tristan taormino

"I think queer p0rn is opening a lot of doors for people and helping to expand the sexual boundaries of all kinds of people. It’s really important to show different kinds of bodies, safer sex methods, consent, treating performers like people, etc." —James Darling [...continue...]

I’m back in Montana after a whirlwind trip to New York City to promote Watching Porn! I’m now recovering from my trip while also preparing two new articles, preparing for several interviews with some amazing publications, and completing a few other projects. Here’s the latest [...continue...]

Me signing at the Strand (with Cindy Gallop in the background being a badass). Photo taken by (badass) Lisa Vandever. Well. It’s happened. My book has been unleashed on the world! Watching Porn has been getting attention from all over the place, from radio shows to live events to the pages [...continue...]

Holy. Freaking. Crap. I think I’m dead. My book is hitting shelves like right now (preorders at bookstores are in and a few stores are selling them already), and it just got named to a list of “10 Buzzworthy Books from Memoirists and Essayists” by Kirkus Reviews. Rad on its own, [...continue...]

Look what I got in the mail today! That’s right! My very own, personal, signed copy of Girl Sex 101, “a sex-ed book like no other, offering helpful info for ladies and lady-lovers of all genders and identities, playful and informative illustrations on each page,” and segmentns [...continue...]

Trust this woman. (Nina Hartley image from WrestlingForum.com) I’ve been reading up on the recent HIV outbreak in the porn industry and trying to wrap my head around what’s going on in a way that’s helpful. I’ve been drafting blog posts, erasing them, reading more, drafting [...continue...]

I am a terrible journalist. Really. I never remember to take pictures or notes, and when I do, they are inconsistent and blurry. The notes and the pictures.  I get too drunk at events to do any planning (note: there is no photographic or video evidence of which I’m aware that shows I did, in [...continue...]

It seemed only fair that, since I wrote a blog here and then reposted it on WHACK! Magazine, I’d take some of the piece I put up on WHACK! about the Feminist Porn Awards show and repost it here this time around. Behold, my photos and videos! The awards ceremony, which offered snacks, booze, [...continue...]

Wow, guys. Wow. The trek to Canada has been really… something. It was a beautiful drive through rural New York yesterday and across many lakes and rivers into the Maple Leaf country. But there have been some hiccups. First we got stuck behind the ONLY person crossing the Canadian border to [...continue...]

You know, I’m just a late kind of person. I rush out of the house at the last minute, bitch and moan the whole way to wherever I’m going about the public transportation system so I can blame my tardiness on it instead of me, get lost when I surface, and am generally miserable at showing [...continue...]