

He later issued a statement that the raid was initiated by a tabloid journalist at the Herald Sun. (remember: this is not kinky porn, not by a longshot.) Abby Winters is run by G Media G Media’s owner Garion Hall was arrested. Last June 2009, I reported that Abby Winters was raided and arrests were made allegedly the company was making illegal “objectionable” pornography. I missed the details on recent developments, and upon reading, thought you might find them interesting too. No! Not fair! Can we appeal to the Geneva convention or something and trade Mel Gibson for Abby Winters!!? PLEASE!?

Well, last month Abby had enough of Australia role-playing Mad Max on their business, so they packed up their fuzzy little punanies and their suitcases of money and went to where people actually want them to put their fingers in dykes: after a year of government persecution, Amsterdam is the new home of Abby Winters. I have, however, been loosely following the Australian anti-porn campaigns in all their political permutations and airline screening Orwellian weirdnesses (a friend recently wrote me that people found with RedTube videos on their laptops had their computers confiscated upon entry into the country).

I’m not all that familiar with Abby Winters but have had great email exchanges with the people who work there. Authentic amateurs, happy to be making porn because they find it empowering and sexy, and usually directed and shot by women. Abby Winters is probably the widest-known Australian porn company I’ve long loved I Feel Myself and Girls Out West: but they all they typify the non-porn-star, natural beauty and sex-postive, non-exploitative ethic that personifies how Aussie porn is seen by the rest of the world.
