Snakes, Porn, And Compersion with Angela White
“By destigmatizing porn, I argue myself out of a job,” Angela White says. “I’ll just have to find something else to do, won’t I?”
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Roy Karch’s Last Production
“Wow,” says Roy Karch, my old friend, as I lean over the railings of his bed to kiss him on the forehead. “Wow.” He reaches […]
Nice Day for A White Wedding: A “Marriage 2.0” Shoot Diary
Hot To Stop Worrying And Love San Francisco Polyamory
Polymath: Magnus Sullivan On “Marriage 2.0”
“Our goal in the porn arena is simply to make a movie that people won’t want to fast forward through and, after it’s done, will go find someone and watch it again.”
Same As the Old Boss: Paul Fishbein on the X-cellent “X-Rated”
“My mother turned to me, half appalled and half proud, and said, ‘I hope you’re making money.'”
2014: Why Nudity Matters
2014 was the year porn became a visual medium.
Greene And Hartley Tag-Team Consenting Audience in “Master of O” Reading
Submissives are father to the master
Gentleman/collar: Ernest Greene’s Masterful “Master of O”
“Everyone is aware of limits, so that when the limits get breached there is a reckoning.”
Selfies with Porn Stars: An Adult Entertainment Expo Odyssey
Just to prove I was there
Gram’s Dirty Dozen of 2013
Gram’s Dirty Dozen of 2013 (powered by Gamelink)
CatalystCon Continues to Ask Challenging Questions
Gram Ponante attends the second CatalystCon West
Miley Cyrus at the VMAs: A Pornographer’s Perspective
This did not strike me as a Fun Girl Having A Good Time. Instead it looked like the drunk girl at a party, the one who manages to turn off even the least-laid person there.
Breaking: “Black Pack” not ZZ Top
I’ve been having some problems lately, and I was kind of hoping that “The Black Pack” would serve the same function as ZZ Top did in their Eliminator videos, where they’d show up and set things right for some hapless individual. Nope.
Couples: Never use “Rape!” as a safeword
Are Sexual How To videos featuring porn stars useful, or are they a porn equivalent of pygmy boobs in National Geographic? A lesson that the world does not revolve around Gram.
[PR] Old faces, unfamiliar names in debut Exxxotica Fanny winners
Unlike many upstart adult award shows, the FANNYs sound like they might occur again
The 2012 Ropey Volley Awards: Books of the Year
Gram Ponante profiles three books worth reading, two that tell us about how we got here and one that wonders why we stay.
Porn and managed expectations: When Derek met Nikki [interview]
“If Armani hires Kate Moss,” Hay says. “Then Kate is wearing Armani that day. You will be hired for specific things.”
Porn’s “Golden Goddesses” alight in Hollywood
For many on stage and in the audience, there is a feeling of nostalgia and loss, as if it could never be that way again.
No on B: But Not Because Porn Valley Doesn’t Need Fixing
I think the adult industry needs fixing, but Measure B won’t do it.
Hey Hey, My My: This is the story of Bonnie Rotten [interview]
Here’s the thing about growing older (I’m now 23): You notice the younger people who have the savvy, sass, and sobriety to make the world interesting after you’re dead. I knew Bonnie Rotten was someone to pay attention to when I heard her say, “You like fucking my 19-year-old ass?”