I know you're looking at the picture to the left and thinking "what in the world?"
I was looking for something to watch on TV the other night.
Ya'll know the economy is hurting a
sista so I went On Demand to the FREE MOVIES section. Can't go wrong with
Sundance flicks, right? I scrolled through the titles stopping at Green Porno. I had to watch. Actress Isabella
Rossellini stars in this series of one-minute films where she explains and acts out animals mating. In the first season of
Green Porno, Rossellini portrayed insects--snail, spider, worm, mantis, ets. The movie shorts are funny, interesting, creative and a bit erotic. What makes it really interesting is that
Rossellini plays the male creature and her acting is good.
Green Porno premiered on
Sundancechannel.com last year and the second season just began a few days ago. In the second season she explores how underwater animals get their freak on. You can watch both seasons on
Sundancechannel.com. I know it sounds crazy but you really do a learn a lot from this series, which is what
Rosellini told the Washington Post was her goal.
"My hope is that people laugh watching my film and then say, '
Hmm, I didn't know that about a fly or an earthworm," she said.
I learned that snails have both a penis and vagina. Female bees do all of the work and male bees chill around the hive until they find a female to
impregnate. And did you know a whale's erection can grow as long as 6 ft?
Rosselinni may be in acting in
Green Porno, but there are some people who are actually doing green pornography. A few years ago the
San Francisco Chronicle ran a story on a couple in Norway, Leona
Johansson and Tommy
Hol Ellingsen. They started a sex site called F--k for Forest or
FFF. The videos and photos are of people from around the globe doing it (some in trees). This is not just about getting turned on. The images come with information on environment
al issues such as loss of vegetation in rain forests. Viewers donate money and get access to
eco-friendly porn. The money goes to
orgs helping to protect the planet. The website says what they're doing is "sexual activism." Here's the kicker, the Norwegian government gave the couple money to launch the site because Tommy and Leona said they were starting an "alternative environmental organization." Here's another kicker, at the time of the article, Tommy and Leona's site raised over $100,000 but they've have had a hard time giving the money away. Environmental agencies aren't feeling they're freaky nature.
After literally learning about the birds and the bees, it was time to get schooled about my own species. I stumbled onto the Discovery
Channel and watched a documentary called
"The Science of Sex Appeal." You can watch clips from the
documentary on
Discovery.com. The scientists broke down what happens in our brain when we are attracted to someone and in love. And I learned women are more appealing to men when ovulating. They also did experiments with various faces and people had to choose which faces were more attractive based on how feminine and masculine they looked. The producers interviewed couples of different races about what attracted them to their mates. I wanted to see people of other races in the actual experiments. Especially in the study where scientists concluded men are naturally attracted to a certain
hip to waist ratio on a woman's body. From what I saw, the men they polled were white. They
should've included Black and Latino male subjects. I know many of my Black and brown
brothas like their love handles a little wider than "the norm."
There's nothing like discussing snail sex and getting freaky in the evergreens. What a way to start the week. Happy Monday!
Photo Credits:
1. Sundance.com
2.SF Chronicle
3. Discovery Store
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