My Interview with Met Another Frog

Today I wanted to share another great interview I did a while back that just got published.  The lovely Sam Sharpe of Met Another Frog wove together some beautiful words to set the tone, and I though I’d post them here:

We love sex here at Met Another Frog. Sometimes, just sometimes, we can be a little lewd. And silly. And maybe, just maybe a little crude. I know, surprise, surprise. But really, it’s all a by-product of our light hearted approach to all things related to love, dating and sex. Because fun and games aside we do aim to broaden perspectives about these issues, to provide a little “edutainment” to go along with our smut. In a nutshell we try to be sex positive and we encourage all of our readers to do the same.

For my first interview here at Met Another Frog I sought out a woman who for my money exemplifies what it means to “edutain” and to be sex positive. I’m talking about none other than Camille Crimson. If you’re not familiar with her work, Camille Crimson is an award winning porn model and webmaster best known as the star of theartofblowjob.com, my nominee for most accurately named website in the history of the Internet. So read on dear readers as I lose my “interview virginity” at Camille Crimson’s capable hands.

I’m very happy to be Sam’s first interview, and I think you’ll see that it was a success.  I’ve chosen a few questions to highlight here:

People make a lot of assumptions about women and porn. Conventional wisdom suggests that all pornography is exploitive and that women don’t enjoy porn, or that women involved in pornography are “damaged” in some way. What are your thoughts on these preconceptions? How do you combat them? How do people respond when they find out what you do for a living?

I think that these preconceptions exist because they are true in some cases, but they certainly don’t make up the majority of the women (or men, for that matter) in the porn world.  I try to combat these stereotypes by being very vocal through my blog and social media about my experience as a feminist in porn and how I not only reconcile the two, but how the two can exist harmoniously and inspire me!  When people find out what I do for a living, I get a variety of responses, but that’s to be expected.  I’m unwavering and unapologetic about what I do, so people generally come to realize that it’s not like whatever pre-conceived notions they have in their head.

 

My favourite thing about your work is the sheer humanity of it. For example, the Morning Wood video on theartofblowjob.com follows you through what one presumes is a morning ritual—we watch you get out of bed, prepare an espresso and check your phone among other things before you get back into bed with your partner. For me it is a reminder that seemingly mundane and everyday things can be sensual and sexual, that being sexy really is often a matter of being open and sensitive to things around you, not to mention your partner(s). I think this is an important lesson. Do you think there are other lessons that people can learn about their own sexuality and sensuality through enjoying your work?

I hope that people take away more than “I should be giving/getting more/better blowjobs”…  I want them to think actively about being more intuitive to their partner’s needs and more creative with finding ways to fulfill them.  And that is absolutely a two way street, we just happen to focus on the blowjobs.

I hope you all enjoyed this interview and that you’ll check out more of what Met Another Frog has to offer, because they have a very unique perspective on sex with a tone that is hard to find anywhere else.  It’s smart, funny, sophisticated but still very accessible.  You’ll just have to see for yourself!