Sssh.com

Sssh.com is a members-only female erotica site and the first "porn for women" website to be recognized by the mainstream adult industry, winning the XBIZ Award for Best Alternative Website.[1]

Sssh.com
IndustryWomen's erotica
FoundedAugust 1, 1999 (1999-08-01)
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Angie Rowntree (director, founder & CEO)
Websitesssh.com

History

Sssh.com is a porn for women (feminist pornography) and erotica site that features original HD erotic movies, original novels, audio plays, radio stations, VR applications, live events, and more. The site is run by women for a female audience. The sites content, including its movies, have all been inspired by its members, via surveys, which has been continually running for seventeen years.

The focus of Sssh.com is on chemistry and mutual pleasure, with women in strong character roles taking control of their own pleasure.[2] Founder Angie Rowntree said, "I launched Sssh.com in 1999, for a very simple reason: When I looked around the web at all the different porn sites, and looked around the adult video market at all the different titles and series, I didn't see much which would appeal to women."[3][4]

At the 2013 Oscars, female nominees were given a free one-year VIP membership to the site as part of a gift bag.[5]

Selected productions
  • Gone is a story about love and loss in small town America. Critic Rich Moreland stated, "Angie Rowntree and Sssh.com deserve congratulations for perhaps the most thoughtful and significant porn film this reviewer has ever seen. It stands alone in defining adult film as art."[6] Madeline Blue was nominated for XBIZ's "Best Actress – Couples Release" for her role in the film.[7]
  • Ellington is a Cinderella story of Cindy Ellington, who is taken advantage of by her stepmother. Her college friend, Joe Prince, tries to help and a romance develops.[8] The movie was featured on ABC's Nightline.[2]

Education

Mindbrowse.com and SexTalkTuesday.com are websites produced by Sssh.com founder Angie Rowntree.[9]

Sex Talk Tuesday is every Tuesday from 3-4PM EST. Each show has a guest moderator who asks questions. Participants share their thoughts and opinions on sex. Past guest moderators have included comedian Margaret Cho,[10] actress CoCo Brown,[11] adult director Holly Randall,[12] adult actress Kendra Sunderland,[13] Gigolos actor Garen James,[14] therapist Gloria Brame,[15] sex educator Ducky DooLittle,[16] adult actress Belle Knox,[17] author Midori,[18] and comedian Sara Benincasa.[19]

Mindbrowse.com hosts a live streaming show where professionals in the adult industry talk about issues facing the industry.[20] Past guests have included Nick Hawk,[21] Cindy Gallop,[22] Candida Royalle, Jacky St. James and Chauntelle Tibbals.[9][20]

Sssh.com was featured in computational neuroscientist Ogi Ogas' book A Billion Wicked Thoughts: What the Internet Tells Us About Sexual Relationships.[23]

Media

Sssh.com founder Angie Rowntree is a frequent panel discussion participant at adult industry trade shows, and has been profiled by major media outlets including ABC's Nightline,[2] Cosmopolitan,[24] CNBC,[25] Fox News,[26] and Time Magazine,[27] and Psychology Today.[28]

Awards and nominations
Year Ceremony Result Category
2012 AVN Award Nominated Best Alternative Website[29]
XBIZ Awards Nominated Specialty Site of the Year[30]
2013 Sex Awards Nominated Hottest Sex Scene for Ellington[31]
Nominated Favorite Adult Website[32]
XBIZ Awards Nominated Specialty Site of the Year[33]
2014 AVN Awards Nominated Best Specialty Site of the Year[34]
Nominated Best Web Release for Ellington
XBIZ Awards Nominated Specialty Site of the Year
2015 XBIZ Awards Nominated Feminist Porn Release of the Year for Interlude[35]
Won Best Alternative Website[36]
AVN Awards Nominated Best Alternative Website[37]
2016 XBIZ Awards Nominated Adult Site of the Year for Women[38]
Nominated Couples-Themed Release of the Year
Nominated Marketing Campaign of the Year
AVN Awards Nominated Best Drama for Gone[39]
Nominated Best Alternative Website[40]
CineKink Film Festival — Gone Chosen as Official Selection[41]
Swedish International Film Festival Nominated Gone Chosen as Official Selection[42]
Los Angeles CineFest Nominated Gone Chosen as Official Selection[43]

References
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  7. Moreland, Rich (15 January 2016). "A Nice Girl Who Howls at the Moon: Part Four, Making Magic". 3hattergrindhouse.com. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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  10. Gray, Lila (January 5, 2015). "Comedian Margaret Cho Moderating #SexTalkTuesday Today". XBIZ. Archived from the original on 2016-04-23. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  11. "CoCo Brown to Moderate 'Sex Talk Tuesday'". XBIZ. October 12, 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-04-23. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  12. Sanford, John (July 27, 2015). "Holly Randall to Moderate 'Sex Talk Tuesday'". XBIZ. Archived from the original on 2016-04-23. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  13. "Kendra Sunderland to Moderate 'Sex Talk Tuesday' Today". XBIZ. October 20, 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-04-23. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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  15. "Therapist Dr. Gloria Brame is #SexTalkTuesday Moderator, Oct. 21". AVN. October 17, 2014. ISSN 0883-7090. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  16. "Ducky DooLittle to Guest Moderate #SexTalkTuesday, Aug. 12". AVN. August 8, 2014. ISSN 0883-7090. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  17. "'Duke Porn Star' Belle Knox to Host #SexTalkTuesday July 15". AVN. July 10, 2014. ISSN 0883-7090. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  18. "#SexTalkTuesday to Welcome Guest Moderator Midori Jan. 21". AVN. January 20, 2014. ISSN 0883-7090. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  19. "Comedian Sara Benincasa to Moderate #SexTalkTuesday, Dec. 17". AVN. December 12, 2013. ISSN 0883-7090. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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  21. "Sssh.Com Interviews Nick Hawk from Showtime's 'Gigolos'". AVN. April 5, 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  22. "MakeLoveNotPorn Co-Founder Tagged for Women in Porn Debate". AVN. July 8, 2014. ISSN 0883-7090. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  23. "Sssh.com Featured in Top 10 Amazon.com Sex Book 'A Billion Wicked Thoughts'". AVN. May 6, 2011. ISSN 0883-7090. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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