May Ling Su
{{short description|Filipino pornographic actress}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{External links|date= October 2017}}
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May Ling Su (born 1973) is a pornographic actress,{{cite web|title=IAFD – May Ling Su|url=http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=MayLingSu/gender=f |accessdate=2013-03-12}} feminist, and self-described "menstrual artist".
Career
Su earned a bachelor's degree in Communication Arts from the Ateneo de Manila before she moved to the United States, where she first started out in the adult film industry in 1996 by making movies with her husband, Jay. She still primarily directs herself but has also worked with other directors, including Max Hardcore in 2002.{{cite web|title=May Ling Su on Max Hardcore|url=http://maylingsu.com/2006/07/may-ling-su-on-max-hardcore |accessdate=2013-03-12}}{{dead link|date=September 2015}}
In 2010, she published the art book On My Period, in which she had made art out of her menstrual blood.{{cite web|title=On My Period, by May Ling Su|url=http://www.onmyperiod.com |accessdate=2013-03-12}} That same year, she was also named one of the Porn Saints (known for their "pornoartistic approach to religion") by the art project of the same name.{{cite web|title=PornSaints.org; May Ling Su |url=http://www.pornsaints.org/blog/pornsaint-may-ling-su |accessdate=2013-03-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826024531/http://www.pornsaints.org/blog/pornsaint-may-ling-su |archivedate=August 26, 2011 }}
Su has been portrayed by many other artists, including American photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (who has dubbed her as one of the 30 most important porn stars in America), in his book XXX: 30 Porn-Star Portraits and his HBO documentary Thinking XXX{{cite web|title=Thinking XXX (2004 TV movie) Full Cast & Crew|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438492/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast |publisher=IMDb|accessdate=2013-03-12}} in 2004, and by Swedish punk painter Karl Backman for The Museum of Porn in Art in Zürich in 2011.{{cite web|author=Karl Backman|title=The Museum of Porn in Art presents an exhibition|url=http://www.porninart.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=113&Itemid=70 |accessdate=2013-03-12}}{{cite web|title=May Ling Su and Karl Backman |url=http://maylingsu.com/2011/06/swastika |accessdate=2013-03-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401023515/http://maylingsu.com/2011/06/swastika/ |archivedate=April 1, 2012 }} Another portrait of her is on permanent display at the Erotisch Museum in Amsterdam.
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Awards and nominations
- 2010 Good For Her Feminist Porn Award Website Nominee – OnMyPeriod.com{{cite web|title=Feminist Porn Awards|publisher=goodforher.com|url=http://www.feministpornawards.com/2010-nominees/ |accessdate=2013-03-12}}
References
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External links
{{Portal|Pornography|Feminism}}
- {{official website|http://maylingsu.com}}
- {{IMDb name|1509035|May Ling Su}}
- {{iafd name|id=MayLingSu|gender=female|name=May Ling Su}}
- {{afdb name|id=53385|gender=female|name=May Ling Su}}
- [https://www.guernicamag.com/daily/ej-dickson-the-art-of-menstrala/ "EJ Dickson: The Art of Menstrala"]
- [http://www.tn2magazine.ie/red-is-the-warmest-colour/ "Red is the Warmest Colour"]
- {{cite book|author1=Rachel Aimee|author2=Eliyanna Kaiser|author3=Audacia Ray|title=$pread: The Best of the Magazine that Illuminated the Sex Industry and Started a Media Revolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nn4yBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA74 |accessdate=September 27, 2015|date=February 9, 2015|publisher=Feminist Press at The City University of New York|isbn=978-1-55861-873-2|pages=73–74}}
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Category:Filipino pornographic film actresses
Category:Ateneo de Manila University alumni
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