Jane's Favorite Sites!

If I had to sum up Make Love Not Porn (MLNP) I’d say they are the Etsy in the porn world, where a site like Clips4Sale.com is more like the Ebay. Except better, because Etsy isn’t curated (their biggest problem) and MLNP is. This is an absolutely fabulous idea, a community site of “porn artisans�, where users can create and share their own homemade porn and receive the profits for doing so. I know it doesn’t sound exactly groundbreaking, when there are tons of places online to share your homemade videos, but what IS groundbreaking about it is how ethical, positive and wonderful they are about it. If you just want to view the site, cool. You can create a free login account, and then peruse the videos online. If you find one you think you want, you rent it for $5, and you can watch it as much as you like for 3 weeks. The person or persons who made the video get half of what you paid, the rest goes to MLNP. They really do curate the videos, so they release new selections each Wednesday. If you want to create your own and submit it, there is a $5 submission fee. Then it’ll be viewed and either accepted and published or not. You get the half of the profits when someone rents it. I created an account and logged in… and I browsed through the selections, each of which give you a little tempting video taste, and are helpfully labeled as to what you might find. From oral sex to pegging, cuddling and laughter, roleplay, there is a little something here for everyone. If you’re the voyeuristic type, it’s nice to know these are real-life people who are exhibitionists, having fun and doing their thing. If you click a profile on a video you like, you’ll find all the clips that particular person has submitted too, which is nice. Oh, and you can gift videos to others too, if you want! Right now the site is in beta, and it looks like there are more features coming soon, but we wanted to list it now. You know we have nothing against porn at JanesGuide, but we also have nothing against love!

Date Reviewed: 2013-05-28
Cost: $5 per video, 3 week rentals Advertising Content: None
Category Listings: Amateur / Indie Video / DVD, amateur compilations, Downloadable Video

LustCinema.com is the home of director Erica Lust, a Barcelona filmmaker who focuses on porn from a female point of view. While the site started as an outlet for just her own films, it's now expanded greatly to include 19 other directors, both male and female, working in erotic cinema. You'll find such luminaries as Maria Beatty, Tristan Taormino, and N. Maxwell Lander amongst others. Additionally, while the site started selling clips and short films, it's now changed to be a membership site, with shorts and full-length features both. Each film has a description, trailer and several thumbnails of stills to peruse freely. Another very cool feature of the site is the "Lust Film Festival" page, which is a collection of free short erotic films from around the web, streaming in vimeo. Upon joining you can stream or download in mp4 any of the around 70 shorts and films. Two new films are added each month. I love what they've done, combining great names in feminist porn and high-production quality erotic titles. - Jane

Date Reviewed: 2013-05-08
Cost: $17.47 1st month, rebills at $34.95 Advertising Content: Low
Category Listings: Mainstream Video/DVD

Updated to add that Camille Crimson's site was nominated in 2013 for a Feminist Porn Award, and the site is now translated in French as well, and still updating strongly. It's been quite awhile since I've seen a new site that I've gotten excited about. No, I don't mean "aroused" excited, I mean that happy, warm glow when you come across someone doing beautiful content that they obviously love doing. Camille Crimson is the gorgeous redheaded star of this website, and her boyfriend Mike is the lucky (and talented, I might add) videographer/ photographer. The content is POV blowjob, with an unabashedly sensual feel to it, which I found a refreshing change from the bulk of the "forced" hardcore BJ content so prevalent online these days. So I guess the site isn't brand new or anything (just new to me) because it's been online since 2007, or at least that is how far back the archives go. Right now there are 60 video clips at the site, mostly between 3 and 5 minutes long. You can stream these in your browser if you use Flash, OR you can download a zip file which will play in Quicktime, VLC or even iTunes. The file sizes and runtimes are all listed, which is nice when deciding what and when to download. The photo galleries are stunning, decidedly higher quality than most video sites that rely on tiny, grainy vid captures. I think these are still direct from the vid clips, but the quality was awesome. Camille also keeps an active blog going on the site, actively engages with viewers in commenting and so forth, and at the blog you can find links to other sites she's involved in. Love it! I think I have a new girl-crush. - Jane » More Info!

