Madison Young — Biography
Madison Young is a multifaceted American artist known for her work in adult film, writing, and sexual education. She also established Femina Potens Art Gallery, a non-profit arts and performance venue dedicated to the LGBTQ and Kink communities. Her contributions to feminist pornography and her role as a queer activist have earned her features in publications such as Bitch Magazine and Curve Magazine, as well as a cover spot on the sex worker activist journal Spread.
Recent years have seen Young appear on television networks like the Independent Film Channel, the History Channel, and MTV’s Logo, in addition to featuring in documentary films. The journalist Brian Alexander dedicated a section of his 2008 book America Unzipped to her artistic endeavors. Furthermore, French filmmaker Virginie Despentes has included Young in her upcoming documentary, Mutantes.
Young has graced the covers of and been featured in a variety of magazines including Hustler, Taboo, and On Our Backs, and her work has garnered international attention through print and radio. She has been recognized with awards for her contributions to bondage and suspension art, and AVN has hailed her as "an auteur to be reckoned with." Young resides in San Francisco with her partner, James Mogul, a director, educator, and photographer in the adult industry. In January 2009, she attended the AVN Awards alongside comedian Margaret Cho. Later that year, HBO's Real Sex featured her in an episode that offered a glimpse into her life as an adult model and gallery director. In 2011, Young was a central figure in Emilie Jouvet's docudrama Too Much Pussy!, which chronicled the European tour of six sex-positive entertainers. That same year, she became a parent. Young identifies her sexual orientation as queer. Her performance repertoire includes solo masturbation and various forms of partnered acts such as blowjobs, vaginal, and anal sex.
Recent years have seen Young appear on television networks like the Independent Film Channel, the History Channel, and MTV’s Logo, in addition to featuring in documentary films. The journalist Brian Alexander dedicated a section of his 2008 book America Unzipped to her artistic endeavors. Furthermore, French filmmaker Virginie Despentes has included Young in her upcoming documentary, Mutantes.
Young has graced the covers of and been featured in a variety of magazines including Hustler, Taboo, and On Our Backs, and her work has garnered international attention through print and radio. She has been recognized with awards for her contributions to bondage and suspension art, and AVN has hailed her as "an auteur to be reckoned with." Young resides in San Francisco with her partner, James Mogul, a director, educator, and photographer in the adult industry. In January 2009, she attended the AVN Awards alongside comedian Margaret Cho. Later that year, HBO's Real Sex featured her in an episode that offered a glimpse into her life as an adult model and gallery director. In 2011, Young was a central figure in Emilie Jouvet's docudrama Too Much Pussy!, which chronicled the European tour of six sex-positive entertainers. That same year, she became a parent. Young identifies her sexual orientation as queer. Her performance repertoire includes solo masturbation and various forms of partnered acts such as blowjobs, vaginal, and anal sex.
