Archive for 2008

Sex Tips & Tricks: Superstar

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

From the director and star of Afterschool Special comes this special Sex Tips & Tricks column.

Superstar
by Royal Pink NYC Indie Band

Sure, we do it for the music. But who doesn’t love groupies? And the truth is, you don’t need to bother with booking gigs and lugging gear to play out a good, old-fashioned groupie scene. 

Time to get into character. If you’re the star, how about some tight, pleather pants à la Joan Jett? Or maybe you’re in more of a Stevie Nicks mood? Those floaty head scarves can come in handy if your groupie needs to be subdued. 

If you’re the groupie, are you going for a classy, Pamela Des Barres style? Or are you backstage at a Motley Crue concert, looking trashy with your teased bangs?  

Fingers and tongues are nice. But a flashy, glam rock dildo is a good idea, too. This one is silver glitter: http://store.babeland.com/dildos-silicone/woody

Are you experienced, dear groupie? Or is this your first time? Perhaps you just came out of the closet and are backstage at a Melissa Etheridge concert, desperate to show her how much the music has meant to you? 

Good groupies pride themselves on giving good head. While there’s plenty of advice out there on this subject, one essential component is often overlooked: enthusiasm. Beg for it, moan, rub yourself.  Stop for a second to say, “I can’t believe this is happening!  I’m your biggest fan!”   

Don’t forget to set the scene.  Are you backstage in a dressing room?  On a tour bus?  In a hotel suite?  No matter where you are, rock star protocol requires you to trash the place at least a little bit.   

This can also be a fun scenario to play in public. Scout out a bar or a restaurant with a one-seater and you’re set. “Meet me in the bathroom after the show…” 

Don’t forget that sometimes you have to fuck the roadie before you can even get backstage. Also, sometimes groupies bring a friend. 

A little bit of sleaze is mandatory for maximum authenticity. Did your groupie flash you from the front row, throw panties, beg you to sign a naughty body part? Do you videotape your tour bus conquests and screen them for your band mates later on? 

Groupies, never touch the gear without permission! That is, unless you want to get in big trouble. (And you just might…)

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Royal Pink is the coolest girl band playing the LES in New York City. And don’t forget to check out their hot lead singer, Karen, who stars in and directs Afterschool Special.

Spicy Couples

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

According to an article by Peter Bart in Variety and reported in the New York Times last Saturday, the porn industry, long considered recession-proof, “has suddenly gone flaccid.”

Bart cites this downturn as evidence of a really bad economic outlook in the U.S. and perhaps elsewhere.

But there’s a hidden nugget in Bart’s article that heartens us here at Fatale. Sexy movies made for couples, sometimes known as “couples-friendly” movies, are experiencing the least drop-off in sales and rentals.

That’s certainly our experience, and he notes that women comprise 50% of this market for “couples-friendly” movies.

Women are often ignored in this industry of ours. The trade magazines may give the occasional nod to independent women producers such as Annie Sprinkle and Shar Rednour.

More often we slide under the radar; couples and women find us when they’re looking to celebrate their sexuality.

Bend Over Boyfriend is by far Fatale’s number-one bestseller. It was made by and for women and couples.

Women don’t take any b.s. when it comes to sex movies. Faking it? No way. Girl-girl? Not for women who want to see real lesbians. Women’s sexuality means something.

We salute those women and spicy couples who refuse to denigrate themselves when it comes to buying sex movies that really show the depths and joy of our sexuality.

Fatale Media shows the real thing, the true celebration that we women deserve.

Yours in good love and sex,

Nan & Christi

Q & A: Ask Fanny – See Deborah in Europe

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

G-spot expert Deborah Sundahl, a.k.a. Fanny Fatale, answers your questions about female ejaculation and the g-spot.

This month, she’ll be in Europe, so we thought we’d share her schedule with you. If you’re in the neighborhood, stop by and hear Deborah speak about female ejaculation and the G-spot. She also does private counseling with women and couples.

May 4, 2008
7:00-11:00 pm
“Tantra and Female Ejaculation”
Lecture Open to the Public
(In English with German translation)
Toulouse Center
Hamburg, Germany
Pre-registration required.
Sponsor: No Guru
For more information, e-mail: info@no-guru.net

May 6, 2008
7:30-9:00 pm
“Female Ejaculation and the G-Spot”
Lecture Open to the Public
(In English with German translation)
Pro-familia
Hannover, Germany
Pre-registration required.
Sponsor: Liebhabereien
For more information telephone: (0)511 473 9974
Or e-mail info@liebhabereien.com

May 9-13, 2008
“Wild, Wet and Overflowing”
Female Ejaculation Workshop for Women
with Devaka Hoffmann and Deborah Sundahl
Freiburg, Germany
(In German with English translation)
Pre-registration required.
350 Euros plus food and lodging.

