One Step Forward Fifteen Steps Back: AVN fat-bashes
By Misty • Apr 7th, 2009 • Category: BlogThough imperfect I do rely on Adult Video News (AVN) for industry information –new titles, industry issues, and of course the hot goss. I usually make my way through tearing out the pages showcasing titles I’d like to add to our selection, read an article here and there and then I’m done. I have to admit that this morning when I was thumbing through the most recent issue I barely stopped to glance at “The $500 Stocking Guide” even though it was focused on titles featuring BBW. A couple titles caught my eye and I decided that those titles probably weren’t a fit for Good Vibrations… so I moved on.
Part of me is glad I did. Reading bullshit like the words AVN contributor Nelson X did isn’t best early in the morning… nor the afternoon… hell… never would have been fine too. But an esteemed associate wrote to me – outraged about the article – so I made a point to read it… word by word. I had no idea just how right I was!
What a disappointment. The author chose not to really promote titles showing fat women having hot sex but instead to refer to chubby women in fat-negative terms (heifer, bovines… and more). He also obviously is a fat hater or he wouldn’t have written about these titles the way did. Why didn’t AVN ask somebody who is fat-positive to write this stocking guide at least?
It can be a struggle to find quality adult titles to add that don’t promote racism, sexism, homophobia and more… but it’s a struggle I gladly take on. It is SO important to me to create a diverse inventory and strive to find porn that shows flabulous, chubbilicious, sexy-as-hell women having fat-tastic sex with their partners… and for these scenes to be body-positive, chemistry-filled, respect-filled and hell of hot! There’s nothing sexier than people who are totally and unabashedly into each others bodies no matter what size either partner is! And that is also true of the BBW. To say that “top-notch production values have been added to the genre by many of the industry’s mainstream studios, allowing those too embarrassed to actually be seen with fat chicks the opportunity to jerk off to them in the privacy of their homes.”
You know what I say to that – Fuck The Hell Off Nelson X.
It’s sickening to have the industry rag promote fat-bashing (after promoting stereotyping, racism and racial fetishizing in previous issues) and all under the guise of promoting those same titles. Not true.
For customers wanting to see hot porn featuring lovely larger ladies look no further. Here’s MY stocking guide for BBW titles: Voluptuous Life, Curvaceous, Alter Ego, Kiss Attack, Red Hot Phat Girl, The Crash Pad Series: Vol 1, Voluptuous Biker Babes, & Glamazons. And keep an eye for more titles as we are always reviewing titles with thick women to add to our site!
Speaking of loving April Flores… read her fabulous take on this same article: http://fattyd.com/blog/
Needless to say I am now on the look-out for a different industry news source for my movie pics… how sad.
Misty >> Since starting at Good Vibrations in 2003, Misty has worn many hats. Starting in sales she brought her queer sensibilities (2nd generation!!) to the merchandising department in 2005 and continues to branch out into different parts of the company. Fiercely femme, she enjoys wearing tight clothes, screening queer porn, getting her nails done, spending time with monsters and changing the world one day at a time.
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Relying on AVN and the “industry” for anything is unwise.
Thank you Misty. As you can imagine, when I opened up said magazine and read this horrid article I got so angry I was at a loss for words which doesn’t happen very often with me. Thank you for bringing light to this subject here, and for doing it eloquently, which is far less than Nelson X will get from me if he ever has the pleasure of coming across me in this industry.