Princess Donna
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Princess Donna, aka Donna Dolore, is a San Francisco, California
based pornographic actress, director
and BDSM
educator. Currently she is the director of the websites Public Disgrace, Wired Pussy, and Bound Gang Bangs, all three produced by Kink.com
. Virtually all of her performances and directorial projects have been within the genre of BDSM pornography.
While going to school in New York
, Princess Donna began working as a stripper according to her own statements on Kink.com's website "Beyond Kink." She says she later took her name "Donna" from another stripper she knew. She also started rigging and performing for New York BDSM pornography producer Insex
. In 2004, she was then hired by Kink.com to take over directorship of Wired Pussy, a pornographic website focusing on electrical stimulation of female submissives by female dominants. In addition to directing, she serves as the principal dominant on the site, though other female dominants make guest appearances. In 2008 it was reported that she had directed and appeared in about 300 scenes for Wired Pussy.
In 2008, Princess Donna developed a new site, PublicDisgrace.com, which focused on the fetish of public humiliation of female submissives, and also featured male-female intercourse.
Though Princess Donna primarily serves in the dominant role in her performances and usually performs with women, she considers herself a switch and identifies her sexual identity as "queer," according to a 2008 interview in the Village Voice. She said: "My sexuality lies outside the dominant culture of vanilla heteronormativity
. I'm everything but straight. I like girls, I like boys, I like transgender boys and girls." Some of her first performances were as a submissive for Insex.com, but she had not performed male/female intercourse on until 2008: "The Training of O was the first site that combined enough serious BDSM with boy/girl sex to make me curious about trying it…I'm a very kinky person, so I wanted to try my hand at a new kind of kinky sex on camera."
Princess Donna is also a regular "character" on the reality-based serial pornographic website The Crash Pad Series, and appears in "Graphic Sexual Horror
," a documentary about Insex. With Lorelei Lee
, Princess Donna was the subject of Brian Lilla's 2007 independent film A Tale of Two Bondage Models, which appeared at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.
Prior to entering the adult industry, she attended New York University
's Tisch School of the Arts
as a double major in Photography
and Gender
and Sexuality
Studies. She has expressed a feminist perspective on her work: "I grew up in a Silence of the Lambs culture, a culture where rape and killing women are very common themes for movies and TV shows. Society isn't afraid of sex and violence; they are afraid of women owning their own bodies and controlling their own sexuality—which is what happens in BDSM."
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
based pornographic actress, director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and BDSM
BDSM
BDSM is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role-play. The compound acronym BDSM is derived from the terms bondage and discipline , dominance and submission , and sadism and masochism...
educator. Currently she is the director of the websites Public Disgrace, Wired Pussy, and Bound Gang Bangs, all three produced by Kink.com
Kink.com
Kink.com is a San Francisco-based internet pornography company that runs a group of websites devoted to catfighting, BDSM and related fetishes.-Hogtied:...
. Virtually all of her performances and directorial projects have been within the genre of BDSM pornography.
While going to school in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, Princess Donna began working as a stripper according to her own statements on Kink.com's website "Beyond Kink." She says she later took her name "Donna" from another stripper she knew. She also started rigging and performing for New York BDSM pornography producer Insex
Insex
Insex was one of the biggest BDSM pornographic websites on the Internet and arguably the most extreme American pornographic production featuring female submissives. It was also a leading innovator in both live video streaming, pioneering the concept before broadband Internet access existed, and in...
. In 2004, she was then hired by Kink.com to take over directorship of Wired Pussy, a pornographic website focusing on electrical stimulation of female submissives by female dominants. In addition to directing, she serves as the principal dominant on the site, though other female dominants make guest appearances. In 2008 it was reported that she had directed and appeared in about 300 scenes for Wired Pussy.
In 2008, Princess Donna developed a new site, PublicDisgrace.com, which focused on the fetish of public humiliation of female submissives, and also featured male-female intercourse.
Though Princess Donna primarily serves in the dominant role in her performances and usually performs with women, she considers herself a switch and identifies her sexual identity as "queer," according to a 2008 interview in the Village Voice. She said: "My sexuality lies outside the dominant culture of vanilla heteronormativity
Heteronormativity
Heteronormativity is a term invented in 1991 to describe any of a set of lifestyle norms that hold that people fall into distinct and complementary genders with natural roles in life. It also holds that heterosexuality is the normal sexual orientation, and states that sexual and marital relations...
. I'm everything but straight. I like girls, I like boys, I like transgender boys and girls." Some of her first performances were as a submissive for Insex.com, but she had not performed male/female intercourse on until 2008: "The Training of O was the first site that combined enough serious BDSM with boy/girl sex to make me curious about trying it…I'm a very kinky person, so I wanted to try my hand at a new kind of kinky sex on camera."
Princess Donna is also a regular "character" on the reality-based serial pornographic website The Crash Pad Series, and appears in "Graphic Sexual Horror
Graphic Sexual Horror
Graphic Sexual Horror is a 2009 independent film written and directed by Anna Lorentzon and Barbara Bell in their directorial debut. The film is a documentary about Insex, a bondage website....
," a documentary about Insex. With Lorelei Lee
Lorelei Lee (pornographic actress)
Lorelei Lee is the stage name of an American pornographic actress and writer.-Biography:Lorelei Lee debuted in sex industry at the age of 19. She derived her stage name from the Marilyn Monroe's character in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes...
, Princess Donna was the subject of Brian Lilla's 2007 independent film A Tale of Two Bondage Models, which appeared at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.
Prior to entering the adult industry, she attended New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
's Tisch School of the Arts
Tisch School of the Arts
Tisch School of the Arts is one of the 15 schools that make up New York University ....
as a double major in Photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
and Gender
Gender
Gender is a range of characteristics used to distinguish between males and females, particularly in the cases of men and women and the masculine and feminine attributes assigned to them. Depending on the context, the discriminating characteristics vary from sex to social role to gender identity...
and Sexuality
Human sexuality
Human sexuality is the awareness of gender differences, and the capacity to have erotic experiences and responses. Human sexuality can also be described as the way someone is sexually attracted to another person whether it is to opposite sexes , to the same sex , to either sexes , or not being...
Studies. She has expressed a feminist perspective on her work: "I grew up in a Silence of the Lambs culture, a culture where rape and killing women are very common themes for movies and TV shows. Society isn't afraid of sex and violence; they are afraid of women owning their own bodies and controlling their own sexuality—which is what happens in BDSM."