Tag: testing
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Fantasy + Capitalism = Adult Entertainment
In Chapter 15, I discussed the awkward intersection of capitalism and fantasy. In Chapter 16, I’ll touch on homophobia, testing, and the leglity of condoms.
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On STD Outbreaks in Porn… I’ll Defer to Nina Hartley
I’ve been reading up on the recent HIV outbreak in the porn industry and trying to wrap my head around what’s going on in a way that’s helpful. I’ve been drafting blog posts, erasing them, reading more, drafting more… And I keep giving up. The problem of STD outbreaks in porn is bigger than my…
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HIV Crisis Continuing in Adult Industry
The HIV crisis in the porn industry continues, with rumors of up to four performers now being infected (these rumors are NOT confirmed), all of whom were active in the Kink.com community. This is scary news. Very scary news. I don’t know if this has anything to do with the fact that condoms are now…
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Some Things to Keep in Mind When HIV Rears Its Ugly Head in the Porn Biz
A relatively new adult performer named Cameron Bay has tested positive for HIV antibodies, and has gone back in for further tests to confirm whether this means she actually has the virus or not, according to XBiz. The Free Speech Coalition has called for a moratorium on all filming until–at least–the results are in and,…
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Food for Thought: The Post-Weekend Edition
I had quite a weekend. The Vanilla Party, “A DELICIOUSLY DECADENT FETISH FANTASY SUPER SEXY DUB STEP PARTY, COSTUME PLAY EVENT,” on Friday night was wild (see photo above for reference). Sadly my camera guy wasn’t able to come so I didn’t get the press footage I wanted (grump!) but yeah, definitely check it out…
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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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What to Do When Your Favorite Porn Star Does Something Awful
Here’s what you do when you find out someone you have known personally and really, really liked as a person and a performer for years has done something totally not-ok that has affected thousands of other people: you get really, really conflicted about how to respond to the revelation. Earlier this month, I heard that…
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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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DEAR ANTI-PORN ACTIVISTS — Chew on this.
I’ve been thinking a lot about the reasoning and ideology behind anti-porn talking heads (Gail Dines, Naomi Wolf, Shelley Lubben), “activists” (AHF), and legislation (Cal-OSHA). Though I have many arguments against most of this ideology on small levels about the wrong-headedness of shame surrounding sex and porn, etc, it occurs to me that there’s a…
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Why Anti-Porn Ideology is Totally Wrong-Headed
Sighh…. You know, I’ve been thinking a lot about this whole Naomi Wolf anti-porn line of reasoning, and though I have many arguments against it on small levels, it suddenly occurred to me yesterday that there’s a much bigger and glaringly obvious fault with anti-porn ideology. Especially the “feminist” kind. Namely that its major, though…