Susie Bright's Journal

Strip Tea Party: In Memory of Amy Wallace

You know how hard it is to get good service nowadays. Chivalry is a corpse, discretion is unheard of, and elegance—elegance is currently defined by advertisements for discount furniture. A wellbred woman might spend her entire maturity never once hearing the words "May I be of service to you?"—although she... Read more →

Inspired By Andrea -- Essays on Lust, Aggression, Porn, and The Female Gaze

Over the years, I've received a number of queries about my writing on the subject of Andrea Dworkin's feminist philosophies and sexual politics. I decided to collect all my Dworkin-related work into one tidy ebook, which I've titled: Inspired By Andrea: Essays on Lust, Aggression, Porn, & The Female Gaze... Read more →

The Golden Hardcore and the Shimmering Dyke-Core - The Erotic Screen

I have a new book out, about old-school porn and the erotic video revolution. It's called: The Erotic Screen: Volume 1 — The Golden Hardcore and the Shimmering Dyke-Core The book is a "live" history of erotic cinema before the Internet— from the Golden Age of lavish 35mm hardcore, to... Read more →

Christian Mann: On Porn, Hollywood, and Leaving Something on the Editing Floor

This story is dedicated to its subject, my dear friend Christian Mann: February 3, 1961 - July 30, 2014. He was a filmmaker, a wunderkind, a historian, an impresario, a twinkle in your eye. It's just not the same without him. Ladies and Gents, I present to you, the Porn/Hollywood... Read more →

Professor Susie Bright's Brazenly Cinephallic, Unapologetically Vulvacious, Vintage Porn Quiz

I sit upon a lonely thone in a singular Hall of Fame: The X-Rated Critics, 5th Estate Division. It is a rather solitary honor, as there are few people who've reviewed and critiqued erotic film ephemera for decades without spontaneous combustion. Last year, I published the first volume of my... Read more →