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Stoya Takes a Bath and Talks About Her New Pay-Per-Scene Porn Site
"I don't want to grab the balls of the adult-film industry. I want part of its heart."
Janice Dickinson Is Writing an Advice Column for a Gay Magazine
Do you need help with your STD? Just ask Janice!
'Dinner with Igor' Will Make You Wish You Ate Brunch with More Porn Stars
The guy behind Driven by Boredom is crowdfunding a photo book of his celebrity diner dates.
Mandating Condom Use in Porn Is Wrongheaded and Stupid
No good argument can be made for requiring porn to set a good example for safer sex practices on-screen.
How the Financial Sector Is Making Life Miserable for Sex Workers
The Department of Justice’s initiative Operation Choke Point looks to be putting pressure on banks like Chase to terminate the accounts of several porn performers. That would be just one part of a long-standing pattern, and sex workers would like it to...
'Hacked' Is a Porn Studio's Cry for Help
Digital Playground's new porno is inspired by the time their site got hacked.
Stoya on the Importance of Accurately Writing About Sex Work
On-camera sex scenes are often edited and stitched together to create a final product that barely resembles what happened on set. Similarly, accounts of sex work can be altered through writing and editing to give people the wrong idea about the...
Stoya on Ovarian Cysts and Dressing for Porn Awards
Modern medicine can offer me the ability to have my eggs frozen with a decent chance of turning one into a baby 20 years from now, but it can't help me stop the pain from ovarian cysts. With no happy ending in sight, I'm going to babble about the porn...
The HIV Problem in Porn Is More Complicated Than Condoms
You can't regulate away STDs, including AIDS.
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.