Posts Tagged ‘adult entertainment industry’
The Adult Entertainment Industry Takes Care of Its Own
Lynn Comella’s analysis in a recent Washington Post article is excellent. Of the current porn scholars, Comella is arguably the most knowledgeable and articulate. Free Speech Coalition Protects Adult Entertainment Industry The adult entertainment industry can get along without government help. As Comelia says, “The adult community, led by the industry’s main trade association, the…
Read MoreGood Porn and Bad Porn
What Is Good Porn? This CNN piece reeks of smarm. Does “good porn” even exist? asks the headline. The assumption is that most porn is “bad,” whatever that means. Good porn turns out to be “sexually explicit internet material” — as apparently the author and his colleagues normally call it — that respects everyone’s rights,…
Read MoreStormy’s World: Inside Porn by Edward Shorter
Exciting News to Share My history of the adult entertainment industry has just been published, and the book is now available on Amazon. It’s the first serious history of the industry ever written, and my original idea was to call it, “A History of the Adult Entertainment Industry,” but then, my agent said, “No, we’re not…
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