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American director and producer
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 .
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.
References
^ 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 .
^ Wissot, Lauren (February 26, 2020).
"Jennifer Lyon Bell and Stoya Talk "Blue Artichoke Films Presents: Adventures In Intimacy" (and Sex Positivity) | Filmmaker Magazine" .
^ Silver, Laura (18 May 2015).
"Why We Should Be Watching More Feminist Porn" . BuzzFeed .
^ Jahn, Pam (February 3, 2015).
"Silver Shoes: Interview with Jennifer Lyon Bell" .
^ Nastasi, Alison (27 July 2013).
"A Brief Survey of Sexually Autonomous Women in Film" . Flavorwire .
^ Duits, Linda (2020). Eindelijk Weten Wat Seks Is . Uitgeverij Ten Have. p. 183.
ISBN
9789025908768 .
^ Borrel, Daan; Deelen, Milou (2020). Krabben: Van Vrouw Tot Vrouw . Nijghen Van Ditmar. p. 35.
ISBN
9789038807683 .
^ Sabo, Anne G. (2012). After Pornified: How Women Are Transforming Pornography and Why It Really Matters . Zero Books. p. 157.
ISBN
9781780994802 .
^ Duits, Linda (2020). Eindelijk Weten Wat Seks Is . Utrecht, Netherlands: Uitgeverij Ten Have. p. 183.
ISBN
978-90-259-0876-8 .
^ "Pornofilmmaker Jennifer Lyon Bell over hoe je de perfecte pornofilm maakt," by Milou Deelen, Vice, June 1, 2018
https://www.vice.com/nl/article/438wyb/pornofilmmaker-jennifer-lyon-bell-over-hoe-je-de-perfecte-pornofilm-maakt
^ "Why We Should Be Watching More Feminist Porn," by Laura Silver, Buzzfeed, May 18, 2015
https://www.buzzfeed.com/laurasilver/14-reasons-we-need-more-feminist-porn
^ Playboy Magazine , “Geen Slappe Aftreksels: De Afkomst van Porna,” Melissa Janssens, Sept 2016, p. 26-29 Pijper Media, ISSN 0032-1478
^ “'… 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," by Lauren Wissot, Filmmaker Magazine , April 5, 2019
https://filmmakermagazine.com/107300-when-youre-a-niche-filmmaker-in-a-world-thats-not-always-as-openminded-as-you-might-like-cinekink-artist-spotlight-award-recipient-jennifer-lyon-bell-on-her-ar/#.YKzqaJMzZ24
^
https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/26959/1/the-porn-festival-shifting-attitudes-to-sex-on-screen
^
https://www.cosmopolitan.de/die-fuenf-besten-frauenpornos-4007.html
^
https://web.archive.org/web/20150522000102/http://www.huffingtonpost.de/2015/05/19/porno-frauen-sex-hart-emotional_n_7313630.html?utm_hp_ref=germany
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