awesome way to find out what you like and once you know what you like, ask for it! Women deserve sexual pleasure in all its many GLORIOUS forms. Oh and lube! Especially for anal, lube is fantastic.
19. What is your favorite adult movie?
Fashionistas. Love love love.
20. Tell me one thing you’ve never told anyone else.
My porn name was almost Presley.
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Satine Phoenix crosses lines. A visual artist trained in illustration, stop motion animation and more, Satine chose to bring her artistic sensiblities to the world of sex, kink and porn and offer us the most delightfully dirty and engagingly erotic movies. Whether she is bound up in ropes or sensually fucking a beautiful woman in a Sweetheart Video flick, Satine makes whatever she touches shine. Being insanely gorgeous, smart and sexy doesn’t hurt either.
1. How (and when) did you get started in the industry?
I didn’t get into the adult industry until i was 25. I was stripping putting myself through art school then programming school then i stopped going to school to be a full time stripper. I had 5 years of schooling under my belt and figured that I would get more out of life and into my art projects if I had experience to back the fantasies I was drawing. In 2004 I went to Wondercon SF and saw some adult models signing in the very back. I came up with a plan to have a booth in the middle of the main floor but the only way to do that was to have a name to back my art… I don’t remember seeing any female artists at the con at that time. It made sense to move on from stripping to porn especially since my boyfriend at the time and I practically spent all of our off time at swinger parties having sex in front of people. It’s not a short answer, but then again, everything I do crosses so many fields.
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Ian Sparks is one of the guys responsible for bringing queer porn to another level. His film studio, Trannywood Pictures, creates award winning movies that feature male-identified folks in all points of transition having hot, hot sex with other male-identified guys. As well as super sexy, Trannywood movies makes sure to portray safe sex and responsible sexuality throughout their movies. How hot is that!
Sparks has starred in both “Cubbyholes” and “Couch Surfers – Trans Men In Action” from Trannywood and works behind the scenes to bring us some really amazing queer porn. Along with all the awesome porn goodness, Sparks’ passions include community organizing, cultural work, public health, butches, boys, genderqueers, cubs and queer activists of all genders. Swoon!
1. How (and when) did you get started in the industry?
About 4 years ago, I became one of the owners of a gay safe sex club in San Francisco (EROS). We have a very community, mission focused model that includes a free community classroom, art gallery and a lounge that is available for all gender events. We wanted to expand our safe sex message and our focus on normalizing a variety of body types. So, when we decided to try our hand at doing a niche film, it was either going to be a bears of color movie, or a gay trans men film. A couple of our staff were in Morty Diamond’s “Trannyfags” and we realized we had enough talent to go in that direction. That was around 2006. My own screen debut was in a Colt Studio film, called “Beyond Perfect” (2005)….I just had a non sex roll, but Mr. Pam was one of the camera operators and I got a lot of screen time.
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Not many people can shine on both sides of the video camera. It takes a certain breed to feel equally comfortable in the action as well as calling the shots. Kimberly Kane does both with a style and grace that capture the commercial successes of mainstream porn and the artful exploration of the alternative realm.
Not only is Kane a total pleasure to watch in whatever position she is in - be it rocking a dance off with Joanna Angel or fakin’ a love of tofu in First Dates (and you pervs thought I meant doggy style), she shines through as the person to watch no matter how many people are in the frame. As a director, she is bold and engaging and makes the kind of stuff I’d watch even if people kept their clothes on. Fun and up for anything that makes porn more that just the old in and out, Kimberly Kane isn’t afraid to bring it, and that’s just what she does.
1. How (and when) did you get started in the industry?
I got into the business in late 2003, two months before my 20th birthday. I tagged along to a set with a friend unsure of what to expect and it was a very good “free spirited” experience.
2. If you weren’t in the adult industry, what would you be doing?
I hope that I would have discovered art, photography and sexuality outside of the adult business as well.
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Max Mikita defies categorization. She is an over 30, Asian star with a shaved head - far from the standard MILFS, exotic or alternative stars. In fact, Mikita likes to keep her hands in everybody’s basket and release all kinds of porn movies, spanning the charts from softer Penthouse movies to hardcore Belladonna fetish fuckfests. No matter what the project, Max Mikita brings her beautiful, natural body, bright mood and high spirits to the set and consistently wows her audiences with sexy, confident work.
1. How (and when) did you get started in the industry?
I started in the industry around November of 2005, when I saw this bondage magazine that had a cover of a girl tied up with a dildo in her pepe, which was tied around one of her thighs. I thought it was hot and wanted to do it too. So I found this online model portfolio site, got offered a shoot and it all went tumbling down from there.
2. If you weren’t in the adult industry, what would you be doing?
I would be taking underwater photos of big fish - very big fish!
3. Whats the best thing you’ve learned or best advice you’ve received from the industry?
I learned to not take things personal and higher self-esteem.
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Anna Span is the UK’s best director. Officially. At least she has been for the last two years, as chosen by the UK Adult Film & Television Awards (UKAFTA), as well as winning the Best British Film Brand at the ETO Awards this year. Sure awards and accolades are dandy, but when it really comes down to it, Ann Span makes awesome films that are truly unique. Not only does she feature beautiful women, she makes sure the guys are nothing to kick out of bed too. Span creates thoughtfully hot movies with humor, fun and a big dose of reality. Sort of like soap operas with sex, but better!
