Remember back when “unpublished” meant things that have never been published? Titles and blurbs from 23 blog posts still sulking around in draft-mode.
Building a Sustainable Definition of Success: Living the DIY Life
An essay/self-assessment about building a constellation of marketable skills that will get you through the lean times that are an inevitable part of being a professional artist.
Internet Rhetoric 101
A post of Canadian funny-man, and viral video genius Kirby Ferguson’ FAG BOMB.
Why You Can Thank Marc Wallice for Comstock Films
A recollection of how I arrived at my decision to depict real sex only with couples who were already intimate.
“Artists and Intellectuals” (Welcome to the Animal Farm)
An essay on elitism spurred by the recent Bill Henson dust-up, the laws surrounding sexually explicit photography, and various spurious defenses of freedom of expression.
Is Photography Art?
A brief history of the question, “Is photography art?”
Repression Begets Perversion
A personal take, from the middle of vanilla land, on Patrick Kalifa’s essay.
Are You InBaseline?
Database marketing tips.
What Do Pornography and Feminism Have in Common? Part 3
Three guesses why this one got shelved…
10 Rules for Capturing Women’s Orgasm on Film
My trade secrets…revealed!
Film Festivals’ Virginity Fetish
Frustrated ranting after ASHELY AND KISHSA was rejected from several higher-profile festivals on the grounds that it “already had a DVD deal.”
“Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz!”
Musings on just who might want to hear my “You’ll never get rich, but you might live a happy life” advice.
“Just about the sweetest thing I have ever seen…”
A promotional post about an Australian G&L film fest director’s reaction to ASHLEY AND KISHA. Her fest gets government funding, so of course they didn’t screen the film.
Marie and Jack: A Hardcore Love Story, Rated NC17, part more
My ongoing conversations with the very nice people (seriously) at the MPAA.
There’s only one real blasphemy: the refusal of joy
Fifth anniversary of 9/11. Title taken from a line that Matt and Khym use in their e-mail .sig
The Feminist Porn Awards or Am I Every Woman?, Part 2
Ungracious and impolitic ruminations on the Feminist Porn Awards and the “by women/for women” thing.
Race Riot
A provocative title for a pre-release post about ASHLEY AND KISHA, spurred by my fear of how the film might be received. Was never able to pay off the title, and my fears proved unfounded.
It’s Not Porn/It’s Just Porn
Annoyance at SHORTBUS marketing and SHORTBUS reviewers’ use of the p-word.
Porn for the Rest of Us, cont.
From a viewer e-mail: “I think the biggest sex organ is the heart.” I started a post. Never finished it.
5 Questions: Tony Comstock, part 1
A while back, Audacia Ray asked me to do a 5 Questions thing with her. Then when it didn’t run, I was going to put it on my blog. Then she posted the first question/answer on her blog. Then my computer blew up and I lost the rest of it. I wonder if Dacia still has the other four questions?
It’s not porn, is it?
My conversation with a programer at the Atlantic Film Festival about the “intentions” behind showing real sex in our films. Couldn’t bring myself to do the SHORTBUS/9 SONG/DESTRICTED thing, and didn’t (yet) have a speil of my own to answer the question. No trip to Halifax for Tony and Peggy. Image may be NSFW.
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Forget Everything You Think You Know About Quitting
Started after an e-mail exchange with Libby “Rollertrain” Lynn. Realized halfway in I didn’t know where I was going, and quit.
You Don’t Have a Brother Named Theo
When I was in school there was a woman who was doing her masters in art history and was writing about what she called “the Van Gogh” myth, and how it misleads both artists and the public about the true nature of art and being an artist. Her paper made a strong impression on me.
Remembering NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
Inspiring tales of DIY heroism, censorship, and zombies!