Does a sex worker’s ‘sexual circuitry’ get sunk by seas of sexual content?
I read a story years ago about the 1998 AVN awards and there was a bit about how the judges who had to watch hours and hours of film found their sexual circuitry kind of burnt out by the end. Many people can’t imagine being in that headspace for a living. Obviously, you could ask […]
Why you should pay for the porn you watch
Originally published in the Pittsburgh City Paper. A few years ago, after a well-attended academic talk on the porn industry at the Adult Video Network Convention in Las Vegas, I was chit-chatting with several porn scholars. One said, with a great deal of confidence, “The phone sex industry died because of free porn.” This was […]
With the award-winning short Krutch, Mia Gimp and Clark Matthews aim to make porn accessible for all people
Originally Published in the Pittsburgh City Paper. There were no curb ramps in Clark Matthews’ neighborhood outside Harrisburg when he was growing up. Because he uses a wheelchair, this severely limited his mobility, restricting his access and in some cases, forcing him into unsafe situations. The day the curb cuts were installed in his community, […]
