Oh for god’s sake. You’re criticizing a documentary that highlights the realities of exploitation in the industry just because it doesn’t tow the cliche sexwork good/it’s not exploitation it’s empowerment party line?

Plus “acts in porn” is an incredibly broad category of actual jobs. Is he being choked? Is his throat being penetrated so violently that he vomits? Is he being subjected to racial slurs? Is he risking becoming unwantedly pregnancy? Doubt it.

It is hard to know what to say here. There are exploitative practices in this industry b/c money is the objective. This is an industry built on the complex facets of objectification. I think we have to protect those that are being preyed upon but accept that there are women who can make adult decisions about their…

Nor does it touch on the shaming of sex workers and porn actresses, which Kernes says in his experience can be far more toxic than having sex on camera.

And I see I am back in the greys because I didn’t agree with your editorial opinion. Lovely.

Yes I did. The tone was quite clear.

Complicated place in our culture. Yes. I believe women have the right to go into porn if they want, that they should have labor laws and protection like any other worker. Do I think it’s sleazy and possibly detrimental overall? Yes. Not something I’d ever want to do, or encourage anybody to get into, though. We don’t…

“didn’t really like how it devolved into this inquisition about whether or not Rachel left the business. She seems nuanced about it all and the good chunk of the piece that highlighted that really seemed more like a “we caught you...you liar” type narrative than a “see...this is the tricky thing” type narrative.…

I feel like the author would have believed the CEO of Walmart had she asked him if they exploited workers.

I totally agree. I read the new narrative on sex work and feminism and I cringe.

I just watched this the other day (finally gave in after Netflix kept displaying it front and center whenever I logged in). I thought it was really interesting, and the film makers got lucky that they found so many compelling women to document. One of the reasons they didn’t mention that Riley also acts in porn is…

Thank you for this.

And these “porn” mills are exactly what’s the problem with porn. Let’s get real here, if you want to do porn, it’s not like you’re going to walk into a legit place of a big porn producer and have a shot of getting hired. They’re going to need a resume, i.e. how much your shit sold when you were…

It's a completely different thing with two consenting adults who like each other compared to girls who are only just becoming adults being paid to do it with men twice their age or more.

This position of this article seems to be to really question if there are exploitative practices in the sex industry. THERE ARE EXPLOITATIVE PRACTICES IN ALL INDUSTRIES. One can be sex positive, pro-porn and still believe that porn actors and actresses can be treated really bad. Do you believe the porn industry is…

I actually knew someone who worked for one of those puppy mill-type porn companies here in Florida. Their agent seemed to be a bit better equipped and had an idea of the industry. He paid for gym memberships and personal training, rent and had a driver on tap to get the girls to and from the crash pad to the shoot. I…

Here’s the thing that is always interesting to me about Jez’s coverage of porn: There’s always a defense of the industry and a statement that being in porn can be a great experience, etc. - even in an article like this one that in fact describes negative experiences had by many people. Yet in articles about sexual…

Forgive me but I have exhausted my appetite to dialogue further on this now, and have reminded myself why we usually decline response to such enquires.

Porn is not inherently tied to exploitative labor practices, but the idea that it is—replicated by talent agents, producers, and documentaries alike—only strengthens that tie.

There’s no such thing as non-exploitative porn. There is such a thing as non-exploitative sex, but porn is a business.

And to trot out a…

I just read through the comments section of the Tacoma Stories link and someone fairly close to the situation said that her father had threatened to put her up for adoption. If this is true, coupled with the hair cutting off incident, it paints a picture of an abuser who should be in jail.

I had a Maine Coon and a Siamese cat growing up. Maine Coon: Chill as hell. Siamese: Probably would have eaten me as a baby if I slept at floor level.