sugargrace, that's a very interesting article, though it was difficult reading.
I had been prepared to give feminist porn a fair hearing, if you like, despite my underlying feeling that in the context of the world we live in, it's not possible that it exists - because porn is the eroticization of the submission of women, and there's just no feminist way to do that. I thought, OK, so maybe "feminist" porn manages to depict non pornified sex through its content.
That article says No, no it doesn't. It's not feminist in any way, shape or form. For a start, the article in Jezebel linked above only concentrates on the individual consent of the actor involved, and how she felt about it. Which is lovely, but does absolutely zero to analyse the societal impact of porn, its meanings, its uses etc. It's the neo-liberal feminist individualist position writ large - I do this, and I like it, I'm a woman, therefore it's feminism. I just don't buy that as an analysis. It makes things worse, because it removes the option of class analysis of "how does this affect all women" - it shuts that question right down, because any attempt to do that is seen as an attempt to tell that individual woman that she's wrong to do what she does.
Not having watched any, I had naively thought that feminist porn would perhaps at least attempt to depict something more authentic about women's sexuality than mainstream porn. Well, from the content of the article linked above, describing scenes from Taormino movies, the darling of feminist porn, I was dead wrong. The descriptions of what's contained in the feminist porn in the article turn my stomach. Facial come shots, strangulation and simulated scenes of prostitution where the actress playing the prostitute is told "I've bought you and I can do whatever I want with you". What the FUCK? How is this positive or feminist or non-mainstream??
Strangulation is not a game. Strangulation is actually a key risk factor in an abusive relationship for future lethal violence. If your partner has ever put his hands around your neck, the risk that he will later kill you jumps significantly. The thought that this act is depicted in "feminist" porn makes me want to cry.
So the benchmark for feminist porn seems to be not about the content, but merely about the "consent". Which is a low benchmark - the jezebel article makes no analysis of how the consent is impacted by, say, the wish to work again (if you only consent to a limited repertoire of sex acts, you limit your work options), the rates of pay (niche stuff pays more), the ability to choose or reject sexual partners (how many men do you get to turn down before you have to accept one of them or tank your career?)
So it's still a no from me, in fact a stronger no than ever. Feminist porn in a porn culture is a unicorn. It'd be lovely if it existed, but it's doubtful that it does. I'm still reading through some of the links on this thread, so I might come back to this again later.