Isn’t she from LA? Also, isn’t “pop culture feminism” all that this blog is about? Pet issues and approved narratives? No discussion or dissent allowed?

I despise this concept of infantilizing women, suggesting that they are incapable of making educated decisions about their life and their choices and what they will or will not do for money.

I did. juliarams opinion is supported by the article. Are you claiming that the article doesn’t imply this?

I feel like jezebel can not be objective on porn because they have made their views really clear.

We are all smart women capable of nuanced thought. I wish Jezebel would acknowledge that of its readers on this point. Talking openly about sex-work——the good, the bad, and the ugly would be great on here. But the second anyone dares to mention that “Ummm, hey, perhaps this for-profit industry isn’t all cotton candy,…

Also, in most industries, the abuse of vulnerable workers isn’t made a selling point (or even the major selling point) of the product.

This is a valid criticism that several people agree with. Being flippant just makes you seem immature.

Yeah, it makes me fond of the old days, when you’d see “user x has been warned” or “this comment has been moved to #no”.

It’s pretty hard to think that someone like Rashida Jones and co. didn’t have an agenda of smearing given their selective depiction and given her past of slut-shaming. To be honest, the more I read from sites like Feminist Current and its ilk and the more I hear from Republican politicians, the more I realize social…

YES to all of your comment. I love that Jez wrote this up because it echoes my feelings about the movie. It REALLY irritates me that these directors have the audacity to say that they weren't trying to make a statement about porn as a whole. THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY DOING THAT. At best they are being disingenuous and at…

Somewhere around 2011/2012 it got to where if you ever said anything critical of porn, you were deemed “sex-negative” and outdated. I gave up arguing.

Apparently Erin Gloria Ryan didn’t like my comment so she put me back in the greys. The greys which were created for trolls not daily commenters that disagree with you on one issue.

Yes I did. The tone was quite clear.

I tried to watch it, but the film itself is poorly made. The montages of pop-culture figures (the Kardashians, Miley) and the “societal crisis” narration was embarrassingly amateurish, like a Fox News segment covering spring break.

Yes porn is a business. According to you, that makes it exploitative. Ok. You bring up Wal-Mart but believe it or not there are businesses with strong unions. Wal-Mart isn’t all of work.

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

Serious question: do you think there is any type of wage-labor that isn't exploitative?

Great analysis, Anna. My research is in amateur porn and I’m so tired of seeing both actual amateur and pro am porn being presented as solely sleazy, exploitative, and involving hot young girls. The world of amateur porn is so much bigger and more diverse than documentaries like this one have any desire to admit.

The film lingers on the worst aspects of pro am, including some humiliating scenarios where women are subjected to choking....