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Yanks.com has been creating female-produced and female-friendly adult content long before it was cool to do so … 15 years ago, to be exact. And since inception, the visionary minds behind the company — Todd Spaits and his business/life partner Billie — have only grown bolder and more forward-thinking in their approach. What originally began as a passion project on the side for two bartenders in San Diego, with plenty of trial-and-error shoots, soon developed into a moneymaking dream machine. Yet, no matter the lure of quick profits and lucrative offers, Spaits and co. never wavered from [...]

Inside a mansion, deep in the heart of Los Angeles glamorous Calabasas district, porn performer and former pro-soccer athlete Jay Smooth straddles his costar, his pecs pumped to perfection, the tiniest bead of sweat on his forehead. “And we’re rolling!” calls the director. Cue action, a few miles from the mansions of Justin Bieber and the Kardashian clan. But rather than see the traditional wham-bam porn viewers are used to, he gently picks up his co-star's leg and massages it. “You’re so beautiful, I want to kiss you, let me touch your legs, your feet,” he purrs, his baby [...]

The Swedish filmmaker is spending her own profits to bring more of the female gaze to the adult biz. Erika Lust wants to get more women in porn—in every possible position. Writer. Director. Producer. Star. She broke into the biz herself once and knows what it takes. And, like the growing number of advocates calling for more women behind the camera in Hollywood, she knows that the more inclusive the adult industry becomes, the better—and, OK, sexier—the results. "Here we are, in a time when feminism and gender issues are in the media more than ever, the conversation around [...]