Good Vibrations Magazine

“This is the key to the crash pad and I want to give it to you. You’re guaranteed a panty dropping good time with anyone you bring to the crash pad…..Now that you have the key…go ahead and stick it in…” Thus begins the uber-popular, indy-produced, all-girl, all-queer The Crash Pad.

The Crash Pad, produced in 2005, was the first offering from SF-based production company Pink & White Productions, and went on to win the World’s First Feminist Porn Awards’ Hottest Dyke Sex scene. Since then, Pink &White has released Superfreak, winner of the 2007 Feminist Porn Awards for Hottest Dyke Sex Scene and In Search of the Wild Kingdom, winner of the 2007 Feminist Porn Awards in the Hottest Trans Sex Scene category.

It’s been quite a year for Pink & White! But wait, there’s more!….coming soon to a computer screen near you, get ready for more Crash Pad encounters with the new Crash Pad Series; serial episodes that will be available to anyone with a computer and a few bucks. Launching in July, www.crashpadseries.com is a pay-per-view site which features all new scenarios that take place at the Crash Pad.

I recently sat down with web developer, model and actor Shawn to talk to her about this exciting new venture into the world of on-demand queer porn….

JB: So, how did the idea of a pay-site with new and different Crash Pad episodes come about?

S: After several incredibly successful DVD productions, Pink and White Productions was interested in expanding its market presences while simultaneously increasing control over content and accessibility to the content. With increased portable technologies and interactivity, web-based content has become the way to go.

However, due to the over-saturation of the adult market, starting any new enterprise is very difficult. You always need an “in” and edge to create the kind of pull that will not only sustain your product but lift it above the masses. Shine’s movies (The Crash Pad, Superfreak, and In Search of the Wild Kingdom) have received international acclaim, toured through the major film festival circuits, and have been highly awarded. Her work most definitely rises above the rest and it’s that reputation and quality that we are bringing to the world wide web with the CrashPadSeries.com. On top of the quality which we have become known for, we are taking our site to the next level of web technology by utilizing web 2.0 features such as online networking, and profile/community building software which will be highly integrated into our all new content.

What really distinguishes us from other sites that are using this technology is our full integration—members will essentially be a part of the on-going plot that fuels the drama (and sex) of the site. It’s like myspace meets LWord meets Melrose Place, and instead of just reading about the dramatic sex lives of your friends, you get to watch too!

JB: Are there any sites similar to The Crash Pad Series, I mean in terms of starring players as well as the target audience?

S: Short answer: No. Despite that fact that there are several sites that utilize community-building interactive features, I know of none that are plot-driven, queer-centric, and feature the flavor of sex and people that we feature. The closest sites that come to mind on the queer centric front: nofauxxx.com and redhandedporn.com, but there are no other plot-based sites I can name off the top of my head.

JB: What will members get to see?

S: Members can expect all the hardcore, queer, critically-acclaimed action that you see in The Crash Pad, but keep in mind this is all NEW content. We will be featuring two video scenes and two photo sets a month with some returning characters (Dylan Ryan, Jiz Lee and Shawn) and many, many more new ones. Of course you will see the signature sweaty, dirty, hardcore queer sex, filled with fisting, loads of squirting, passionate kissing mixed with some rough and tumble S/M, face-slapping fun, but we also will be featuring the lighter side of things with some tickle fights and playful, fun encounters. We are all about diversity, which I think is what makes the sex we feature so fantastic. Sex is at times silly, hot, passionate, dirty, playful, dangerous, and fun…so we try to make room for all types of sex. Oh yeah, more group sex too, at least that’s what I am pushing for

JB: Can members write in with suggestions of what they want to see?

S: For Sure! I think that’s one of the big draws of our site. It is all about interactivity and community building. Aside from a members’ forum that allows members to discuss the latest scenes and drama, you can also build your own personal profile, send other members messages and you can rest assured that members will have a direct impact on the lives, drama and sex our characters will be having.

JB: How does it feel to be breaking new ground when it comes to queer porn on the internet?

S: Exhausting, exciting, scary and inspiring. I quit my full-time job to do this and right now thing are really taking off. Aside from the launch of the CrashPadSeries.com, we are also doing a national tour of our third film, In Search of the Wild Kingdom, which took “Best Trans Sex Scene” at the Feminist Porn Awards this year. People of all genders and sexualities have been so supportive (and turned on by our work), it’s phenomenal. One of my favorite moments this year was at Gay Pride when this very cute gay boy walked up to me and said, “I jerk off to your videos, I usually only watch boy-on-boy but your stuff is hot!” I said “Me Too!”

JB: Where do you see the site in 5 years? How about queer porn in general?

S: On vacation? Ha! Probably doing what I always do, working too much, but it’s hard not too when you have jobs like mine. Ideally, I see Pink & White becoming one of the power houses of the industry like Wicked, Vivid, Evil Empire, Falcon, etc….and creating a Neo-Porn Valley, which of course would be in the Bay Area—it’s already starting with most of the gay boy stuff.

JB: Is there anything you’d like to say to GV Weekly readers that we haven’t covered yet?

S: If I could say two words to people who ask “How can I support sex-positivity and the empowerment of one’s sexual identity?” I would say “Buy porn!”

Find out what turns you on, support it, love it, jerk off to it, throw parties around it. If we don’t start actively supporting an industry that openly celebrates various aspects of our sexuality, it will only be a matter of time before it is taken away from us.

Particularly at this time; there is a very strong and covert movement happening that is trying to suppress and essentially destroy representations of sexuality that fall outside the reproductive, marriage-only model. The life line of the adult industry is slowly getting choked. Increasing pressure is being put on the credit card industry and processors to control and sterilize the online industry by declining to serve more and more adult businesses. This has also been happening in the realm of insurance providers.

People need to stand up and proudly support adult institutions and let the credit card and other industries know that the adult field is a necessary and legitimate business.

Who knew that buying porn was so revolutionary?

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