braindump on trans porn

random thoughts and observations:

when you watch mass produced porn, youre not just watching sex but watching the dominant cishet male fantasy of sexuality. its a view into the hegemonic sexual messages and undertones that get catered towards men in our society. when you watch a studio produced trans lesbian scene with perfect spraytanned actresses with perfect tits but of course, never bottom surgery (because the tantilizing marketable thing is her dick. trans women in porn get reduced to their dicks) don't you wonder if you're actually watching trans lesbian sex but instead a straight male fantasy of what trans lesbian sex might be? an interesting foil to this is trans gay porn. I'm sure a lot of transmascs enjoy watching the type of porn I'm describing. That's not an issue; we all find enjoyment and curiosity in seeing yourself through the dominant gaze. But it feels to me personally that it's made for cis queer men. theres something missing that we get a glimpse of from homemade and amateur porn, but that glimpse is trans people understandably catering towards a hegemonically supported (read, not necesssarily for cishet men, but also not necessarily to reflect a true sex either but a fantasy of the true sex) fantasy of what goes on behind closed doors masquerading as a look into private sexualities. all our post-pornography sexualities are inextricably muddled with what we hope the dominant gaze might find sexy in us.