Date Reviewed: 2013-05-08
Cost: $31.50/mo.recurring, + other options Advertising Content: None
Category Listings: Downloadable Video, fine art nudes, for women, Solo Amateurs, Streaming Video

Zishy.com got me right out of the gate, after 17 years of reviewing online porn. How? By not overwhelming with a barrage of the nastiest talk and most hardcore pictures they could find. Zishy is, in their own words, "Edgy, non-nude photos of beautiful young women." Based out of L.A., Zishy's photographer is Zach Venice - he is also the site coder/designer. Upon entering, you'll find a pinterest-style layout of large thumbnails of photo shoots. Click one and you'll get several large sample images from the shoot, along with a description and photo count. That is some really generous preview content, as there are dozens of shoots on the preview. The ways they avoid full nudity run the gamut from cliche (hands covering the swimsuit bits) to silly (a photo stuck to a mirror) to creative (the tiniest bit of strands of hair very carefully place over a nipple.) People write me all the time asking for sites that are tasteful, yet still provocative, and I think Zishy is exactly what they have in mind. Preview is transparent, with all galleries listed with photo counts and samples. You can view by most recent, or by model - there are about 100 models already here, on this newly-launched site. Super cute and fun feeling, and a great deal on cost. Inside, you'll find that each set can also be downloaded as a zip file for the collectors, and each gallery links to other shoots with that model, for easy browsing. Well-done, with updates 3-4 times per week.

Date Reviewed: 2013-05-06
Cost: $5.99/month or $27.99/year Advertising Content: None
Category Listings: amateur compilations, Flashing / Exhibitionism, model / glamour, softcore, vintage / pinup

When I first heard of Darling House, I thought of that Dirty Sexy Money show immediately, because of the name "darling". Darling is such an evocative name. Joshua Darling, founder of DarlingHouse.net, describes it as "... a Salon that curates and features the gap between artists on the fringe, erotica, sometimes pornography and mainstream cultural appreciations like movies, theatre, and dance." There are several regular contributors to the content at Darlinghouse: the erotic food & fetish poetry of Natasha Gornik, moody video clips by JM Darling, the ongoing fetish serial of BastardKeith (currently on chapter 7), the startlingly frank photoblog of Sovereign Skye, to mention a few. The website is still calling itself a beta version, so I am guessing changes are on the horizon. In the meantime, there is a feast of words and visuals arranged pinterest-style on the front page, with navigation off to each individual contributor blog. There are themes each month, things like "authenticity" and "consent" explored in the blogs and pictorials. DarlingHouse is expanding into the "real" world as well, with their first event coming December 3rd in Brooklyn, a night of burlesque, music, etc. Info at the site.

Date Reviewed: 2012-11-26
Cost: Free Advertising Content: None
Category Listings: Blogs / Journals - Sex, fine art nudes, for women, Photographer Portfolios, Sexuality Info, Uncategorizable, webzines

Ok, so it has been 6 years since this site was reviewed and we thought it was time for an update. Hot Movies for Her is part of the Hotmovies.com brand, but it's basically focused on movies being reviewed by women (in this case, JD and Ginger), skewed towards what they think women might want to watch. Reviews are always a nice thing to have when it comes to the vast amount of video out there, just to try to get a jumping-off point. Aside from the blog-style reviews, each title has a page with all the pertinent info: which stars are in the video, runtimes, studio, etc. There are tons of different options for viewing as well. You can do a streaming rental for a week or a month, you can do a WMV download (these are DRM protected, so will expire as well), or you can just purchase a WMV download for the price of a hardcopy DVD, which actually will allow you to burn a copy that never expires. In addition, if you'd rather just watch clips, you can do that too at their clips.com storefront, or do a per-minute account and watch streaming videos on the site. Each video review page is also a jumping off point that links to other movies by a particular star or production studio. Best of all, they have a great variety of studios, including indie and queer productions that you won't find on many of the more mainstream movie sites. They do a great job here! - Jane

