Ahh, Annie Sprinkle, the queen of kink… She’s truly one of my favorite classic pornstars of them all, and I especially love the leaps and strides she is taking in the awareness of female sexuality, her work as a feminist porn activist, and all of the other important sexologist work that she does… she is truly an incredible woman inside and out.

Before I keep on waxing poetic about Annie Sprinkle, let me get into her early career. She was born as Elen F. Steinberg in Philadephia, Pennsylvania July 23rd, 1954 (I can’t believe it was that long ago..). She called herself the ‘nice Jewish girl’ from time to time, and whiel she was born in PA she was raised in Los Angeles. She started off in the sex industry by doing what so many teens did in the 60s and 70s - she was rebelling by becomming a prostitute, along with a job as a porn theater cashier. One thing lead to another and she ended up right in the middle of the porn industry.

Her first movie was Teenage Covergirl (or Teenage Deviate in 1974, but sources are sketchy on this part of things), which was released for public consumption in 1973, however, her most well known movie is the one pictured here: Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle. That movie was released in 1981.

She has used this background of sexuality to make a positive impact in her life, becoming the first classic pornstar to get a PHD. She is openly bisexual with her life partner Elizabeth Stephens and describes herself as a Post Porn Modernist. She does a great deal of sex positive things, from workshops to tantric yoga to a great deal of excellent books on sexuality.

It is very rare to see someone so in touch with her own sexuality to be able to help countless others understand their needs and desires, to realize they aren’t dirty or deviant at all…and for that, I have to say that I owe a great debt of gratitude to this wonderful woman that is Dr. Annie Sprinkle.

Annie Sprinkle’s Movie List: Wild Pussycats (1975), Video Date Line (1975), Teenage Covergirl (1975?), Satan Was a Lady (1975), Kathy’s Graduation Present (1975), Fanny (1975), Bang Bang You Got It! (1975), My Master, My Love (1975), Sue Prentiss, R.N. (1975), Teenage Masseuse (1975), French Shampoo (1975), Too Hot to Handle (1975), Sherlick Holmes (1976), Pornocopia Sexualis (1976), The Ganja Express (1976), Honey Pie (1976), Teenage Deviate (1976), Ecstasy in Blue (1976), Expose me, Lovely (1976), The Night of Submission (1976), Once Over Nightly (1976), Seduction (1976), Mash’d (1976), My Erotic Fantasies (1976), Slippery When Wet (1976), The Double Exposure of Holly (1976), Call Me Angel, Sir! (1976), Come with Me, My Love (1976), The Affairs of Janice (1976), Funk (1976), Unwilling Lovers (1977), Cover Girls in Heat (1977), Blow Some My Way (1977), The Devil Inside Her (1977), Cherry Hustlers (1977), Jack ‘n’ Jill (1979), For Richer, for Poorer (1979), Princess Seka (1980), Midnight Blue 2 (1980), Twilite Pink (1981), The Satisfiers of Alpha Blue (1981), Pandora’s Mirror (1981), Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle (1981),Centerfold Fever (1981), Bizarre Styles (1981), Night on the Town (1982), Dirty Looks (1982), Consenting Adults (1982), Oriental Techniques in Pain and Pleasure (1983), Kneel Before Me (1983), Interlude (1983), Big Busty 3 (1983), Throat: 12 Years After (1984), Spitfire (1984), Electric Blue 12 (1984), Debbie Does Em All (1985), Young Nurses in Love (1986), Wimps (1986), Triple Header (1986), Sweet Revenge (1986), Best of Big Busty (1986), She-Male Encounters 5: Orgy at the Poysinberry Bar (1987), She Comes in Colors (1987), Rites of Passion (1987), The Lingerie Shop(1987), Tattoo Vampire (1988), Hotter Than July (1988), The Horneymoners (1988), Dreams of Desire (1988), Bazooka Country (1988), Mondo New York (1988), Fantasy Salon (1990), The Golden Boat (1990), Shadows in the City (1991), Mature Women 2 (1991), My Father is Coming (1991), War in Menstrual Envy (1992), Female Misbehavior (1992), Pinned and Smothered (1992), Blue Vanities 200 (1995), Female Genital Massage (1995), Bubbles Galore (1996), I Was a Jewish Sex Worker (1996), The Fanny (1997), Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality (1997), Ecstasy in Entropy (1999), Herstory of Porn: Real to Real (1999), Dildo Diaries (2002), The Prince of Porn (2002), Forbidden Photographs: The Life and Work of Charles Gateweeo (2003), Hearts Cracked Open (2004), The Naked Feminist (2004), H.C.E (2005), The Keep (2005), Electra Elf: The Beginnings Parts One & Two (2005), Inside Deep Throat (2005), Dick Ho: Asian Male Porn Star (2006), NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell (2007)

Annie Sprinkle’s Book List: Dr. Sprinkle’s Spectacular Sex, Post Porn Modernist (biography), Hardcore from the Heart