S. Nicole Lane

S. Nicole Lane is a sex and women’s health journalist based in Chicago. Her writing has appeared in PlayboyRavishlyHelloFloThe SlutistSELF, and other corners of the internet. She has a column, Intimate Justice, on Sixty Inches From Center, where she interviews artists who make sexually charged work. Moreover, she is a practicing visual artist who works with new media, assemblage, and latex. She tweets at @snicolelane

How Feminist Porn Is Traversing the Mainstream

Porn is powerful, but mainstream porn can often exploit and ignore ethical values. Now, a new wave of feminist porn, following in the footsteps of 1980s trailblazers, is serving as the lodestar for consent—for representing safe, communicative sex.