Date Reviewed: 2012-11-15
Cost: See Review Advertising Content: Minimal
Category Listings: Downloadable Video, Streaming Video

The Stockroom is an online, and now brick and mortar (Los Angeles) bdsm institution. One of the few websites that has been around longer than us, they've been selling online since 1988. The online shop splash page offers a choice of a browsing experience catered to heterosexual M/F users, or gay male users - although it seems like all products are offered on both sides, the eye candy differs. Sections offered include: Sextoys, BDSM/Bondage Gear, Fetish (pony, medical, latex, etc), Sex Enhancers and Video/DVD. Products are clearly described, always photographed, and sometimes photographed in use by models. They carry both in-house brands, and other well-known and high quality brands. Ordering is easy, though you must create an account and cannot check out as a guest. Shipping rates and time frames are clear, contact info is very good. This is a store I've personally bought from many times, and it's always quick, discreet and easy. » More Info!

Date Reviewed: 2012-11-09
Cost: free Advertising Content: minimal
Category Listings: BDSM Gear, Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies

Wolfe first reviewed this site positively back in early 2008. I was going through listings to check for old sites, and was sooo happy to see that this one is still going strong more than 3 years later! I can see why, Kelly is an adorable honey-blonde swinger, and the site has 2 or more updates each month with her exploits, whether it's girl/girl, group, or POV shot by her webmaster husband Shawn. The preview/update page gives you a good idea of the update schedule, with videos offered in two file sizes depending on your connection. Kelly also does webcam on the Camz network, and has a blog that is updated frequently, usually more with photos than with much writing. Always love to see amateur sites doing well. - Jane

Date Reviewed: 2011-09-13
Cost: $24.95/30 days recurs @ $19.95/30 days Advertising Content: medium
Category Listings: Downloadable Video, Hardcore, lesbian / bi, Solo Amateurs

I've been trying to get to this site review for awhile - as the site is vast, one of the larger and older porn sites around, I knew it'd take some time. Now when I say "older", I of course refer to the website itself, not to the models. As their splash page helpfully points out with a definition pulled from Websters, nubiles is all about young women. Important to note: while Nubiles boasts "736 exclusively shot models" the wording means the content is exclusive, not that the models are exclusive to only shooting at this site. In fact, in the member forums once inside, members help each other find favorite models at other sites too. At the end of the day, exclusive content is just that, and this website is one of the biggest around for this particular content type. In the preview area, you can pick a model from a huge drop-down menu or browse alphabetically. Once a girl is selected, you'll see all kinds of info, from her star rating according to members, to exactly how much, and what type, of content inside features her. Of course on that page if you want to read a bio, add to favorites, add your own star rating, or anything of the ilk, you need to join. Still I LOVE sites that show you right upfront what you'll find inside. Nubiles.net is at the forefront of utilizing a user community to help each other find common likes, if not necessarily for community interaction. I can tell this review will be long, so join me after the jump (i.e. read more) » More Info!

Date Reviewed: 2010-03-13
Cost: $29.31/month recurring, $85/180 days non Advertising Content: None
Category Listings: amateur compilations, Downloadable Video, Hardcore, model / glamour, Natural Breasts, softcore, Streaming Video

Wow, this website has a truly staggering amount of spanking stories. Over 6,000,to be exact, and all free to read once you've registered with the site. You can search, browse by author, etc. - each story has a title and a helpful code so that you'll know what includes sexual content, which stories are male/female, male/male, etc. If you find something you like you can add it to your favorites so you can find it easily next time as well. All in all, an incredibly repository of all types of spanking literature. Stories, poems, serials, even a play - if it's about spanking, it's here. - Jane

Date Reviewed: 2010-01-29
Cost: Free Advertising Content: None
Category Listings: BDSM Fiction, BDSM Resources, Spanking

