Shine Louise Houston Is Changing How We Think of Porn, One Inclusive Production at a Time (Allure)
Read the full article by Cameron Glover at Allure.com
As the founding producer and director of a queer porn studio, Shine Louise Houston is the type of leader the adult film industry needs. The Pink and White Productions studio head opened up to writer Cameron Glover about inclusivity, sexual autonomy, and crowdfunding her upcoming film, Chemistry Eases the Pain.
Media has come a long way when it comes to improving who gets to be seen onscreen, but porn has been left behind. Porn is often not the first thing that comes to mind when you think about media and representation — but it should. What’s more, the figures that we see in front of the screen for our personal sexual pleasure are just as important as those behind the camera who are creating the films. That’s where Shine Louise Houston comes in.
If you aren’t familiar with her, Shine Louise Houston is a force. She's the founding producer and director of Pink and White Productions, a West Coast-based queer porn studio founded in 2005 that has since created two imprint studios with the same mission: indie video hosting site PinkLabel and ongoing trans-inclusive website CrashPad. Creating adult entertainment that “exposes the complexities of queer sexual desire,” these studios have a variety of films, with actors ranging in body size, ability, racial and gender identities, sexualities and sexual expressions without coming across as trying to check off a diversity checklist. In short, Pink and White is a reputable, inclusive, and quality-focused production studio that every porn fan should know.
As a sex educator, I understand the importance of paying for the porn that we consume. Pink and White is a production studio that I often recommend to folks looking for quality porn with a variety of content to choose from — as well as transparency with everyone involved. In a previous interview with Huffington Post, Houston stated: “I believe there’s a lot of room and need to create adult content that’s real, that’s respectful and powerful … I think it’s the perfect place to become political. It’s a place where money, sex, media, and ethics converge.”