Apparently Lu is yet another morality cop.

Lu is a code name for "WWeek writer"

Hello Portland Mercury (and "Lu"),

I was a teenaged porn star. You can read how my career in porn ended when a Portland pornographer twice my age beat me to death on the eve of my retirement.

“Mom says murdered daughter was lured into porn”
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/9469032…

Please bear with me, this is difficult to do from over here.

Large companies have more stringent vetting than small ones because the more money involved means more to lose if t’s aren’t crossed and i’s aren’t dotted. But somehow people expect the opposite when it comes to porn because the fewer people involved, the more “organic" it supposedly is, even if it's gang rape in a bathroom.
Queer women (whither “lesbians”?) filming themselves for a contest is to mainstream porn as a free lemonade stand is to Wal-Mart. Neither stop the well-documented harms to the women inside, and at least Wal-Mart lemonade has to list the ingredients by legal decree.

The Ghost of Emily Egan

That's a great point you're implying, ghost. Bad things never happen to people unless they do porn! Emily Egan is the only person who's ever been murdered, and it was totally because she did porn. Everyone who does porn gets beaten to death in a bathroom, sooner or later.

I used to shoot porn. I wasn't IN porn, I just shot it... and directed it... and got paid for it! Are men not also objectified? I think it takes more balls (no pun! no pun! ok, pun...) for men to do it, what with the flappy junk, odd tan lines, bright and shining brown star, horrible O-face, and of course 'performance issues'. The girls just have to look like they're having fun, and be reasonably attractive. That's all. Hell, I'd rather be the objectified woman than the man, any day!

If you want really bad porn, have people in it that are uncomfortable and don't want to be there. No amount of acting can make it more attractive, it's just trash if they aren't enjoying it and having a ton of fun. Sex is fun, therefore porn should be fun, therefore people in porn should be having fun.

I worked for a really small 'company' (it was a rich guy who wanted to be in porn- ok!), but we were very thorough, and paid well. There's no reason for anyone on either side of the spectrum to put up with bullshit, or being 'lured', or abused, or any of that crap. If you're a girl, be hot and have a good, safe, professional attitude, and you'll get good, professional, safe jobs. Being a professional means doing your homework, and getting TESTED LIKE THE DEVIL. If someone doesn't ask you for your AIM test, regardless of condoms, DO NOT work for them, because the others won't be tested either. Also, don't put up with anyone who tries to intimidate you for any reason. Porn is everywhere, there's no need to put up with assholes.

Enjoy yourselves!

Molly, are you suggesting that Emily Egan wouldn't have been beaten to death by a pornographer if she were hotter and/or had a better attitude? I'm not sure how else to interpret your advice that being a hot girl with a good attitude ensures safety.

Raymond, I can't think of any managers other than pimps who frequently attempt to murder or succeed in murdering employees who say "I quit." However, everyday in the USA four women are murdered by their male sex partners, and 75% of those women are murdered in the act of trying to get away from their abusers.