It's more than past time for an updated review of this site, which we first reviewed in 2006. Back then, Vamp and I absolutely loved it and I'm happy to say it's only gotten better. The premise is female masturbation and orgasm filmed tastefully and artistically. Now some people hear the words "tasteful" or "artistic" and immediately think it's art that isn't hot or explicit. That would be a false assumption here. They are putting out some of the most arousing content I've seen in my years of doing this. The emotion and energy is captured so perfectly, you can't help but get into what is going on. You'll never find a bored looking pornstar here, or have to suspend disbelief. You'll not want to fast forward to "the good parts", because it's all good. You can view freely several lower res versions of videos, and the high res is not only stunning, but actually works with AppleTV if you have it. (Elliott, when taking a look for this review, downloaded it to Apple and watched it on our big screen television.) Definitely check out a couple of low-res sample videos to make sure you have the right software. Each woman has an individual profile, and right now there are over 1,500 videos AND daily updates. They also offer videos called "lucubration" which are insightful interview or conversation pieces with the women talking candidly about sex, orgasms, past experiences and so on. The forums are quite active here as well, with viewer feedback. Unlike some sites we've seen, the well-moderated forums are not filled with idiotic fratboy comments, this site has brains and respect to go with it's heat. We did notice that several viewers were wishing there were some older women in scenes as well, but overall this is one of the absolute best sites we've seen, and we've seen plenty. - Jane » More Info!

Date Reviewed: 2009-09-18
Cost: $29.95/month recurring, other options Advertising Content: None
Category Listings: amateur compilations, Downloadable Video, for women, International Sites, Natural Breasts, Streaming Video, Uncategorizable, Veteran Sites

It has probably been about five years since I last visited Seattle photographer Kevin Hundsnurscher's website, Elaisted.com. It's always been a gorgeous site, and that certainly hasn't changed. The photography is stunning, whether it's a shot taken during a burlesque show, a very posed and well-composed shot of a latex-clad model, or a disturbing bondage shot featuring a very large (real? fake? not sure) insect. There is a slideshow of images spanning years of work, in the featured photography section. Then there is the "everything" section, which is as it says: bits and pieces that are sometimes funny, sometimes personal. Check out the photo of the welding shot and you'll see what I mean. I also love the "last frame" section, and the whole concept behind it. It's the last frame of each shoot, taken with a timer so that K.H. and the model/s can have a memento of the time and work completed, and they're really cool. Funny, silly, weird depending on the shoot. In late 2007, he self-published a book, "Silhouettes", which is available at blurb.com in both hardcover and softcover. Many of the book images are in the featured photography slideshow (they are identified as being in the book if they are) so you'll get an idea of the content and breadth of the book before purchasing. It's nice to have a high quality printing of what was previously only available online if you aren't fortunate enough to be in an area where Kevin shows his work. The only thing I'd like to see that wasn't here is maybe a show schedule, assuming that the photographer is still participating in shows. Awesome site for fetish, pin-up, fine art nude photography. - Jane

Date Reviewed: 2009-07-28
Cost: Free Advertising Content: None
Category Listings: fine art nudes, Foot Fetish, Latex / PVC / Rubber, Panties/Stockings, Photographer Portfolios, vintage / pinup

I have become a huge fan of most of what Kink.com is doing across the board on their sites. I guess because they're using models who are into BDSM (even the "newbies" are there because they have an interest) it feels both more real and more consensual than lots of other BDSM porn I've looked at. The preview area of the site basically consists of an update log, with each weekly update having several large thumbnails, and a photo count and runtime of the video. The preview thumbnails will give you a great idea of what the content inside is like from a visual aspect, but still can't convey what each scene might be like to watch. Mostly that's because with the dozen or so different Tops who are on this site, the way a scene goes can be very different from shoot to shoot. My favorites were definitely the ones with more sensual and verbally gentle guys. I find it way hotter to be talked dirty to without it sounding mean. BUT that's just me, and for those who have different tastes, they'll find scenes they like here too. The Sex and Submission theme is definitely sex and S/M. It's not terribly heavy S/M, but flogging, electric play, nipple clamps and so on are pretty much always involved. One of the other things I liked was the equal focus on the women having orgams. It's kinda rare to see that in NON bdsm porn, but I would say that the women are getting as many, if not more, than their male tops in these scenes. Yay for that! In the members area you'll get all the scenes since the start of the site, in mid-2005. That's 100+ scenes, each with video and photos. The video quality isn't as high on the earlier content, but the new content has excellent large quality. You can either stream clips on WMV or you can download a zip file of all the content in one fell swoop. The download times were good and fast. The other thing that I actually liked for once was the user comments. For the most part they were respectful, and constructive - and it's kind of helpful when you find other users that share your interests to look at their comments overall as a way of figuring out which other scenes you might want to view. Although they do have a model section with models listed in alphabetical order, that feature fell flat in that it didn't link directly to the scenes on that site. Really a minor nitpick overall. As with all the Kink.com sites, membership is ONLY for the single site, but if M/f BDSM with lots of sex is your kink, this is a wonderful site. - Jane » More Info!

