Ways to find ethical, consensual sources for kinky porn?

November 26, 2024 7:19 PM

Does anybody have any suggestions on how to find ethical, consensual, (presumably paid), sources for kinky porn, especially around specific kinks? (I'm avoiding identifying specific kinks as my MeFi account is not completely anonymous.)

Generic search engines aren't much help here, as the results from a few searches seem pretty SEOified and not very relevant.

posted by unus sum to Computers & Internet (9 answers total)

I can help if you're into queer porn, are you? Feel free to DM if so.
posted by sibboleth at 8:04 PM on November 26 [1 favorite]

Director Erika Lust has a collection of feminist, ethically-made porn, some of which caters to various kinks

You can have a look at the options at

https://erikalust.com/
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 9:43 PM on November 26 [2 favorites]

Sex workers and erotic artists of the too-online and remote varieties have flocked to Bluesky and other social-media sites, and sell their own subscriptions to OnlyFans or Patreon other subscription/hosting sites. And of course they sell their art, photos, videos, writing, voice/audio, commissions, you name it. You can find and buy just about any format or topic but these methods of being basically an artist's subsriber/funder are more 'direct to consumer' than a studio system, and I suppose more personal than a publisher like a magazine or a topical website. I think that makes them further ethical- you've removed the middlemen of capitalists somewhat and the remaining exploitation is more like the nature of money itself, as you buy their stuff or fund their projects, the pressures of the market upon creators/artists.

Try looking at Bluesky's "starter packs"- tens of thousands of user created short lists of the users they follow for this or that topic. I just tried this Bluesky starter pack search page and found one user created list of "Feminist porn & adult industry companies." (For good measure, here is a "Porn Studies Starter Pack" full of academics!)
posted by panhopticon at 10:31 PM on November 26 [3 favorites]

Aorta Films and Colorblock Films have queer paid porn! Their subscriptions are affordable and worth it!
posted by starlybri at 1:43 AM on November 27 [2 favorites]

Adult-oriented subs on Reddit have more-or-less become ads for myriad OnlyFans performers. I suggest you look for subs that align with your tastes and see if anyone clicks for you.
posted by Thorzdad at 4:40 AM on November 27 [2 favorites]

The few adult content creators I know prefer JustForFans to OnlyFans — they say it treats creators better, though I forget the details. It's far smaller, though.
posted by Birds, snakes, and aeroplanes at 5:03 AM on November 27 [2 favorites]

Addition to my comment: it's queer kinky porn!
posted by starlybri at 6:15 AM on November 27 [1 favorite]

Most of what is independently produced (ie directly made, uploaded, and sold by the performer themself) is likely to be ethical and consensual from a labor standpoint. Content from big studios far less so, and clips from unknown sources (those found on PornHub and the tube sites) are even riskier.

Indie porn luckily happens to have tons of fetish and kink offerings. I second checking out creators on BlueSky. Searching specific kinks will get you there, as people are using hashtags now. The creator will have a link in his or her profile to their content, and often even a way to tip them directly.

Platforms I know of that are especially friendly to sex workers are MintStars, ManyVids, and LoyalFans. Others that focus on kink are Clips4Sale and iWantClips. Lots of people have pointed out serious problems with how OnlyFans treats creators/performers, so they have moved to these other smaller sites.
posted by cboggs at 6:59 PM on November 27 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Thank you everybody who has replied so far, a lot of good ideas here! (I will keep monitoring for future replies.)
posted by unus sum at 7:29 PM on November 27 [1 favorite]