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Vilix
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Wait. She went by her real name as porner?
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Bree Olson's Untold Story.
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That is such bullshit, and super true. The way adult industry stars are treated is fucking pathetic. IT. IS. A. JOB. Can you imagine if you worked as a teacher and had to deal with the level of discrimination adult film performers deal with? The lack of empathy on display for adult industry and sex workers is really deplorable. Sex isn't bad. Getting paid for having sex isn't bad. Why it's so hard to get a grip on the concept is beyond me. As long as the people performing sex on camera are healthy and being safe, I don't see the problem.
hodayathink
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If I really were him, I'd be posting from beyond the grave. Which would be fairly impressive.
The problem with this idea is that all it would take is one person finding out, and that one person would tell a few people, and maybe one of those people posts it on Facebook, and then half the town knows.
Stiflers Mom
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To be honest, it's hard for me to feel sad for her.
Most people are not having the chance to earn millions once in their lifetime.
Plus, even when I was 18 years old, everybody knew that if they'd do porn, people would have a weird outlook on them.
I can't imagine her being so oblivious to how the world (and the US escpecially) views porn actors.
Most people are not having the chance to earn millions once in their lifetime.
Plus, even when I was 18 years old, everybody knew that if they'd do porn, people would have a weird outlook on them.
I can't imagine her being so oblivious to how the world (and the US escpecially) views porn actors.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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I don't think its that much different in Europe, least in the UK/Ireland. Ireland still can't grasp the concept that women should be allowed to have an abortion if they're so inclined.
Mohonky
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Made millions, was young. Probably blew it all. She does say in the article she should have kept going for another 5 years till she was more financially mature.
The article isnt even about what a lot of people think its about, she never said she regrets porn per se, just the way people viewed her because of it and how it had an impact on her ability to find work outside the industry.
Baron Doggystyle von Woof
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You really don't understand what this is about do you.
Herr Starr
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To be fair, the UK is closer to the USA than it is to Europe in most ways.
So where did all the other retired pornstars go that are on twitter living decent lives
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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True, I couldn't speak to continental Europe.
RumblingRosco
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According to Wikipedia, no.
I feel bad for her but given the awful history of this industry but what did she expect?!
Society as a whole has been turning on women who pursue a career in porn and then try to become 'civilians' again since the seventies when Deep Throat crossed over to the mainstream, albeit infamously.
Was she expecting some kind of Kardashian style cross over into big money media success? I don't begrudge her experimenting sexually as a young woman but did she really have to let the whole world see her labia as she did so?
Sad, but as inevitable as the setting sun.
Society as a whole has been turning on women who pursue a career in porn and then try to become 'civilians' again since the seventies when Deep Throat crossed over to the mainstream, albeit infamously.
Was she expecting some kind of Kardashian style cross over into big money media success? I don't begrudge her experimenting sexually as a young woman but did she really have to let the whole world see her labia as she did so?
Sad, but as inevitable as the setting sun.
sturgboski
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If this is the issue with folks in the "traditional" version of the industry, I wonder what comes of those on the audition sites or, better yet, cam girls?
Dreams-Visions
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I think if she just eased out of LA, she'd be able to slip into a place where nobody has even heard of her before. I had never heard of her until now.
Not sure what marketable skills she's cultivated since retirement, tough? If she's going to stay around entertainment, she's going to be recognized.
Not sure what marketable skills she's cultivated since retirement, tough? If she's going to stay around entertainment, she's going to be recognized.
"Hello neighbor! No need to be so formal! I've seen your vagina."
sturgboski
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Well I spot coffee on my desk. Thanks
Sho_Nuff82
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If you're not in the top 500 most popular stars, chances are the average person has never heard of you. How many D-league NBA players or minor league MLB players could you name?
Meanwhile a retired Rob Gronkowski isn't going to slip into a quiet job as a Home Depot manager in his hometown without being mobbed every time he's in public.
Ivan A Nguyen
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Not sure if this should get a NSFW tag, but that's what I get for thinking this would be about the Olson twin's younger unknown sister.
That's the problem
hodayathink
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The funniest thing about this statement is that the Olson twins' younger sister is an Avenger.
Snkfanatic
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What a strange take on the article.
His and backslash are both bad for different reasons. Par for the course for bunny recently.
US porn stars sometimes get happy endings too. Some of them have been able to cross over into the mainstream (see Game of Thrones/Westworld actors), some have moved on to sex journalism (working for Vice and publications like that), some have gotten book deals, etc. That's obviously just the 1% of the 1% of porn actors, most obviously aren't that lucky.
Earthbound64
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So should the age to appear in pornography be moved back to 35, then?
Ba-dum psh.
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