Alternative porn (also known as alt porn, alternaporn, or simply alt in context), a shortening of "alternativepornography", is a subgenre of pornography that is centered around alternative subcultures, such as goths, hipsters, emos, scenes, skaters or ravers, and is often produced by small and independent websites or filmmakers. It often features models with body modifications such as tattoos, piercings, or scarifications or temporary modifications such as dyed hair or extreme makeup. The term indie porn is occasionally used though this term is more generally used as a synonym for independent pornography, regardless of affinity with any kind of alternative subculture.
This SuicideGirls model is representative of alt porn style, with multiple tattoos and piercings.
The first venue explicitly devoted to "subcultural erotica" was Blue Blood,[4] a glossy magazine that began in 1992 and featured models with a goth or cyberpunk look. The biggest market for alt porn however has been on the Internet. Other than a few ephemeral personal websites, the earliest explicitly alt porn site was Blue Blood's GothicSluts.com, established in early 1999. This was followed shortly after by Raverporn.net, which was later renamed EroticBPM.com, in July of the same year, and later followed by NakkidNerds in December, Supercult had appeared in 2000. By late 2001, SuicideGirls had grown to become the most popular and financially lucrative alt porn site and has been since. With the success of SuicideGirls, the number of alt porn sites has grown in number since 2002.[5][6][7] In addition to the above-mentioned sites, well-known altporn websites in operation as of September 2008 include Lazerbunny, Burning Angel, and GodsGirls.
The terms "alternative porn" or "alt porn" were coined in the early 2000s in reference to SuicideGirls, RaverPorn, and similar sites. Longer-standing projects, such as Blue Blood, generally used terms such as "subcultural erotica".[8]
Alt porn websites are often distinguished by their use of message boards, blogs, social networking, and other features of online community, encouraging participation by both models and viewers. While these features are not exclusive to alt porn sites, their inclusion stands in stark contrast to the standard operating procedures adopted by more typical porn sites which tend to feature more or less anonymous models who are viewed by anonymous visitors.[citation needed]
Alt porn-themed videos are also becoming a growing niche in the adult video market. The work of directors Stephen Sayadian and Gregory Dark during the 1980s and early 1990s had many of the features of later alt porn, and are often cited as being key contributing influences on current alt porn video. In 2001, two amateur videos under the title Technosex were produced, featuring women involved in the rave scene along with a techno music soundtrack. Since 2004, director Eon McKai has been producing alt porn-themed videos for VCA Pictures (an otherwise mainstream adult video studio)[9] and, in 2006, was signed by Vivid Entertainment to produce alt porn-themed videos under the Vivid-ALT imprint. In 2006, McKai remade Gregory Dark's seminal punk porno film New Wave Hookers, using some of the original script with a different twist and calling the film "Neu Wave Hookers." Vivid-ALT had also signed noted fetish photographers Dave Naz and Octavio "Winkytiki" Arizala.[10][11]
Many members of the alt porn community disagree on the definition of alt porn. Some consider it mostly an aesthetic quality while others see it as having a more ideological definition. This includes controversies over whether alt porn sites and videos should restrict themselves to softcorepin-up photography or include more sexually explicit hardcore content, whether alt porn need be explicitly feminist or not, and whether alt porn venues should present models of all genders and a range of body types rather than just conventionally attractive young women.[5] Since every pornography company conducts its business and treats their models differently, it is hard to define it on an ideological basis, although the models' freedom to speak their mind both about the industry, their employers, and political agendas is considered by some to be a vital part of the alt porn community. SuicideGirls have been criticized for restricting their employees' ability to make public comments of this nature. This led to a public falling out between the owners of SuicideGirls and a number of their former models,[5][12][13] and larger debates as to whether alternative porn was inherently any more empowering than mainstream porn.
Referencesedit
^"Corporate Red Tape on My Mouth and the Punk Art Porn Allstars" 2007-06-03 at the Wayback Machine by Amelia G, BlueBlood.net, October 29th, 2006.
^"Altporn: Just Because it Looks Punk Rock, Doesn't Mean it Is" 2006-12-02 at the Wayback Machine by Brandon Stosuy, BlackBook magazine (website) #45, 2006.
