Mutantes by Virginie Despentes - Excerpt #1

'Mutantes' is a documentary on pro-sex feminism by Virginie Despentes, originally conceived as an audiovisual complement to her book 'King Kong Theory'.

Unlike the abolitionist feminist movement, the pro-sex feminist movement, which began in the United States during the 1980s, asserts that representations of the body and of pleasure are areas that must be taken over by women and sexual minorities and that pornography must not be subject to control by the patriarchal state. It also calls for the legalisation of sex work; female sex workers, porn actresses, strip teasers and lesbians have begun to speak out and to talk about themselves, generating a new culture that includes articles, books, films, documentaries, music, comics, artistic performances, etc.

Made up of about 20 interviews filmed in the United States, France and Spain, the documentary gives the floor to pro-sex activists and follows the evolution of the movement from the 80s to the present, from its pioneers and its successors to its proactive activists in France and Barcelona. It also reveals previously unknown images directly tied to the subject (excerpts from films produced by activists, updates on their activities, archives of their works, performances and street demonstrations, etc.)

Whether it's referred to as Pro Sex, Post Porn or queer, the movement is a creative and revolutionary one that calls on us to reflect on what a pornographic image is, what sex work is, what gender is, and what the whole point of feminism is.
Disturbing, provocative and innovative, 'Mutantes' aims to play a saving role as it splits from popular discourse, which would have it that sex is best practiced in the bedroom, that women's dignity depends on their 'good' behaviour and passivity, that the only feminist themes to be debated are gender violence and the wearing of headscarves.

'Mutantes' allows us to see that activists are already occupying other playing fields, inventing other ways of having sex and of thinking of sexuality and gender.

Interviewees: NORMA JEAN ALMODOVAR, MARIA BEATTY, LYNNEE BREEDLOVE, CATHERINE BREILLAT, SIOBHAN BROOKS, SONDRA GOODWIN, SCARLOT HARLOT, MARIA LLOPIS, LYDIA LUNCH, POST OP, BEATRIZ PRECIADO, CAROL QUEEN, QUIMERA ROSA, B. RUBY RICH, NINA ROBERTS, CANDIDA ROYALLE, ANNIE SPRINKLE, JACKIE STRANO, MICHELLE TEA, CORALIE TRINH THI, BETONY VERNON, DEL LAGRACE VOLCANO, LINDA WILLIAMS, MADISON YOUNG, ITZIAR ZIGA

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Film & Animation

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• mutantes
• punk
• porn
• feminism
• virginie despentes
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[feminist2010]

Claro que a las feministas les gusta el sexo, como a cualquier persona. Lo que denuncian las abolicionistas es que la pornografia, la de masas, la que se vende por millones, compra mujeres (cada vez las buscan mas ninas y de diferentes paises) denigra y convierte a las mujeres en OBJETO de placer para los hombres. Hay estudios que demuestran que los hombres que consumen porno deforman su idea sobre como son relaciones sexuales con las mujeres. Es eso lo que denuncian.

[yoptrone]

La décadence de l'occident en direct.