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  • Stoya on the Great Condom Debate

    Mandatory Condom Use in Porn Is Poor Policy

  • Stoya on HIV Transmission in Pornography

    This week’s news that an adult performer named Cameron Bay tested positive for HIV has brought concern over porn practices back to mainstream attention, but the heterosexual adult industry has not had a single case of performer-to-performer HIV...

  • Stoya: Feminism and Me

    Shirking the F-word feels like turning my back on the women who fought to give me many of the advantages I have. So here goes: Hi, I’m Stoya. My politics and I are feminist... But my job is not.

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  • Stoya on Ethics, Porn, and Workers' Rights

    I got screwed on my first porn contract. I was naive enough to sign a stock agreement, and what I've learned from my early dealings is that a fair deal in porn means making sure that the exploitation is mutual and balanced. But for other workers in...

  • Stoya in Praise of the Posterior, AKA the Butt

    On Tuesday I was in Las Vegas again, and my trip had me thinking about butts. The vast majority of the butts I see in person belong to people who work in pornography or are involved in other sorts of work in front of cameras or on stages. Which is why...

  • Stoya on Starvation Economies and Getting New Cats

    I've only encountered the concept of starvation economy in BDSM-practicing and polyamorous communities. How it is possible to have enough love for more than one partner? With lovers, jobs, and with cats love is not so much a problem of vanishing...

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  • Natural Beauty Is Just a Marketing Tool

    In porn, one of the things I'm marketed as is "all natural." This phrase basically indicates that I have not had breast implants or other obvious plastic surgery. It has absolutely nothing to do with whether I've dyed the hair on my head, what...

  • So You Want to Perform in Porn

    If you read that and thought, 'Why yes, I do want to perform in porn,' this is for you. If not, please feel free to read along for potential entertainment value. Or put the computer down, and go do whatever it is that people do on Fridays. For those of...

  • Stoya on Peeking Behind the Porn Curtain

    As a culture, we are fascinated by what entertainers and public personalities do when they aren't at work and how they became who they are. This is why demand for biographies, interviews, and backstage/on-set photographs exists. The superficiality in...