^"Richard Kern" 2007-01-02 at the Wayback Machine (interview) by Daniel Robert Epstein, SuicideGirls, September 1, 2004.
Diehl, Matt. (2007). My So-Called Punk. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN0-312-33781-7. Chapter 8: "Sex and the Single (Suicide) Girl: Are You Ready to be Liberated?" p 207–234.
"Behind The Scenes at Vivid-Alt" by Chris Thorne, XCritic, September 2006
"The Berlin Porn Festival: Alternative Smut for the Silver Screen" by Alex Bakst, Der Spiegel Online, October 20, 2006.
"A Real Alternative?" by Jessica Bateman, The F-Word, January 3, 2007.
"From Barbie Doll to Razordoll: The Sexual Shift in Porn" by Lauren Mayberry, The Skinny, July 30, 2009.
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article may be written from a fan s point of view rather than a neutral point of view Please clean it up to conform to a higher standard of quality and to make it neutral in tone July 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message This article contains wording that promotes the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information Please remove or replace such wording and instead of making proclamations about a subject s importance use facts and attribution to demonstrate that importance July 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message Alternative porn also known as alt porn alternaporn or simply alt in context a shortening of alternative pornography is a subgenre of pornography that is centered around alternative subcultures such as goths hipsters emos scenes skaters or ravers and is often produced by small and independent websites or filmmakers It often features models with body modifications such as tattoos piercings or scarifications or temporary modifications such as dyed hair or extreme makeup The term indie porn is occasionally used though this term is more generally used as a synonym for independent pornography regardless of affinity with any kind of alternative subculture Contents 1 History 2 Controversies 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksHistory editThe work of Gregory Dark David Aaron Clark Michael Ninn and Stephen Sayadian are seen as the early creators of the alt porn genre The Cinema of Transgression of Richard Kern and Nick Zedd as well as Kern s later photographic work can also be viewed as early examples of alt porn 1 2 3 nbsp This SuicideGirls model is representative of alt porn style with multiple tattoos and piercings The first venue explicitly devoted to subcultural erotica was Blue Blood 4 a glossy magazine that began in 1992 and featured models with a goth or cyberpunk look The biggest market for alt porn however has been on the Internet Other than a few ephemeral personal websites the earliest explicitly alt porn site was Blue Blood s GothicSluts com established in early 1999 This was followed shortly after by Raverporn net which was later renamed EroticBPM com in July of the same year and later followed by NakkidNerds in December Supercult had appeared in 2000 By late 2001 SuicideGirls had grown to become the most popular and financially lucrative alt porn site and has been since With the success of SuicideGirls the number of alt porn sites has grown in number since 2002 5 6 7 In addition to the above mentioned sites well known altporn websites in operation as of September 2008 include Lazerbunny Burning Angel and GodsGirls The terms alternative porn or alt porn were coined in the early 2000s in reference to SuicideGirls RaverPorn and similar sites Longer standing projects such as Blue Blood generally used terms such as subcultural erotica 8 Alt porn websites are often distinguished by their use of message boards blogs social networking and other features of online community encouraging participation by both models and viewers While these features are not exclusive to alt porn sites their inclusion stands in stark contrast to the standard operating procedures adopted by more typical porn sites which tend to feature more or less anonymous models who are viewed by anonymous visitors citation needed Alt porn themed videos are also becoming a growing niche in the adult video market The work of directors Stephen Sayadian and Gregory Dark during the 1980s and early 1990s had many of the features of later alt porn and are often cited as being key contributing influences on current alt porn video In 2001 two amateur videos under the title Technosex were produced featuring women involved in the rave scene along with a techno music soundtrack Since 2004 director Eon McKai has been producing alt porn themed videos for VCA Pictures an otherwise mainstream adult video studio 9 and in 2006 was signed by Vivid Entertainment to produce alt porn themed videos under the Vivid ALT imprint In 2006 McKai remade Gregory Dark s