Jennifer Lyon Bell

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Jennifer Lyon Bell (born August 6, 1969 in Concord, Massachusetts) is an erotic film director/producer, curator, teacher, and writer. She is one of the early members of the feminist pornography [1] movement and ethical porn [2] movement, alongside Erika Lust, Shine Louise Houston, Tristan Taormino, and Maria Beatty. She is the founder and creative director of the independent production company Blue Artichoke Films in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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She has honors degrees from Harvard University in Psychology, (B.A.) and from the University of Amsterdam in Film + Television Studies (M.A.).

Films

Bell’s films have been cited for their sense of intimacy, [3] realism, [4] and authenticity. [5]

Bell says she aims to create positive social change with her erotic films by purposely eroticizing sexual communication between partners, [6] by diversifying portrayals of gender, [7] [8] and by showing diversity in both casting (diverse race, body type, etc.) and in showing the flexible, diverse, creative nature of sex. [9]

Her films have been covered in Vice , [10] BuzzFeed , [11] Playboy , [12] Filmmaker , [13] Dazed , [14] Cosmopolitan , [15] and Huffington Post , [16] among others.

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References

  1. ↑ Mulvey, Laura; Rogers, Anna Backman (May 18, 2015). Feminisms: Diversity, Difference and Multiplicity in Contemporary Film Cultures. Imagining Safe Space in Feminist Pornography. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. p. 81. ISBN   9789048523634.
  2. ↑ Wissot, Lauren (February 26, 2020). "Jennifer Lyon Bell and Stoya Talk "Blue Artichoke Films Presents: Adventures In Intimacy" (and Sex Positivity) | Filmmaker Magazine".
  3. ↑ Silver, Laura (18 May 2015). "Why We Should Be Watching More Feminist Porn". BuzzFeed.
  4. ↑ Jahn, Pam (February 3, 2015). "Silver Shoes: Interview with Jennifer Lyon Bell".
  5. ↑ Nastasi, Alison (27 July 2013). "A Brief Survey of Sexually Autonomous Women in Film". Flavorwire.
  6. ↑ Duits, Linda (2020). Eindelijk Weten Wat Seks Is. Uitgeverij Ten Have. p. 183. ISBN   9789025908768.
  7. ↑ Borrel, Daan; Deelen, Milou (2020). Krabben: Van Vrouw Tot Vrouw. Nijghen Van Ditmar. p. 35. ISBN   9789038807683.
  8. ↑ Sabo, Anne G. (2012). After Pornified: How Women Are Transforming Pornography and Why It Really Matters. Zero Books. p. 157. ISBN   9781780994802.
  9. ↑ Duits, Linda (2020). Eindelijk Weten Wat Seks Is. Utrecht, Netherlands: Uitgeverij Ten Have. p. 183. ISBN   978-90-259-0876-8.
  10. ↑ Deelen, Milou (2018-06-01). "Pornofilmmaker Jennifer Lyon Bell over hoe je de perfecte pornofilm maakt". VICE (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  11. ↑ Silver, Laura (2015-05-18). "Why We Should Be Watching More Feminist Porn". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  12. ↑ Playboy Magazine, “Geen Slappe Aftreksels: De Afkomst van Porna,” Melissa Janssens, Sept 2016, p. 26-29 Pijper Media, ISSN 0032-1478
  13. ↑ Wissot, Lauren (2019-04-05). ""… When you're a Niche Filmmaker in a World That's Not Always as Openminded as You Might Like": CineKink Artist Spotlight Award Recipient Jennifer Lyon Bell on Her Art Porn Career - Filmmaker Magazine" . Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  14. ↑ "The porn festival shifting attitudes to sex on screen". Dazed. 2015-10-12. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  15. ↑ "Pornos für Frauen: Film ab! Die fünf besten Frauenpornos | Pornos für Frauen: Film ab! Die fünf besten Frauenpornos". www.cosmopolitan.de (in German). 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
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