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	<title>Comments on: ICANN, ICM&#8217;s dot-XXX numbers sham, and the Feminist Porn Awards</title>
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		<title>By: Iamcuriousblue</title>
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		<dc:creator>Iamcuriousblue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 07:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OK, I responded first to your &quot;postmortem&quot; piece, but upon reading this, it&#039;s clear you have many of your key facts straight-up wrong. 

1) Lewis Thomas IS NOT Viv Thomas. I&#039;m not sure if they&#039;re actually related or if Lew&#039;s last name is a pseudonym, but in any event, he *used to* work as a director for Viv Thomas (doing some of their better releases of the last few years, notably, the &quot;Unfaithful&quot; series), but broke off from VT to start doing his own content.

2) Viv Thomas, for his part, *has never pretended to be female*. Viv, short for Vivian, is a unisex name in the UK, from which Viv Thomas hails.

3) &quot;Nobody&#039;s ever heard of them&quot;? Clearly you don&#039;t follow &quot;girl-girl&quot; fandom - Lesbea.com (the site that was to have been Kiss.xxx before Rusefull quietly put the .XXX thing aside) has been the breakout site of the last year.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK, I responded first to your &#8220;postmortem&#8221; piece, but upon reading this, it&#8217;s clear you have many of your key facts straight-up wrong. </p>
<p>1) Lewis Thomas IS NOT Viv Thomas. I&#8217;m not sure if they&#8217;re actually related or if Lew&#8217;s last name is a pseudonym, but in any event, he *used to* work as a director for Viv Thomas (doing some of their better releases of the last few years, notably, the &#8220;Unfaithful&#8221; series), but broke off from VT to start doing his own content.</p>
<p>2) Viv Thomas, for his part, *has never pretended to be female*. Viv, short for Vivian, is a unisex name in the UK, from which Viv Thomas hails.</p>
<p>3) &#8220;Nobody&#8217;s ever heard of them&#8221;? Clearly you don&#8217;t follow &#8220;girl-girl&#8221; fandom &#8211; Lesbea.com (the site that was to have been Kiss.xxx before Rusefull quietly put the .XXX thing aside) has been the breakout site of the last year.</p>
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		<title>By: violet blue</title>
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		<dc:creator>violet blue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 18:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Buck, thanks for chiming in.

With all due respect, this blog post (their response) makes them look worse.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Buck, thanks for chiming in.</p>
<p>With all due respect, this blog post (their response) makes them look worse.</p>
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		<title>By: Buck Angel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Buck Angel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 17:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Violet,
I totally agree that the whole .xxx thing is a scam. But I have to jump in here in regards to Good For Her and the FPAs. I am a big supporter of this show (not just because I have received 2 awards over the last 5 years), but because they are very honorable people. They do not just hand out awards to people and the awards are definitely not &quot;for sale&quot; in any way. I think you are assuming something there that isn&#039;t true.

I have done business with Good For Her since I started in the adult industry over 9 years ago and I can tell you that they are absolutely honest people with good intentions.

The dedication they put into the awards show comes from the heart. I know that they truly want to support and give props to those doing good work in an industry that does not normally honor feminism or women&#039;s work. It is far from mainstream!

Really, you should speak with Carlyle from Good For Her--I believe she will be happy to explain and clarify any misconceptions you have. The FPAs help to give a voice to many people in porn who have something important to say, and only make feminist porn stronger.

I see that Good For Her has made a blog post to respond to your post and it states:
&quot;Danejones.com won because we thought it was an excellent example of  high production quality, natural bodies, easy to navigate website, female pleasure, and lots of content .  

You can see the rest of it here: http://www.goodforher.com/blog/?p=235

Thanks Violet I am a big fan of your work!

WOOF!
Buck Angel®
Pioneering Filmmaker, Speaker, and Advocate</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Violet,<br />
I totally agree that the whole .xxx thing is a scam. But I have to jump in here in regards to Good For Her and the FPAs. I am a big supporter of this show (not just because I have received 2 awards over the last 5 years), but because they are very honorable people. They do not just hand out awards to people and the awards are definitely not &#8220;for sale&#8221; in any way. I think you are assuming something there that isn&#8217;t true.</p>
<p>I have done business with Good For Her since I started in the adult industry over 9 years ago and I can tell you that they are absolutely honest people with good intentions.</p>
<p>The dedication they put into the awards show comes from the heart. I know that they truly want to support and give props to those doing good work in an industry that does not normally honor feminism or women&#8217;s work. It is far from mainstream!</p>
<p>Really, you should speak with Carlyle from Good For Her&#8211;I believe she will be happy to explain and clarify any misconceptions you have. The FPAs help to give a voice to many people in porn who have something important to say, and only make feminist porn stronger.</p>
<p>I see that Good For Her has made a blog post to respond to your post and it states:<br />
&#8220;Danejones.com won because we thought it was an excellent example of  high production quality, natural bodies, easy to navigate website, female pleasure, and lots of content .  </p>
<p>You can see the rest of it here: <a href="http://www.goodforher.com/blog/?p=235" rel="nofollow">http://www.goodforher.com/blog/?p=235</a></p>
<p>Thanks Violet I am a big fan of your work!</p>
<p>WOOF!<br />
Buck Angel®<br />
Pioneering Filmmaker, Speaker, and Advocate</p>
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		<title>By: Anna Devia</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anna Devia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It became clear to me when attending the FPA&#039;s year before last that they were pandering to the mainstream. Thank you for speaking out &amp; sharing this info!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It became clear to me when attending the FPA&#8217;s year before last that they were pandering to the mainstream. Thank you for speaking out &amp; sharing this info!</p>
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