feminist erotic film director erika lust on porn and parenting

Last month, feminist erotic film director Erika Lust had a guest article in Marie Claire Spain where she talked about her vision for a new kind of adult cinema, and answered questions about how her work affects her personal life and parenting. This week, she has a post at the Huffington Post Canada where she writes about porn and parenting, specifically talking with your kids about porn. Responding to two recent large news publications about porn and parenting, she concludes that she is

thrilled when parenting and sexuality intersects, and appreciate the debates and conversations that arise when it does. So I'm particularly excited when two large news publications cover the topic of porn and parenting back-to-back like this. These discussions remind us that, just like one can't rely on TV to be a babysitter, one can't rely on porn to be their child's sole sex-educator. That information has to come from the parent before they seek porn or have sex, and then maybe they'll have a chance to be able to distinguish between good and bad porn, reality and fantasy, and leave them more connected to others and the outside world.

Check out Erika's post here: The Kind of Porn You SHOULD be Watching