6 Porn Stars Reveal the Most Insane Things That Have Happened While Filming How much can go wrong when you’re trying to have sex on camera? A lot. I recently gathered stories from six porn performers re the wildest mishaps they’d had on set – Tanya Tate, Daisy Ducati, Derrick
Guest on the WoodRocket Podcast (ep. 62)
I had a great time in Las Vegas this past week. One of the many fun things I go to do was guest myself on the WoodRocket podcast with Lee Roy Myers and Seth’s Beard. We talked a lot about contemporary issues shaping porn and society, Hot Girls Wanted, and
Hardcore Sex Ed Videos are the Sexiest Sex of All – New Piece on Playboy
Sex education in schools has always been a volatile topic – what to teach, how to teach it, and whether or not learning about sex even has a place in the classroom. Further, sexualities aren’t fixed, and questions about sex don’t stop when you graduate. We can all pretend we
Presented without Comment – Pop Music Ad Placement
“Pop Music Is More About Advertising Now Than Before — And Nobody Realizes It” from MIC.com (5/22/15) Your favorite songs and music videos are becoming advertisements. Research out of the University of Colorado, Denver confirms the trend. Analyzing the top 30 songs on the Billboard charts every year from 1960 to 2013, researcher Storm Gloor
The Scent of a Porn Star – New Piece on UPROXX
Wikipedia knows science! Accordingly: A pheromone is a “chemical factor” that oozes out of bodies and triggers a social response in members of the same species. There are alarm pheromones, food trail pheromones, sex pheromones, and many others, all of which impact social behavior. Though research has shown pretty conclusively that pheromones exist in
Pre-release book signings & speaking in #LasVegas this week!
I’m very excited about the events happening this week in Las Vegas, NV!! Pre-Release Book Reading/Signing (June 4, 7 PM) — a very special pre-release reading and book signing event is happening in fabulous Las Vegas. I will be reading some from my book Exposure and signing a limited number
“Hot Girls Wanted” – Review (New Piece on UPROXX)
Hot Girls Wanted debuted on Netflix last Friday (5/29). According to the blurb on the screen, this is what it’s about: This 2015 Sundance Film Festival breakout documentary from producer Rashida Jones spotlights the “amateur” porn industry and the women it exploits. “…and the women it exploits.” Hot Girls Wanted follows, to
Peggy & Joan – Thoughts on the end of “Mad Men”
I really liked AMC’s “Mad Men,” and I paid close attention to it throughout its seven (six A and six B) season run – not close enough attention to analyze it on some sort of film school dissertation-type level, but attention nonetheless. When the show came to a conclusion on
Prayers (the band) and the Cholo Goth movement
This is interesting as music, as culture, as a piece of intersectionality, and more… From VICE Noisey (VICE’s music-specific news outlet, 5/20/15): The pioneering electronic/industrial “cholo goth” duo Prayers formed in 2013 with vocalist Leafar Seyer and producer Dave Parley. Both Mexican immigrants, the two have transformed the sound and
Keeping your T and the Politics of Passing
There’s no way I can unpack passing in one tiny blog post. The topic is too complex and far-reaching, and I’m not transgender. Though I can speak to the issue as I see it and as it’s been described to me and though I can do everything to be an