Why can’t it be both? A lot of people here were too young to remember Traci back in her day but she had the sort of fame and public awareness that was the envy of “legitimate” actresses. She was the kind of name who could make a movie millions. Leaving would have been as easy as walking in front of a reporter and…

This is true. She popped up in some small legit roles, like on “Married With Children” but it never really went anywhere. But she was one of the more famous porn stars of the era.

Your reading comprehension skills are negligible at best. Also I-9 forms went into circulation in 1986, after she quit porn. Also, she had a drivers license AND a birth certificate (which she stole from a woman. So also she’s an identity thief. But sure, go ahead, live your ‘somebody wanted to have sex with her and…

Your reading comprehension skills are negligible at best. Also I-9 forms went into circulation in 1986, after she quit porn. Also, she had a drivers license AND a birth certificate (which she stole from a woman. So also she’s an identity thief. But sure, go ahead, live your ‘somebody wanted to have sex with her and…

She sold that movie for $100k the equivalent of $235k today.

I don’t disagree with your overall point, but the I-9 form wasn’t a part of the hiring process during the years Lords was working in porn.  The form was introduced after the Immigration Reform and Control Act that was passed in November 1986 about 6 months after someone tipped the feds off to her real age.

She falsified documents that well?

“You ruined my life because you did porn while underage” is certainly an interesting grudge to hold.

“You ruined my life because you did porn while underage” is certainly an interesting grudge to hold. We need to be honest about the industry when discussing how that was even possible. Sure plenty of people sneak into bars with a fake ID but this was a job. She was able to get past an I-9? She falsified documents that…

maybe simply didn’t care

Agreed. As I said in another post, I think she knew what she was doing, but didn’t know (or maybe simply didn’t care) that she was putting at risk the careers and lives of those associated with her.

I’m the same age as Traci, and I remember when she was a thing. She didn’t just get paid, she was one of the highest-paid performers. Word got out about her age shortly after she turned 18, and all of a sudden, her prior work was child porn (the one film she performed in when legal was produced by the Traci Lords…

“There are some who view this as the story of a young girl who was taken advantage of by a brutal industry, there are others who view this as the story of a smart and resourceful young woman who, armed with a legitimate I.D., nearly took down said industry as well as the people in it,” she says. “All views will…

So basically she’s dating...her dad??? I’m sorry but he’s an authority figure, a ‘reality’ tv ‘star’, a cop of some sort, and grey as fuck...46? He could easily pass for 56, even 66...this is gross on so many levels....yet at the same time so Hollywood...

Oh I see what you mean now...hmm...I think this is an earnest attempt at advanced trolling. How it got ungreyed, I’ll never understand...

You mean sponsored content from Showtime?

Why the fuck am I stuck in the greys while this bull shit is out here for all the world to see?

You should know that if The Black Hebrew Israelites encountered you and your husband, they would murder you for being gay. They are a terrifying homophobic hate group, and no one talks about them, and no one does anything to stop them. One would think Morris Dees would, but he is completely uninterested in stopping or…

I feel like the 3rd party involved in the “stand-off” isn’t getting enough attention in all of this: The Black Hebrew Israelites seem to be a legit hate group.

Catholic high schools in Dallas made the decision to desegregate at least a decade before Dallas county schools finally lost their desegregation legal fight. My catholic high school was fully integrated in the early 70s.