Date Reviewed: 2007-09-19
Cost: $29.95/month recurring, other options Advertising Content: None
Category Listings: BDSM / Fetish Video, D / S, Female Bondage, Sado-masochism (S/M)

Molly's Mirror is a collaborative erotic poetry, prose and photography site. The namesake of the site, Molly, has a category for her journal postings, which definitely have a sensual thread. I suggest starting at the 'about molly' post, the moving down the righthand navigation to "collections", which group posts on a theme together. You'll find some to contain photos with just enough text to arouse and entice, and others to be collaborative serials. I absolutely enjoyed wandering through this site. Oh, and a note to those who want participation: Molly says "We will start with a small group of contributors and will draw more in as we go." -Jane

Date Reviewed: 2007-08-30
Cost: Free Advertising Content: Low
Category Listings: Blogs / Journals - Sex, fine art nudes, mainstream erotica

GoodVibrations just launched an all-new design of their wonderful online store. If you're unfamiliar ith them, they are the ORIGINAL sex-positive and female friendly sextoy store, starting in San Francisco in the 70's, by author/educator Joani Blank. They now have several stores, as well as this online shopping store. You'll find products at GV that you won't find anywhere else, and everything is chosen with an eye for quality and design. You'll also find a thoughtful selection of books and videos, safer sex supplies and so on. In addition, you can get info on their in-person events and educational workshops, read blogs from the staff, and watch free GVTV video clips on various subjects. It's a wonderful resource with outstanding products and customer service. - Jane » More Info!

Date Reviewed: 2007-07-03
Cost: Free Advertising Content: None
Category Listings: Books / Zines, Mainstream Video/DVD, Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies

Bondage.com has been online for almost a decade now, starting from their origins as a labor of love produced by a couple of self-described web geeks from San Francisco. There is a good deal here that is free, starting with the highly active discussion forums and personals ads. You can post, browse, read, get email and so on all for free and it's a wonderful resource for that. If you upgrade to a paid membership (which we suggest if you use the site frequently, not unlike supporting public radio if you use it) you get a plethora of other features, like the personal ad matchmaker service, the huge photo archive (74,000+ images), video, and their library of BDSM articles and resources. All in all, a fabulous community site that we can't recommend highly enough.

Date Reviewed: 2007-05-20
Cost: Free, $19.95/mo. for all features Advertising Content: Low
Category Listings: BDSM / Fetish Video, BDSM Fiction, BDSM Resources, Female Bondage, Male Bondage, Personal Ads, Sado-masochism (S/M)

