Black women are changing the adult film industry – via DailyDot.com
August 23, 2018n 2005, Shine Louise Houston released her studio’s first film feature, The Crash Pad. Described as a “hot hardcore indie feminist dyke porn,” it told of a secret apartment in San Francisco where guests lucky enough to get the key could explore their deepest fantasies. From Black butch lovers to busty, tattooed femmes, the film was heralded for its authentic representations of sexuality and its diverse cast and crew.
Although it wasn’t the first—or last—erotic film to be made by a woman of color, its emphasis on an inclusive range of body types, sexualities, and ethnicities painted a vision of what porn could look like.
“Whoever wins the war gets to write the history, right? So whoever’s behind the camera is basically writing the story,” Houston, who has gone to win dozens of industry awards, tells the Daily Dot. “And if all we have are white cis guys writing their story, those are the only stories we have.”
The porn industry may seem like a glorified virtual boys’ club—and that’s because, well, for a long time it has been. But for Black women like Houston—whose 13-year-old Pink and White Productions houses the CrashPadSeries and has produced around 15 films since its inception—it’s providing an artistic outlet and an opportunity to expand the possibilities of porn beyond the white male gaze. Armed with social media, increasingly available technology, and the reach of the world wide web, women of color are putting themselves at the helm. They’re making space and they’re taking names.
And little by little, they’re winning the war and telling the story.
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