Doing Homemade and DIY Porn Safely with Paulita Pappel
In this episode, Hannah is joined by Paulita Pappel, who is a producer, director, and performer, and the co-founder of Lustery.com. Lustery is a platform for homemade porn from real couples and Hannah and Paulita talk about how that works, how they screen people and pay them for their work, and how the definition of amateur porn has changed. Paulita also discusses how she got into porn initially after having a very sex negative view of the world growing up, and answers your questions about consuming porn in a more ethical way, advice for making your own homemade or DIY porn safely, and introducing porn into your sex life. Hannah and Paulita also talk briefly about Pornhub and what happened after the New York Times Children of Pornhub article was published and the pattern of anti sex trafficking religious groups attacking porn sites. Finally, Hannah asks Paulita about the experience of curating the Berlin Porn Film Festival - what happens, what kind of films are shown, and why Hannah should go in 2022!
CW: Content warning for mentions of child sexual abuse material during the PornHub discussion
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Read the episode transcript here!
What we chat about…
How did Paulita get into this industry?
How Paulita found the porn scene in Berlin
What is Lustery? How did it get started?
"Amateur" porn as a term actually still meaning professional porn
The term "documentary porn"
Are Lustery videos amateur porn or homemade professional porn?
Behind the scenes at Lustery - do they check videos for consent? do performers get paid according to their views?
How important diversity is to Lustery
What happens at a porn film festival?
What kind of films does the Berlin Porn Film Festival show?
What's it like watching porn in a larger audience?
As a consumer of porn, how can I be more conscientious? (22:32)
Tips and tricks for making homemade porn (26:03)
Advice for people wanting to do DIY porn and do it safely (28:42)
Safe online platforms for sex workers
Do people ever watermark their videos?
Pornhub's transparency report
The recent PornHub controversy
Common arguments used by religious groups attacking PornHub and other porn sites to disguise their work to take down the sex industry as a whole
The same rhetoric being used in the attack on trans rights in the UK right now
What are some good ways to introduce porn into your sex life with a partner? (39:39)
I've not found many disabled people in feminist porn. Why? Where can I find them? (42:02)
Do you ever encounter any couples who regretted their decision to share videos of themselves? (44:05)
Tips on how to get into the business slash where to start (45:52)
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Paulita Pappel is a Spanish filmmaker and feminist pornographer. After studying comparative literature in Berlin, she worked both in front and behind the camera. She is the founder of Lustery, a platform dedicated to the sex lives of real-life couples from around the world. She also co-organizes and curates the Pornfilmfestival Berlin and directs and produces at HardWerk, a hardcore studio shooting cinematic gangbangs. Paulita works as a producer, director and intimacy coordinator, and is an advocate for a sex-positive, consent-based culture.
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