Information in English: Visit here.
Information in German: Visit here.
For more information, contact Devaka at (0)761-13 79 79 66
Or e-mail devaka@sinnliche-wege.de

May 30, 2008
Female Ejaculation for Women: “Masters’ Class”
London, England
(In English, German translation available.)
Pre-registration required.
Sponsor: Nikki Anderson
For more information, contact (0)2074 01 9880
Or e-mail: nixi71@yahoo.co.uk

PRIVATE COACHING SESSIONS
Book a private session with Deborah in these cities and dates:

GERMANY
Berlin – May 1-4
Hamburg – May 4-6
Hannover – May 6-7
Freiburg – May 7-9 and May 13-16

ENGLAND
May 27 – June 2

DENMARK, FRANCE AND SCOTLAND
May 17 – May 26

To schedule a session and for rates, contact Deborah: deborah@isismedia.org

Deborah will return in the next issue of the newsletter for Ask Fanny Q & A. Please write “Ask Fanny Question” in the subject line. Send your questions to askfanny@fatalemedia.com.

Be sure to check out Deborah’s new DVD, Female Ejaculation: The Workshop.

Water Sex * Dress-up

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

In last month’s poll, we asked: Do you have sex in the tub?

Tubs, hot tubs, Jacuzzis…Those are the winners! See all the results here.

This month we ask: Do you play dress-up during sex?

Vote now! The poll is on Fatale’s home page.

And we’ll give you the results next month.

Until then, we wish you dazzling hot sex.

Nan and Christi
Fatale Media

Gender Queer

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

We received an interesting letter from a Fatale fan who asked, “Do you have DVDs that feature sex between gender-queers and/or butch women and queeny men?”

Gender queer is an interesting term that applies to transfolk, transmen, transwomen, queers, gender-benders, FTMs, MTFs and those who just plain don’t feel wedded to one gender. The appellation is usually self-determined and liberating.

We like gender queer movies and images because they’re a reflection of who we really are as a diverse, dynamic culture. Gender queer is descriptive without pinning you down to one “thing” or another. We can all be who we are without sacrificing a cultural or group identity.

When we first saw Barbara DeGenevieve’s video footage of the queers in Chicago when she was filming Full Load, we were blown away. Here were real dykes, real transfolk, real FTMs who weren’t afraid to bare it all. That takes guts.

Then along came Carolyn, who had worked with Barbara in Chicago and was striking out on her own with Turn Me Up Over and On, an amateur short with a sweet encounter between a femme and her boi.

Shine Louise Houston doesn’t hesitate to play with gender in the Crash Pad, the Crash Pad Series Volume 1 and especially in Wild Kingdom, one of our favorite porn flicks with a hot trans scene between Wil and Papi .

As for butches and queeny men, no queeny men, but hot sexy butches abound!

Yours in good love and sex,

Nan & Christi
nan@fatalemedia.com
christi@fatalemedia.com

P.S. Just a reminder: We ship orders within 24 hours (except bank holidays and weekends), we ship worldwide, and all Fatale Media DVDs play worldwide.

HBO’s Real Sex Schedule

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

HBO produced a wonderful and enlightening series called Real Sex, which they’re currently airing this month through early May. If you haven’t yet seen these in-depth looks into sex across the U.S., we urge you to check out the full HBO Real Sex schedule.

In Real Sex Xtra: Pornucopia: Goin’ Down in the Valley 03 about same-sex sex, Shar Rednour talks and demonstrates making S.I.R. Videos and how they’re so-o-o different than “girl-girl” flicks.

And Let It All Hang Out visits Take Her Down star and director Sondra Goodwin to get the skinny on all-dyke nude oil wrestling.

If you haven’t seen HBO’s Real Sex documentaries yet, do it! Also available on HBO On Demand.

The April Poll

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

You can comment on any story in the newsletter. You should still feel free to e-mail us, but we encourage you to share your stories and experiences by clicking “Post a Comment.”

Don’t forget to check out the April 2008 poll, in which we ask:

Do you have sex in the tub?

Vote now! The poll is on Fatale’s home page.

And we’ll give you the results in May.

Until then, we wish you dazzling hot sex.

