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user-inactivated  ·  3713 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I'm the Duke University Freshman Porn Star and for the First Time I'm Telling the Story in my Words

    Once you transition from photo sets on iPhones to photos or videos produced for profit by a company, you are now creating something purely for the pleasure of someone else. As much as the author of this piece would like to believe she is in complete control of her choices and she gets pleasure from it, the entire porn business revolves around pleasing an outside audience (for money).

I don't think you're allowed to say this. She explicitly says she gets pleasure/enjoyment from it (yeah, I know, she's young, but...). Additionally, she gets some of the money you're talking about -- so I don't think she's the "victim" here; I'm not sure there is one.

    The fact that she seems surprised that people don't understand her choices or her way of thinking is probably the most unsettling thing about this article.

I agree, and I'd be interested in your thoughts on what I wrote below about that.