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'Sex Is Just Another Way That People Are Sharing Energy Together. It's A Hug That Involves Our Genitals.'
Feminist 'adult performer' Madison talks about sex with her two-year-old daughter Emma both frankly and constantly. Madison's husband is not okay with it, nor is the actual, literal Annie Sprinkle. But let's let everyone speak for themselves!
- Sometimes he asks, like, "Why is it that she knows where the uterus is but not the liver?"
- I want her to know about her reproductive system. I want to take that shame and stigma out of our genitals.
- I'm an adult performer; I'm a feminist pornographer and a sex educator.
- I am a porn director who specializes in BDSM and fetish films.
- I was challenged by the idea of us doing traditional things, like getting married or having children, but feminist porn is all about choice.
- I can still be a radical and be a mom.
- I don't feel we have to hide what we do from our daughter.
- Sex is just another way that people are sharing energy together. It's a hug that involves our genitals.
- Say hello, Mr. Strawberry!
How do you know the strawberry is gendered male?
Hello, gender-neutral strawberries! - This is some uterine lining!
Is it juice?
No, it's water mixed with uterine lining.
I don't believe you. I don't think you can be serious. That means that you're storing it?
Yeah, it's really healthy for the plants. - What menstrual blood is, is the uterine lining! So this is the uterus -- that's what we're colouring! Yaaaaaaay!
- I don't want to try to get too personal, 'cause I don't know you very well, but like, this isn't normal. This isn't normal.
- I had some Mason jars to create a vessel for uterine lining.
A vessel for uterine lining.
Yes.
Did you just happen to have some on hand to share with the kids.
Uh, yeah, I'm menstruating right now! - Maybe, the next time there's a play date, maybe the uterine lining could, you know, stay in the fridge.
- I'm doing a performance art piece where an audience is invited to throw balls at baseball mitts bound to my body to celebrate the launch of my book!
- So now, is Emma going to be there, or...?
Uh, yeah! I mean, like, I'm not opposed to kids seeing nudity.
There's family-friendly nudity, and then there's, you know, sexy, like, sexual--
I don't think anything about this is really sexual. - The reason the book is called Daddy is because one of the roles that James plays in my life is as my "daddy," in a dominant/submissive context.
- ...Baseball mitts?
Yeah. And then I'm going to be blindfolded over here. - Well, that's really...um-- Do you think that it's appropriate for the audience? Is Emma going to be there?
Yeah, it's my launch party! - Think about what you're doing here. I don't want my daughter being read erotic material. She's too-- She's too young. It's not appropriate.
I just think there's a way to explain to Em that-- that people gift pleasure to one another. If Em wants to hug someone, there's a gifting of affection. - This is my freaking love story!
That's right! It's a love story! It's erotic! It's about wet pussy! I don't want you reading this to my-- to our child. - So it's fine to say that Mommy kisses Daddy, but it's not okay to say that Daddy pulls Mommy's nipples?
That's right. This is fucking porn! You can't read porn to a two-year-old! - I'm not saying that you can't masturbate. Just put your shit away!
- Can we go put the sex toys away now?
After we use them!