Sharon A. Abbott is a social scientist who interviewed porn producers, directors, company owners, magazine editors, agents, makeup artists, camera operators, 19 actors and 31 actresses to understand why performers enter and stay in a porn career. Her analysis, “Motivations for Pursuing an Acting Career in Pornography”, appears in Sex for Sale: Prostitution, Pornography, and […]
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Porn Worker Conditions: “Who failed Lara Roxx?” (explicit language)
Brian Flemming is a filmmaker in California. He observes that regulatory safeguards are numerous for mainstream films, and virtually non-existent for porn performers… Gee, who would have thought that having two strange men jam their un-condomed penises into a woman’s rectum at the same time might give her a whopping case of HIV? I mean, […]
Linda Lovelace: When people see the movie Deep Throat, “they’re watching me being raped” (explicit language)
The movie Deep Throat was released in 1972. Produced for $22,500, members of the FBI estimate it has grossed anywhere from $100 million to $600 million. More than 10 million Americans have seen it. Wikipedia calls it “likely the most successful and influential pornographic film of all time.” Linda Lovelace starred in the movie. Later, […]
Porn Merchant Implies: Host Community Put at Risk So Outsiders Might Enjoy Themselves
Gary Porter is the general manager for V.I.P., a chain of porn shops that is trying to open a large new store next to a residential neighborhood in Berlin, CT. Town officials have rejected their permit application as not consistent with local ordinances and the company has sued. In a November 17 newspaper article, Mr. […]
XBiz: “NoPornNorthampton Defeats Capital Video”
XBiz calls itself “The Industry Source” for adult business owners and webmasters. Today it reports that “An organized group that waged a local war against Capital Video from opening a large adult store in the middle of town was victorious… The decision to regulate the sale of adult content within town limits grew from a […]
Punishment Porn: “Whether-She-Wants-It-Or-Not” (explicit)
Strictly Speaking Spanking, a magazine on sale at Bookends of Enfield, calls itself “entertainment for consenting adults”. On reading the magazine, however, one could be forgiven for becoming confused about the role of consent in the entertainment. SSS publishes a letter from Allison in California: “David, don’t you dare spank me!” I shrieked, feeling only […]
Steinem on Flynt: “This pornography is as different from sex as rape is from sex”
Pornographers like Larry Flynt style themselves heroes of the First Amendment, and say that to oppose their products is to oppose sex and support censorship. Gloria Steinem disagrees, reports The Boston Globe: In an op-ed piece in Tuesday’s New York Times, Gloria Steinem equated [Larry] Flynt with a publisher of Ku Klux Klan books or […]
Boston Globe Profiled Kenneth Francis Guarino in 1983
Kenneth Guarino started Capital Video in 1979. As early as 1983, The Boston Globe published a profile of him and his operations: …Although he was only 28 years old [in 1977], Guarino had become the biggest purveyor of pornography in New England…Guarino, who entered the business as a teenager, had risen to become one of […]
Hustler Cartoons: Racism, Misogyny, Anti-Semitism, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Incest, Ridicule of Disabled People… (explicit)
If you wonder where people get callous attitudes towards other groups and those who disagree with them, a good place to start is with cartoons like those found in Hustler. We are indebted to Nikki Craft and the Hustling the Left website for bringing these to our attention. These images are explicit and should only be […]
Not All Pornographers Deaf to Community Concerns
It’s not a given that a porn merchant will be deaf to community concerns. The Union-News reports… In Indian Orchard, there was enough interest for Adults Only to draw 1,000 members in a couple of months, but also enough angry residents to make operating a painful chore.“We’re avoiding neighborhood stores at this point,” [porn shop […]