Tag: entertainment
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It’s Scary to Write About Some Things…
…but I wrote about them anyway, scary as they are. **Trigger warnings all up in this biz.** In the wake of the many allegations of rape, assault, and misconduct leveled against James Deen in recent weeks (as of my last count, there are now eleven women who say he violated their consent on and off…
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Yellowface is a Problem, But It’s Not THE Problem
Background: for those of you who haven’t heard yet, porn company Burning Angel recently made a porn parody of The Walking Dead. Burning Angel specializes in parodying horror movies (see: Fuckenstein), so the zombie show is right up their alley. They tried to get all the people they cast in their film to look as…
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5 Reasons to Vote No on Measure B Tomorrow
For those who don’t know: Measure B will appear on Los Angeles County ballots in tomorrow’s election, and if passed would require adult performers to use condoms, gloves, and/or dental dams in all porn shoots filmed in LA County. It would also require the funding and deployment of LA County Department of Health employees to…
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Let’s Talk About How to Talk to Kids Who Find Porn Online
Because things can never be easy, I have fallen sick with some kind of stomach bug and sinus problems the day before my move. I’m going to leave work early to go home and rest/drink broth/pack. I really want to talk about this article on Salon about how to deal with finding your kid’s porn……
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Health Care for Adult Stars and Sex Workers
Sure, the words “porn” and “health care” may conjure up images like the one above for most of us, but let’s get serious here, shall we? Since Hollie Stevens, award-winning adult performer and truly beautiful human being, tragically and passed away far too young a week and a half ago, I’ve been thinking a lot…
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The HIV Scare is Over, But Probably Not the Hysteria
Patient Alpha, who tested positive for HIV at the end of August, has re-tested negative! Yippie! The results of a second test were announced on Saturday, after the porn industry had been shut down for almost a week, and the unnamed, un-gender-identified, un-age-specific patient doesn’t have the virus after all! Let’s all dance around with…
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JENNA HAZE — “I was like, ‘If you’re gonna cum, just cum on her!’”
This is Part 2 of an insanely long 3-part interview with WHACK!’s favorite sexy stoner, Jenna Haze! Check out Part 1 from last week, and tune back in next week for even more of the filthiest female in the biz dishing on her company, her personal life, and her smoking habits! W! I was thinking…
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Thinking About Consent Again: What’s the Best Model for Porn?
A Newsweek article I read today about male-male rape in the military (seriously, only click on that link if you’re in a pleasant frame of mind; if you start out unhappy, you’ll end it wanting to go out and hurt someone) got me thinking about issues of sexual consent, and human ugliness, and how it…
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JENNA HAZE — “She’s not just a total slut like she is on camera. She’s the kind of girl who you wouldn’t know does porn!”
You may not have realized this, but WHACK! Magazine and its staph of derelicts and degenerates are pretty 420-friendly. As this year’s biggest holiday, the 20th of April, approached, we scratched our heads and thought, “How can we make this 4/20 the best one yet?” And the answer came to us, as if from heaven,…
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Shameless: Yes
Last night at a friend’s house I watched the first episode of the new William H. Macy Showtime drama, “Shameless.” (Between Macy’s new vehicle and Steve Buscemi’s “Boardwalk Empire” on HBO, this seems to be the year of the weird-looking-dude on major cable channels. I LOVE it! These two guys have been favorites of mine…