WOC = Women of colour. I dislike that term, but "non-white women" is even worse.
In light of this company launching another brand where it looks like the vast majority of female talent will be white, I feel this is a fair conversation to have. This company doesn't book women of other ethnicities all that often and as someone who thinks there are gorgeous women of all kinds, that is sad to see. That company's been around for a decade so you'd think they'd acknowledge that by now.
I sympathize with the arguments against racial fetishism, but I don't think this would have to be inherently fetishistic. The goal should be celebrating beautiful women who don't always get the spotlight. Also, that would only be a concern for the on-screen talent. VMG is a company built on racial fetishism. I wouldn't want the implication to be that because these women aren't white, they can't be on Vixen or the other sites. It's just that the reality is they aren't. Vixen.com launched in 2016 and nearly nine years later, there are only 14 scenes on that site with Asian women. Black women make out a little better, with 29 tagged as "Ebony." There are group scenes with multiple girls of different ethnicities that aren't tagged under either, but that's not a large amount. They don't have a "latina" category, but that's kind of a nonsense term that refers to multiple ethnicities. Girls like Barbie Rous are just tagged under Ebony, for example. If they've ever booked Desi/South Asian or Arabic women, there hasn't been enough to justify a tag. Vixen.com has over 500 scenes. At best that's maybe 10% of their output starring women that aren't white. Their other sites don't seem to be any better. Booking some work is better than none.
I get that the industry and a lot of fans prioritize white women. In Vixen's case, they have a base of operations in Europe and often pull from Eastern European talent. Their sites usually only do weekly updates, so there's only so many spots. I'm sure existing Vixen and Tushy subscribers probably would be upset if the amount of notable white talent on those sites declined. That's why I think a new site dedicated to every other kind of woman would be beneficial. There's plenty of talent in the industry in the U.S. and even parts of Europe to make it work. Desi/South Asian women are becoming more prominent in western porn for possibly the first time ever. If talent pool depth is a concern, have a crew follow Max Garcia and Filou Fit's travels across South America or Kris Baumer/AsiaXXXTour in Asia. I think that would be great, as many of those women are limited to low end local productions, some of which are unwatchable (at least to me) Legal Porno-tier stuff. Help bring them to the global stage in a nicer way than that freakshow or the gonzo stuff indie performers produce.
I don't believe this is an issue of audience demand. Exotic4k isn't the biggest of sites around, but it's been going for over a decade now. Porn Pros doesn't shoot outside of the U.S. (not sure if they're limited to a specific region either), so that is a testament to the available talent. Social media sites aren't representative of the real world. That said, subreddits dedicated to East Asian, South Asian and black women have millions of members. The most popular interracial porn sub on the site is the one specific to black women and white men. Would most of those people pay for a subscription-based porn site? Of course not, but most people aren't paying for porn anyway.
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