So in terms of how that developed, seeing online-properties if you will, using the language or white feminist language of “she is an independent woman!” in their profiles of female porn stars to sell the act to a mainstream audience. Online pornography which you know, basically built the internet and internet innovations, was starting to use feminist lingo in the 2000’s, a big response to a feminist backlash that was anti-porn, anti-sex, anti-positive that really pigeon-holed pornography as exploitative to women. What I was seeing in mainstream culture at the time was a lot of feminist lingo being used to prop up, sell, and otherwise promote online pornography. And so at the time, and to be quite clear that I am pro sex, pro sex worker. Michelle: For Pleasure Zone, what made you want to create a piece that combined sports and pornography? What was the inspiration behind that?ĭayna: That piece now is 10 years old now. ‘What is going to be the most effective way to communicate’? So if I’m doing remix, or if I’m using a lot of preexisting material then it makes sense to sort of mash up Mary Poppins with The Sound of Music, as opposed to trying to reenact this myself. I ask questions like, ‘do I want to make a video?’ ‘Do I have a show coming up?’ ‘Is it live?’ That sort of dictates how I make work. ![]() Michelle: What inspired you to become a filmmaker? And what inspired you to choose the topics that you go over in your films?ĭayna: Well, I would say that I am an interdisciplinary artist, so I use performance-based practices in my work and video, as this is the best way to communicate the things that I want to do.
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