Today, Hysterical Literature includes twelve short videos of women across a range of ages and ethnic backgrounds, each having the time of their lives whilst reading from a book of their choosing.Ĭollectively, these twelve women and their twelve orgasms have been watched over 60 million times (which adds up to approximately ‘123 years and 144 days’ worth of footage, according to the website).Ĭubitt’s exploration of “feminism, mind/body dualism, distraction, portraiture, and the contrast between culture and sexuality,” doesn’t require fleshy close-ups or physical gymnastics to be erotic. Session One became an immediate internet sensation when it first launched, garnering over 16,000,000 views, which – gratifyingly – is thousands more than most pieces of explicit online pornography might ever expect to receive. Only the occasional ‘buzz’ of sound lets you know that under the table lies an artist with a vibrator. In it, alt-porn star Stoya sits primly behind a desk, all alone, reading a book to camera.ĭressed in the kind of cutesy, off-the-shoulder striped top that wouldn’t be unwelcome at your Grandmother’s barbecue, Stoya’s reading is increasingly interrupted by splutters and gasps, until six minutes into the reading session she has an orgasm on screen, and the whole thing comes to an end. Hysterical Literature launched back in August 2012 on YouTube with Session One. There’s nothing to be found but a comfortable woman enjoying headphone-shakingly loud sexual pleasure, shot attractively in black and white. You can read more here about how almost all porn involving women has been shot from the male viewpoint – up until the 1980s, at least.Įnter Hysterical Literature, the art-porn crossover made by filmmaker Clayton Cubitt that involves no graphic images, and no nudity at all in fact. It’s hardly a surprise that while some studies couldn’t find a single man who hadn’t watched porn, estimates show that approximately only a third of women are going online to find what they want. Perhaps Moran hadn’t got the memo – female ejaculation on camera has, shockingly, been banned by the government.Īnyone looking for good (read: authentic) female porn online, must do battle with the sex-nightmare of internet content, which is filled with horribly sharp acrylic nails and painful positions that are more likely to send you fleeing to a nice nunnery than get you in the mood.