The Good Porn Problem.

We have a dilemma.

When we first started this blog, our intentions were:

1. To talk openly about sex. Our sex. Other people's sex. Just sex.
2. To share photos we find hot.
3. To share stories we find hot.
4. To share videos we find hot.

We'd say we've accomplished all of these things quite well. But let's go through them, point by point:

1. Yes. We do this all the time, and we firmly believe that an open dialogue about sex, and the kind of sex we're having, or not having, or hope to have, is a path to a better society. That idea is firmly entrenched within our beings, and we hope it comes across in every piece we write here, every photo we post, every video we make.

2. We used to collect photos that we found and would post them in chunks on this here blog, typically by theme. Concerned about not sharing credit appropriately, we started a Tumblr to better facilitate this. It's been a lot of fun and we hope you've been following along.

3. We've definitely done this a fair amount, giving light to writers like Daisy Danger, Dark Gracie and, most recently, Liza. We hope you've enjoyed reading them as much as we still do, and we'll definitely share more writers that give us boners in the future.

4. GOD. This is the fucking trouble spot, isn't it? What a hellhole we face when we face this. Many of you know our stance on studio porn. We simply don't find hired hands, put together in a room and told to fuck on cue very hot. The atmosphere is clinical. The moaning is fake. The orgasms not believable, hence the cumshot to prove that at least someone is at least getting off, (not necessarily ENJOYING it, mind you, but proving to the viewer that the mechanics are in play).

Yes, there are exceptions within the studios, and there are people making queer porn in similar structures that are managing to shift the way these films are made. Populated by the likes of Jiz Lee and Courtney Trouble, the films are definitely sexy and we've totally shared them before. We also find Bobbi Starr incredibly hot, but aren't into films where someone is mouthfucked and drooling, has their nipples spanked or gets hogtied and fucked in a gaping asshole. This isn't to put down the tastes of anyone else, it's just a style we're not into.

Outside that typical structure, there are Camille Crimson and Mike Flirt from The Art of Blowjob, not to mention Lilyanne and Max from Pornographic Love, plus Blue Artichoke Films and the work of Erika Lust. But we've talked about them all, several times over, so you know how much we love them! We'll continue to share, of course, but we also want something new to show you.

So that brings us to the amateur side of things. The Vimeos. And, god forbid, the XTubes and PornHubs of the world.

Let's be real about it. Over the course of two nights this past week, while one of us was making dinner, the other was looking for a hot video to post. TWO NIGHTS. And instead of a video, we've got this post about how terrible it is out there.

We've done the Chip Willis thing, and we'll do it again. There are videos of models writhing around that we sometimes enjoy. But the line between those types of videos and the types of videos that make us slip our cock/clit out of our pants and rub until that familiar sensation takes over is very clear and quite fucking annoying.

We want hot, beautiful videos of real sex. We don't really know where to find it. Every time we brave the trenches of XTube or PornHub, (both of whom host our current videos), we're left feeling shitty, which is entirely opposite of the feeling that makes us pull out our genitals.

Violet+Rye brought to you by PornHub (not to toot our own horn, but we're putting our time, energy and creative drive where our genitals, mouths, and various juices are).

Which brings us to this realization, which we've been struggling with for some time:

Free content is a problem.

If it's free, the creative end isn't going to give much of a shit. If there's time, creative energy and some skills put to work to make something unique, and hopefully really hot, then that content should be supported by us all.

-I don't want to watch someone fuck on their cell phone camera while wind blows into the fucking mic.
-I don't want to hear the TV in the background as you ram your cock in and out of a hole on one single close-up shot for 3 to 12 minutes.
-I don't want to watch someone rub their pussy on a similar close-up, with a muffled moan in the background and no clear sign if you're enjoying yourself while pixels break up the screen.
-I don't want (insert an entire trope of homemade sex tape issues here).

Celebrity tapes also don't do much for us. And make us wonder that if these people are actors and performers for a living, they probably have SOME understanding about film, right? Shouldn't these tapes look a BIT better? We all know what fucking is like, so simply turning on a camera to record that isn't exactly interesting, not anymore at least. Maybe it was the first time someone did it. But it's been about 100 years since that was the case.

So what do we want?

-We want people to tease us.
-To show us some of what we want.
-To show us something we didn't KNOW we wanted.
-To hold back other bits.
-To enjoy the sex they're having, genuinely.
-To not be too stagey, but put a little thought into it.
-To be brief, but not too brief.

And ultimately, to give us a reason to push back when people argue that porn is the most base element of popular culture. It doesn't have to be. Sex is something we all share. Almost every human being throughout time has had three base desires:

-To eat.
-To drink.
-To fuck.

There are an endless supply of beautiful videos of two of those things all over the damn internet. Isn't it time the same happened for the third?

To summarize: There are definitely plenty of films by Michael Bay out there. And a whole lot of reality TV. Isn't it time we focused on making the porn equivalent of Drive?

Get on it, folks. It's definitely already happening, we see it all over, but if you already know of some places where this is happening, places that we might not be up on, please let us know.