This interview is short, sweet, and to the point. Conducted by Leigh, from Boston Single Girl at the AVN show in 2012.

1/ What constitutes "female friendly" porn/erotica?

I actually dislike that term (female friendly) and “porn for women”. The fact is women’s tastes in porn are just as varied and broad as men’s and somehow by putting the “porn for women” label on it, we’re just as guilty of trying to put women in a box as mainstream porn.

Since so much of the porn on the market, today is made by and for men, the perspective and preferences of women aren’t often included in typical pornography. That’s why it’s important that there’s porn made by and for women, to ensure that at least some of the porn on the market emphasizes a woman’s pleasure and the female perspective; it’s essential that there are depictions available that show people having real sex and experiencing real pleasure, and not just something that satisfies male-dominant fantasies.

When I think of “female friendly” porn I’m thinking about; intimacy, passion, authenticity, empowerment, real and fun.

2/ There's this huge secret that women watch porn. With mainstream developments such as 50 Shades of Grey, do you think this is still true? Why or why not?

I don’t think it’s such a secret anymore, because there has been quite a lot of media attention paid to the question of women watching porn over the last several years. The role 50 Shades of Grey played was to make it more acceptable for people to talk about women as consumers of erotica and porn.

3/ Tell me about being a female director in the adult industry. Do you think there is a surge in recent years of females taking on more administrative roles (directing, producing, etc) rather than just being in front of the camera? Why?

I think the growth in female directors is all part of a normalization and ‘mainstreaming’ of porn which really sped up, since the birth of the internet. The web gave everybody a much more convenient and private way to explore their sexuality than they’d ever had before, and I think this just naturally lead to more women being involved on the creative side of adult entertainment production, in part because so many of us felt like there was a real lack of movies and other erotic content made with female consumers in mind. I love directing, and I’m very happy to see more and more women getting involved, it brings a fresh, new perspective to the market.