Editing Annie Sprinkle (section)

== Feminism and environmental activism ==
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Sprinkle is known as a contributor to the development of [[feminist pornography|pornography that intends to be feminist]]<ref name="Williams 1993" /> and is known for her disagreement with [[Women Against Pornography|women against pornography]], [[feminists]] who do not believe that the creation of feminist porn is possible and argue that porn is a means of hyper sexualization of women, that it is inherently harmful, promotes violence, and objectifies women.<ref name="Long 2012">{{cite book |last1=Long |first1=Julia |title=Anti-porn: the resurgence of anti-pornography feminism |date=2012 |publisher=Zed Books |location=London |isbn=978-1-78032-026-7}}{{Page needed|date=April 2022}}</ref> In contrast Sprinkle is known for arguing that women should contribute to the production of pornography or other [[erotic]] media and that censorship or restrictions on pornography will not cease its production.<ref name="McKee 2008">{{cite book |last1=McKee |first1=Alan |url=https://archive.org/details/pornreport0000mcke/page/112/mode/2up?q=annie+sprinkle |title=The Porn Report |date=2008 |publisher=Melbourne University Press |isbn=978-0-522-85340-7 |location=Carlton, Vic. |pages=113 |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref name="Taormino 2013">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/feministpornbook0000unse/page/122/mode/2up?q=%22annie+sprinkle%22 |title=The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure |date=2013 |publisher=The Feminist Press |isbn=978-1-55861-818-3 |editor1-last=Taormino |editor1-first=Tristan |location=New York |pages=122 |editor2-last=Parreñas Shimizu |editor2-first=Celine |editor3-last=Penley |editor3-first=Constance |editor4-last=Miller-Young |editor4-first=Mireille |display-editors=1 |url-access=registration}}</ref> 

As a porn actress, Sprinkle refused to play any submissive roles. She also drew greater attention to the female orgasm.<ref name="Sayej 2019">{{Cite web |last=Sayej |first=Nadja |date=September 30, 2019 |title=Sexologist Annie Sprinkle Isn't Covering Anything Up |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/annie-sprinkle-show-tell-new-exhibition |access-date=December 16, 2020 |website=Interview Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> A stated aim of her performance art and other works has been to challenge the censorship of [[female]] genitals including the [[vulva]], [[clitoris]], and [[vagina]].<ref name=":5" />

Sprinkle and her wife Beth Stephens are known for naming and promoting a combination of [[environmental activism]] and sexuality called [[ecosexuality]]. They state ecosexuality involves seeing nature as a lover, viewing people's relationship with the Earth is two-sided and considering humans accountable for taking care of the planet and the planet as responsible for taking care of humans.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 3, 2017 |title=EcoSexuality: 7 Things You Need To Know About This Sexual Identity |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ecosexuality-things-you-need-to-know_uk_595a3c65e4b0da2c73249a10 |access-date=December 17, 2020 |website=HuffPost UK |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Richter |first=Nicole |date=March 2018 |title=Review: SerenaGaia Anderlini-D'Onofrio and Lindsay Hagamen (eds), Ecosexuality: When Nature Inspires the Arts of Love |journal=Sexualities |volume=21 |issue=3 |doi=10.1177/1363460717737490 |s2cid=148905993 |issn=1363-4607}}</ref> Ecosexuality combining sexuality and [[ecology]] with an added focus on [[female]] sexuality and opposition to [[heterosexual]] and [[patriarchal]] sexual dynamics of dominance and exploitation places it within [[ecofeminism]], which highlights how women and nature are treated similarly in a patriarchal society.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miles |first=Kathryn |date=November 14, 2013 |title=Ecofeminism |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/ecofeminism |access-date=December 17, 2020 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en}}</ref>

After receiving her breast cancer diagnosis, Sprinkle made a collage of her breast tissue scans in order to provoke questions about whether a body that has been subject to surgical procedures and illness can be a sexual one.<ref name=":5" /> Sprinkle continued to engage in this medical commentary by [[Juxtaposition|juxtaposing]] medical scans with erotic images and using an [[Electrocardiography|electrocardiogram]] to record the waves of an orgasm.<ref name=":5" /> In her performance ''Public Cervix Announcement,'' Sprinkle inserted a [[Speculum (medical)|speculum]] into her vaginal canal to display her [[cervix]] to the audience.<ref name=":5" /> The previous acted as satirical-commentary on the private and invasive nature of gynecological procedures. Sprinkle has characterized her own art involving erotic and explicit imagery of the [[vulva]] and internal female anatomy as [[feminist]] activism.<ref name=":8" />