seminal punk porno film New Wave Hookers using some of the original script with a different twist and calling the film Neu Wave Hookers Vivid ALT had also signed noted fetish photographers Dave Naz and Octavio Winkytiki Arizala 10 11 Controversies editThis section possibly contains original research Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations Statements consisting only of original research should be removed February 2015 Learn how and when to remove this message Many members of the alt porn community disagree on the definition of alt porn Some consider it mostly an aesthetic quality while others see it as having a more ideological definition This includes controversies over whether alt porn sites and videos should restrict themselves to softcore pin up photography or include more sexually explicit hardcore content whether alt porn need be explicitly feminist or not and whether alt porn venues should present models of all genders and a range of body types rather than just conventionally attractive young women 5 Since every pornography company conducts its business and treats their models differently it is hard to define it on an ideological basis although the models freedom to speak their mind both about the industry their employers and political agendas is considered by some to be a vital part of the alt porn community SuicideGirls have been criticized for restricting their employees ability to make public comments of this nature This led to a public falling out between the owners of SuicideGirls and a number of their former models 5 12 13 and larger debates as to whether alternative porn was inherently any more empowering than mainstream porn References edit Corporate Red Tape on My Mouth and the Punk Art Porn Allstars Archived 2007 06 03 at the Wayback Machine by Amelia G BlueBlood net October 29th 2006 Altporn Just Because it Looks Punk Rock Doesn t Mean it Is Archived 2006 12 02 at the Wayback Machine by Brandon Stosuy BlackBook magazine website 45 2006 Richard Kern Archived 2007 01 02 at the Wayback Machine interview by Daniel Robert Epstein SuicideGirls September 1 2004 About Us Archived 2006 08 23 at the Wayback Machine BlueBlood com a b c Evolution of Alternative History and controversies of the alt erotica industry by Ginny Mies American Sexuality September 25 2006 AltPorn AltPorn Genre History Timeline Archived 2007 05 01 at the Wayback Machine part 1 by Beeker the StatsNrrd Altporn net April 28 2007 AltPorn AltPorn Genre History Timeline Archived 2010 07 01 at the Wayback Machine part 2 by Beeker the StatsNrrd Altporn net May 15 2007 untitled comment by Forrest Black altporn LiveJournal community February 11 2003 Archived March 13 2007 at the Wayback Machine The Prince of Alt Porn Archived 2007 05 15 at the Wayback Machine by Tristan Taormino Village Voice November 11th 2005 Vivid Forms Vivid Alt To Distribute Eon Mckai usurped press release by Vivid PR Adult Industry News website February 17 2006 Vivid wins Alt war without shot being fired Archived 2006 06 14 at the Wayback Machine by Gram Ponante Porn Valley Observed website May 10 2006 SuicideGirls revolt Archived 2008 02 14 at the Wayback Machine by Deirdre Fulton Portland Phoenix October 7 2005 Obscene But Not Heard Archived 2011 06 07 at the Wayback Machine by Peter Koht Metroactive January 4 2006 Further reading editDiehl Matt 2007 My So Called Punk St Martin s Griffin ISBN 0 312 33781 7 Chapter 8 Sex and the Single Suicide Girl Are You Ready to be Liberated p 207 234 Jacobs Katrien 2007 Netporn DIY Web Culture and Sexual Politics Rowman amp Littlefield Pubs ISBN 0 7425 5432 5 External links edit nbsp Pornography portal nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alt porn This section s use of external links may not follow Wikipedia s policies or guidelines Please improve this article by removing excessive or inappropriate external links and converting useful links where appropriate into footnote references July 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message Sex Dreads and Rock n Roll by Annie Tomlin Bitch December 2002 Orgasm Addict Punk Porn Gets Off on the Internet by Chris Ziegler OC Weekly January 23 2003 Maximum Tits N Ass by Sean Nelson The Stranger February 5 2003 Alternaporn We Sing the Body Politic by Paul Watson The Lazarus Corporation February 29 2004 We Want Our Porn and We Want It Now by Peter Stokes AVN November 2005 Behind The Scenes at Vivid Alt by Chris Thorne XCritic September 2006 The Berlin Porn Festival Alternative Smut for the Silver Screen by Alex Bakst Der Spiegel Online October 20 2006 A Real Alternative by Jessica Bateman The F Word January 3 2007 From Barbie Doll to Razordoll The Sexual Shift in Porn by Lauren Mayberry The Skinny July 30 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