RIP Feminist Porn Pioneer Candida Royalle
September 21, 2015 1:54 PM   Subscribe

On September 7, Candida Royalle died of ovarian cancer at the age of 64.

Ms. Royalle began her career in porn films as an actress, making about 25 films before turning to directing and producing. She was a pioneer in the field of "couples erotica" and female-centric porn/erotica. She was a feminist. She was a sex educator. She was by all accounts a lovely person.

She founded her own studio, Femme Productions,, and long ago had been inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame. She was an inspiration to many.

Femme Productions' films are many and varied, but none of them see male ejaculation as the goal of any scene or film.

Her kickstarter campaign to fund a documentary about her search for her birth mother was unsuccessful, but there are rumors that filming was completed and that it may be released at some time in the future.
posted by janey47 (19 comments total) 16 users marked this as a favorite
 
I was sorry to read of her passing and was hoping someone would make an fpp about her.
posted by Dip Flash at 2:07 PM on September 21, 2015


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posted by oceanjesse at 2:09 PM on September 21, 2015


The wife and I enjoyed her Femme productions, wayyyyy back in the days of VHS.

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posted by scaryblackdeath at 2:45 PM on September 21, 2015


Loved her ironic choice of a porn name. She had intelligence about her profession and that's always sexy.
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posted by pogo at 3:55 PM on September 21, 2015


Such a vibrant spirit. It was a pleasure to know her.
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posted by valkane at 5:33 PM on September 21, 2015


Aw, sad news. She was awesome.
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