1. How (and when) did you get started in the industry?
I started by setting up my company Easy on the Eye Productions in 1998 After graduating from St Martin’s School of Art in London with a BA (hons) Fine Art Film and Video degree. At college I wrote my dissertation called ‘Towards a New Pornography’ which looked at what women would like to see in porn as well as what makes a film sexy.
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Jiz Lee is a San Francisco queer who believes that porn and radical sex is activism. Particularly for people of marginalized communities, where creating their own images and media representation is critical. As a genderqueer performer, Jiz has worked with queer porn companies such as Pink & White Productions, Madison Bound Productions, and No Fauxxx, and has been featured in Logo’s Lesbian Sex and Sexuality and on Behind Kink. Jiz’s first porno scene with real life partner Shawn (aka Syd Blakovich) in The Crash Pad was awarded Hottest Dyke Sex Scene by the Feminist Porn Awards.
Hir turn ons include: authentic enthusiastic fun sex, androgyny and genderfuck, fisting, ejaculation, gapers, switches, dorks, techies, librarians, kinky experimentation, and pleasure activists.
PS. I may have made one of those up.
1. How (and when) did you get started in the industry?
It was a pick up line my partner (Syd Blakovich aka Shawn) used when we first met in 2005. Needless to say, it worked.
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When porn meets art, both begin to take on a new form… and there is no one I’d rather have tie it up in rope and work it over more than Madison Young. Porno director, fetish star and queer art gallery director, the amazing Miss Young has her hands in everyone’s cookie jar, and shows no signs of slowing down. Part of the queer sex positive porno renaissance in San Francisco, Madison Young has pulled her fetish niche out of the dungeons and into the light of mainstream adult, merging the two into a provocative and inspiring mix of bondage, story, performance and, of course, super hot kinky sex. Whether Madison is behind the camera, on the bed, or both, she brings an element of raw emotion to the project, which is a rarity when it comes to porn. Luckily this busy lady found time in her fabulously hectic life to give us twenty questions worth of lovin’. I hope it doesn’t mean one less orgasm for someone else!
1. How (and when) did you get started in the industry?
Over 6 years ago I started performing and directing for adult films and web sites. I got into the industry in order to fund my nonprofit queer community art gallery and performance space, Femina Potens. I’ve always been a kinky exhibitionist and wanted to participate in a powerful medium in which I would have an opportunity to create visibility for women who are aggressive around their sexuality and making myself open and vulnerable to connection with my on screen partners and at the same time have a chance to educate others around sex and sex positivity. Having a camera present for the last 6 years of my sexual growth has proven to be validating to my own sexual desires and to my audience.
2. If you weren’t in the adult industry, what would you be doing?
I’m currently engaging in all of the mediums involved in all of my major interests - sex, art, feminism, gender politics, education, and writing. When I’m not in front of the camera I’m either directing porn, directing my gallery, or writing essays for books on feminism and submission.
3. What’s the best thing you’ve learned or best advice you’ve received from the industry?
One thing I’ve learned and always stuck to is never engaging in anything that I couldn’t explain and stand up for to either press or my mother. I strongly believe in the work that I’m engaging in. I put all of my heart and body into this work. And I believe that it is important to develop a language around explaining what we do, how we do it, why we do it and the way that it effects us and our audience.
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Shawn (aka Syd Blakovich) is a hot genderqueer who’s been working in adult since 2005. When she’s not busy being super hot and smart, Shawn dedicates most of her time training to fight and working for Pink and White Productions, internationally acclaimed pioneers of independent, adult, queer cinema and four time winners of Feminist Porn Awards. She is also one of the most notorious figures in the adult submission wrestling world and could definitely beat me in arm wrestling.
1. How (and when) did you get started in the industry?
My focus of my undergraduate degree was in fine art with a thesis exploring the intersections of fine art photography and pornography. After I graduated, I moved up to SF and started interning at On Our Backs Magazine and working for Good Vibrations. I met Shine working at Good Vibes shortly before she started Pink and White Productions. I came on board to help with marketing and as talent for her first movie The Crash Pad in 2005. I also started working for Kink.com’s wrestling site UltimateSurrender.com the same year.
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Sunny Leone is a diamond in the rough. Aside from being intelligent, glamorous and super sexy, she is the first performer of Indian descent to become a Vivid Girl - which happens to be really cool because it’s pretty unusual for women of Indian backgrounds to enter into the industry. If there is one thing we think is awesome, it’s diversity within porn and seeing a variety of faces being represented. Beginning her career at eighteen as an adult model, Leone quickly landed the honor of Penthouse Pet of the Year and transitioned into doing movies, signing with Vivid and winning an AVN award soon after, not to mention working with both VH1 and E! on various projects and shows along the way. Down to earth and funny, it’s really easy to see why we gals at HM4Her love us some Sunny Leone.
1. How (and when) did you get started in the industry?
I started in the industry when I was 18. A girl in my English class gave me a number to an agent and at that time I had no idea that it was an agent in the adult industry. I met with him and he introduced me to the photographer who shot me for penthouse magazine.
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