This is a re-review for a site that has grown considerably for yet another year. Photographer Jay Greenman has been updating constantly since our initial review in 2003. The layout is still fairly simple - visitors get a few free preview pages, each with several fullsize images of graceful nude portraiture. The preview does a great job of showcasing the flavor of the site as an homage to the female form in all it's beauty, which I found absolutely refreshing in today's superhardcore online world. In addition to the photos, visitors get a downloadable screensaver and a WMV formatted video clip. The free area is also home to a free e-card section, with over 50 ecards to choose from. Visitors can also see a listing of all the models inside, with a short bio and small image. Members have access to all the galleries, with weekly updates since 2002 - a couple hundred galleries, 54 different models, all original material. The photos are lovely, the kind of photography that is becoming more rare these days of simple, soft nudes. No action shots, no "pink", rather it does have the feel of celebrating, rather than exploiting, the models on the pages. Each gallery loads thumbnails down a lefthand column, and loads images in the main frame. If you want an even larger image, you click the medium sized one and it opens the highest resolution file. Another recent addition is video clips - right now there are just 4, with more in production. In keeping with the site attitude and theme, these are interviews with the models, or playful scenes such as pillowfights or baths. Videos were offered in both WMV and MOV formats. In addition to the recurring membership plan, you can opt for a non-recurring one month for $19.95. - Jane » More Info!

Date Reviewed: 2007-04-30
Cost: $17.95/mo.recurs at $14.95 thereafter Advertising Content: Low
Category Listings: amateur compilations, model / glamour, Natural Breasts, Postcards, softcore

Updated review for a site we listed two years ago. At the time, they were located only in the U.K., although they shipped worldwide. Now they have a U.S. based store (Los Angeles) as well, so you can pick which site to go to on the splash page. This is an absolutely gorgeously designed website. Coco-de-mer is a real life retail store in London, and this web counterpart offers indulgent online shopping. The interface is Flash designed - mouse over different site components and you'll find the store philosophy, an erotic movie, info on events held at the actual store location, and the web store. I had a wonderful time just exploring the site, the imagery was truly lovely. You'll find incredible boutique items, such as very unique handmade silk lingerie, various lotions and potions, a careful selection of spanking implements, and sextoys that are truly distinctive in material: jade cockrings, sterling silver and glass dildos, and so on. The price range is at the high end, given the materials used, but if you're looking for a sex toy that is art in and of itself, this is a place to find it. Shopping is via secure online storefront, prices in sterling pounds. The shipping charges are fairly expensive to the United States, because of customs fees, and less expensive within the UK and Europe. The privacy policy, contact info and shipping/returns info was all exemplary. - Jane » More Info!

Date Reviewed: 2007-03-08
Cost: free Advertising Content: none
Category Listings: BDSM Gear, Books / Zines, Lingerie, Sex Toys / Safer Sex Supplies

Updated review for one of my favorites: Jen's Ex is one of the very few indie sites that is fun, artsy, eclectic enough for me to categorize mentally with what I think of as the really great ones: Isabella@home, CKailey and so on. I thought this kind of site wasn't being done anymore, because of burnout or whatever, but it is and it's being done magnificently by Jen. Guests get some sample images, her LiveJournal and a tour format preview. Members get 5,000 photos, with dozens of galleries of arty pinups and colorful camp. They also get several webcams, from life cam to "show" cam, access to 30 or so other cams (she's part of the Camz network so you get access to all of those cams), Jen's RealPlayer 8 music videos and a host of other sometimes silly and always fun tidbits. Jen is beautiful, wacky, naked - in short, this site rocks. Sadly for us (if not for her) Jen has a fulltime job outside of the site now, so the cam section featuring her is pretty much archive only, but I love this site nonetheless and am glad she chose to save it rather than just pull the whole thing when she took a veer on her career path. - Jane » More Info!

Date Reviewed: 2007-02-23
Cost: $14.95/month, recurs at $9.95 Advertising Content: Low
Category Listings: Natural Breasts, softcore, Webcam - Women

Rope is probably the hottest trend in BDSM play these days. Rope bondage can be beautiful, painful, sexual or non, wonderfully sensory. What before was a somewhat difficult thing to get into has become much easier for "newbies" with books from some leading rope riggers like Midori, and also with prefinished hemp rope from Monk. This webstore offers lots of color choices, and various lengths and diameters of nicely finished hemp. In addition you'll find how-to books and videos, safety scissors and other accessories. Ordering is online via secure server, and I can attest after many previous orders as to the speedy processing and shipping time. Our highest recommendation.

Date Reviewed: 2007-02-02
Cost: free Advertising Content: low
Category Listings: BDSM Gear