Nan and Christi
www.fatalemedia.com

Best Lesbian Flicks

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

We were delighted to see Catherine Plato’s Lesbian Life entry at About.com this past month. You can read the whole piece here.

She selected the “Best Porn by and for Lesbians” and Fatale is there! Carolyn Caizzi’s steamy sweet vid Coming Home made the Top Ten, as did two S.I.R. titles and many other titles that are Fatale best sellers.

For Coming Home, which features four vignettes, Catherine wrote, “The first of this series of vignettes features a big, curvy butch-femme couple: the deliciously hot women we never get to see in mainstream porn.”

Why shouldn’t lesbian flicks show what we really look like? Real lesbians, with real lesbian lovemaking, allow us to see ourselves for who we really are. Okay, maybe the dykes onscreen are a little less inhibited than we are in everyday life, but that’s the great thing about who we are and what we do.

Check out the other titles mentioned in Catherine’s Lesbian Life column – Sugar High Glitter City, Annie Sprinkle’s Herstory of Porn, Hard Love and How to Fuck in High Heels and Shine Louise Houston’s excellent videos.

Yours in good love and sex,

Nan & Christi
nan@fatalemedia.com
christi@fatalemedia.com

Sex Tips & Tricks: Lovemaking in the Bath

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

It’s springtime here in the Northern Hemisphere, and we were thinking of flowers. How lovely the gardens are beginning to look, now that it’s April.

One of the most romantic women we know keeps pots of flowering plants year-round near her bathtub, an old porcelain behemoth that is deep and satisfying to just soak in alone. She hangs lace curtains in the window, which reminds us of Ireland, and keeps waterproof sex toys at hand.

Danger: Don’t bring your plug-in vibrator into the bath with you, okay? Very dangerous.

Old porcelain bathtubs held the heat of the water well. You didn’t get cold after ten minutes. But hey, we’ve got Jacuzzis and hot tubs, hot springs and even private spas now. The old ones also have straighter sides so you can sit up and play with yourself, or have your girlfriend finger your love spot until you come.

Water sometimes makes it hard to get properly lubed as quick as you would, say, on a bed. But take your time, and your natural juices will flow before you know it. You can also straddle your tub and let your girlfriend lie in the water underneath you. Very sexy indeed.

Some people prefer showers for sex, and the only thing we’re careful of while doing it in the shower is slipping and falling.  There’s a hot scene between the star oil wrestlers in Take Her Down.

Another sex-in-water sex flick we have is the classic Hungry Hearts. Pepper and Reeva have a great lovemaking scene in a sunken Japanese tub overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

So here’s the challenge: Send us your bathtub and shower sex scenes. We’ll select the best and post them on the site. If your flick is selected, we’ll call or e-mail you first, and you’ll need a model release if we use it. Just print it out and have your friends sign a copy before you shoot.

You can shoot on a camera, your cell phone or any other method that appeals to you.

And hey, if we do a new DVD, we’ll pay you for it too. See Real Lesbian Sex for more details on payment.

Q&A: Ask Fanny – Squirting Far

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

G-spot expert Deborah Sundahl, a.k.a. Fanny Fatale, answers your questions about female ejaculation and the g-spot.

Dear Fanny,
Hello, I am a squirter and was wondering, how do I increase the projection of the squirt in distance and the liquid amount of my squirts? Is there something I can do to facilitate this amazing womanly feat? I do okay now…but I want to become a super squirter and squirt even farther. What are some tricks of the trade when it comes to squirting? Please do tell…I want to know…

Dawn, via e-mail

Dear Dawn,
You increase the projection of the ejaculate arch by lying on your stomach and by having nothing in your vagina that might obstruct the flow. The stronger your PC muscles, the farther you can shoot.

The amount of ejaculation usually increases over time, as women become used to ejaculating. Letting go completely will increase the amount of ejaculate, as will continuous stimulation. However, the latter’s amount is only increased over the course of a lovemaking session, not in one single ejaculate. There is also more ejaculate after ovulation and up to menstruation.

Are your aspirations professional? “Super squirter” and “tricks of the trade” make me think you wish to appear in porn films. If that is the case, most profuse ejaculators are pretty much born that way, just like popular male porn stars are born with large members. You can attempt the suggestions above, and see what happens.

But overall, each woman’s capacity and preference for ejaculating with exuberance and skill varies, quite naturally, among individuals.

Good luck!

Fanny

Send your questions to askfanny@fatalemedia.com.

Be sure to check out Deborah’s new DVD, Female Ejaculation: The Workshop .