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on September 3 and released on DVD the same day. There were further screenings on the weekend of September 5–6, which drew large crowds. Though public interest was intense and all screenings were sold out, no further shows in Stockholm were scheduled. The reason stated by Bio Rio and Engberg was that
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is the only animated film in the collection. It shows images of a men's club where masturbating adult or middle-aged men watch two women having sex on a pool table. One of the men is then suddenly grabbed by one of the women, who now dwarfs him. The woman proceeds to insert the man into her vagina.
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youth organization and author of the Anti-Feminist Initiative Blog, labelled the use of public funds as hypocrisy, since mainstream pornography would never receive the same financial support. Marit Östberg, one of the film's directors, defended the public financing of the project by stressing that
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and spraying graffiti. She is caught in the act by a similarly androgynous female police officer, who chases her into an empty building but is eventually overpowered and bound. The two then engage in rough sexual activities, including spitting, slapping and anal sex. Directed by Marit Östberg, who
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features two figures, one male and one female, clad in full-body nylon stockings caressing and kissing each other intimately. After a while, the two figures begin to cut open the nylon with a pair of scissors to reveal the naked skin underneath, and engage in oral and penetrative sex. There is no
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received a large amount of negative commentary, primarily from men, who complained about the actor-photographers being unattractive. To Engberg, this was proof that pornographic films demanded that their female participants should be seen as pleasing to their primarily male audience. Engberg had
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To hell with the sick beauty ideals! Deep self-hatred keeps a lot of women's energy and creativity sapped. The energy that could be focused into exploring our own sexuality and power is being drained off into diets and cosmetics. Don't let the commercial powers control your needs and desires.
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The film sparked controversy before and after its release because of sexually provocative content and the fact that it was mainly financed through public funds. Film critics were split in their reception; some found the film amusingly provocative while others thought it was dull.
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was more positive, commenting that it was "good-looking and professional" despite being filmed only with phone cameras, but also added that it was "more art than porn", even if it fulfilled the technical criteria for traditional pornography. Unlike Böhlin, Carnmo praised
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described it as "dull, ugly and rather artistic" and criticized its being filmed with mobile phone cameras in an age of large television screens. Böhlin also noted his negative reactions to the portrayal of a man being lured into having sex in front of a camera in
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The porn industry is sexist because we live in a patriarchal capitalist society. It makes profit out of people's needs for sex and erotica and women get exploited in the process. To fight sexist porn you have to smash capitalism and patriarchy.
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A lot of opposition to erotica is homophobic and even more transphobic. We don't believe in the fight between the sexes but in the fight against sexes. Identify as any gender you want and make love to whoever you want. Sexuality is diverse.
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We are fed up with the cultural cliché that sexually active and independent women are either crazy or lesbian and therefore crazy. We want to see and make movies where Betty Blue, Ophelia and Thelma & Louise don't have to die in the end.
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Censorship cannot liberate sexuality. It is impossible to change the image of women's sexuality if sexual images in themselves are taboo. Don't attack women for displaying sex. Attack sexism for trying to control our sexuality.
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Everyone has the right to control their own body. Millions of women suffer from unwanted pregnancies and die from illegal abortions every year. Fuck the moral right for preaching against birth control and sex information.
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Due to the debate over the use of tax money for financing a pornographic feature, the director of the SFI Cissi Elwin Frenkel considered it necessary to write a letter to Swedish Minister of Culture,
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shorts, is included last in the collection. It consists of Engberg and several others filming themselves with mobile phones while masturbating and eventually reaching orgasm. Directed by Mia Engberg.
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shows a woman kissing a man passionately while filming herself. They both proceed to perform oral sex on each other while the woman later uses a vibrator to reach orgasm. Directed by Nelli Roselli.
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shows his penis to the women through a webcam. Later the man pays them a visit, but is unnerved by the presence of the camera. The two women convince him to have sex. Directed by Pella Kågerman.
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Male sexuality is seen as a force of nature that has to be satisfied at all costs while women's sexuality is accepted only if it adapts to men's needs. Be horny on your own terms.
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made by Swedish activists and artists and produced by Mia Engberg. The individual films are highly diverse in content, although many of them feature humour and different forms of
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Dirty Diaries ger nya bilder. Men är det porr i betydelsen runkrulle? Njae. Porr i betydelsen närbilder på kön? Ja, definitivt. Men övervägande mer konst än porr.
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voiced scepticism, referring to her belief that pornography is inherently objectifying and that feminist pornography would therefore constitute an oxymoron.
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Erotica is good and we need it. We truly believe that it is possible to create an alternative to the mainstream porn industry by making sexy films we like.
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Herregud, det här är ju som ett Kinderägg från helvetet specialdesignat för att reta upp KD-ledare. Tre mardrömmar i en: porr och homosex för skattepengar
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is a series of quick, blurred clips of unidentifiable people swimming in the surf of a beach and then having sex in a room. Directed by Tora Mårtens.
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is an abstract mix of clips of a man clad in women's clothing masturbating and close-ups of an old woman's face. Directed by Jennifer Rainsford.
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sex. The creative decisions were based on a manifesto with the aim to create pornography that is non-commercial and follows feminist ideals.
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When she reaches climax, the man inside her goes limp. The film ends with a shot of the front of the men's club. Directed by Åsa Sandzén.
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portrays two women, one filming the other, searching for a man to have sex with on the Swedish dating site Body Contact. A man with a
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The unusual circumstance of government-sponsored pornography also led to the topic being the butt of a parody by US talk show host
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her. The two women engage in sex-related dialogue throughout the scene, commenting the sex act. Directed by Universal Pussy.
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also received criticism from feminists critical against pornography in general. Prolific Swedish director and feminist
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the cinema screenings were intended to be limited, and that the films were intended to be enjoyed on DVD.
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is a semi-documentary manifesto of Swedish artist Joanna Rytel and her alter ego Flasher Girl, a woman
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where she exposes herself to men and expounds on her motives for doing so. Directed by Joanna Rytel.
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The thirteen short films that make up the entire collection vary considerably in length and style.
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features a newly separated lesbian couple who talk over the telephone and eventually engage in
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is a series of clips of nude or semi-nude women wrestling each other. Directed by Wolfe Madam.
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received financing because it aimed to try a new approach to depicting female sexuality.
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Enjoy, take charge or let go. Say NO when you want, to be able to say YES when YOU want.
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for "combining humor, sex and politics in a liberating way". The soundtrack provided by
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Critical reception of the films themselves were mixed. Hynek Pallas of Stockholm-based
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praised the shorts as "amusing, provoking and exciting", especially the opening short
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and expressed sympathies for the people exposed to the advances of Johanna Rytel in
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The film was based on a ten-point manifesto made available on the official website:
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was first shown at a gala premiere at the small neighbourhood cinema Bio Rio near
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shows the naked pelvis of a Caucasian woman. Her vagina is penetrated by a brown
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columnists. Three nightmares in one: porn and gay sex paid for with tax money".
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starts with a lightly clad androgynous woman breaking into an abandoned lot in
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later went on to direct 'When We Are Together We Can Be Everywhere' (2015).
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dialogue and only soft background music. Directed by Elin Magnusson.
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Hur ser feministisk porr ut? Tråkig, ful och ganska konstnärlig.
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som kombinerar humor med politik och sex på ett befriande sätt.
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being licked, dripped with saliva, fingered or penetrated with
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The film also saw limited theatrical distribution in Finland.
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are radically different from that of mainstream pornography.
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previously made another feminist pornographic short called
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is a mix of close-up shots of various objects and human
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