This isn’t “mommy porn”

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:00:00 +0000

These are no Anastasia Steele wannabes. The female protagonists in sex-blog Fleshbot's new erotica imprint are not pliant naifs; they know what they want and aren't ashamed to ask for it. They talk of going to the office bathroom to "jerk off" and coolly refer to past partners as an "incredible fuck." These ladies are nerdy and irreverent; they say things like, "It always blows my mind to touch the inside of my own body. It makes me feel like Carl Sagan or something."

While the rest of the world attempts to cash in on "Fifty Shades" fanaticism, Fleshbot Fiction is trying for something different. As CEO Lux Alptraum tells me, she's interested in courting "people who like good stories and good smut." She isn't concerned with appealing to a particular gender demographic (so far, the e-books have featured only female protagonists, but that will change soon) or certain fetishes, so much as publishing good writing. Alptraum believes that craft can trump particular kinks: A well-written story can make cross-dressing hot, even if it isn't your thing, she says. This pansexual, or trysexual, mind-set is no surprise, given that Fleshbot's distinguishing feature in the porn world is that it publishes straight and gay content side by side.

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This isn’t “mommy porn”