January 30, 2013

GET SLANTED: TREATS FROM TRICK

bottom7 WHO’S YOUR DADDY?

My porn name is Trick. I chose this name because it's ambiguous in gender and it positively reclaims a negative stigma attached to sex workers. The name is also pretty humorous which helps put people at ease when I disclose my profession. I'm quite proud of the fact that I produce, star in and edit my own porn. I am a happy, healthy queer woman of color with a positive outlook on life and a quick sense of humor. I starred in my first porn way back in 1996 when I was 24 years old. It was produced by a young, queer woman of color who was a promising new filmmaker. Much like the content I create for Slanted Tendency, the intent was to show real queers of color of various ages and body types.

Shortly thereafter, I became friends with sex positive radical queers in San Francisco. It was a predominantly white group but myself and a couple of other queer women of color added diversity. We performed live sex shows for mainly female identified people at clubs and community spaces. The shows were creative, unique and will forever stand out in the minds of those who participated and attended. Although the shows were ground breaking, popular, and made a great impact at the time, unfortunately they were short lived.

I spent the next ten years diving into my own sexual experimentation. I was part of Shine Louise Houston's original Crash Pad Movie in 2006. At that point, I realized that sex and porn remained a consistent and an enjoyable part of my life. I continued to seek out projects and people that would nourish my adventurous sexual appetite. At the same time, I was aware that my job was stressful and I had a desperate need for more creative endeavors. The creation of Slanted Tendency was borne from multiple passions combining my love for sex, filmmaking, technology and my communities.

WHY DID THIS SHIT TAKE SO LONG?

I made my first attempts at filming in 2008. I was already in the mainstream entertainment industry as a union audio engineer so I learned quickly. Those first attempts proved to me that my technical expertise, communication skills, never-ending creativity, healthy sexual attitude, previous experience in sex work and positive community support were all the necessary ingredients for a successful business venture.

Slanted Tendency became a registered business in 2009. My union job gave me both the disposable income necessary to fund the venture and the time to film as many movies as possible throughout 2010. I had the minimal equipment required to film but not enough capital to buy the editing system and all the online support requirements. I decided that 2011 would be the year to raise capital and complete the escape from my 16 year audio engineering career. By the following year, I had moved to Los Angeles; bought the necessary editing system to complete the films; had a custom logo designed by a woman of color who was a freelance graphic designer; hired independent qpoc musicians to create custom soundtracks; copyrighted all my work; strengthened the backbone of the business; hired a marketing guru; and launched the website October 17, 2012.

THIS IS ONE OF THREE INFORMATIONAL WELCOME POSTS WRITTEN BY TRICK, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF HUMAN CHEMISTRY AT SLANTED TENDENCY MEDIA.

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