Girlvert: A Porno Memoir

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OS/AB I am doing a book signing Aug. 18th at Booksmith in SF. I will have more details on my blog soon. W! Do you think Max Hardcore made performance art? If he continues making movies when he’s released, what are the chances you’ll work for him?

Currently, Oriana Small has been running her Vivid Radio show, Blue Movies, since November 2013 and writes for Hustler Magazine. She won multiple Adult Video News awards, including 2004 Female Performer of the Year and Best Supporting Actress in 2005.I used to work on Sherman Way in Reseda in the 80's and I would see many of the sex club workers, porn actors and actresses as well as all the other by-products of that field and era. "Boogie Nights" captures that time, place and period quite well, and "Girlvert" also gives me a birds-eye view of porn filming and living. Although the world in the book takes place in the 21st Century, it still seems very 80's like. Some things never change. W! As far as “degeneracy” goes, you never played around with the solo, girl/girl, softcore stuff. You went straight for hardcore, performing acts on camera that many people find degrading. But your book seemed to me to imply that any degradation you felt came not from your sex acts, but from the emotional manipulation you went through off screen. What is it, do you think, that draws you to such extremes in both your on-camera persona and off-camera emotional state?

W! You made a very strong case in your book for the freedom of expression in pornography, as regarded an obscenity case brought against JM Productions. What’s been your take on your friend Max Hardcore’s incarceration, Ira Isaac’s impending trial, and so on? What’s the deal? Is the government trying to shut down porn, or just put on a good show to the moral majority? W! I was very impressed with your ability to write a memoir that showed every side of your emotions as you went through extremes, both physical and emotional, without putting much of an op-ed spin on it. You’re telling the story like it was, but not trying to exhort your readers to feel any particular way about it. What do you expect them to feel in response?Andersson, Acme (June 7, 2004). "Adam Film World 2003 Award Winners Announced". Adult Video News . Retrieved February 12, 2014. W! I was intrigued that, in the book, most of the way through, you talked about morality and perversion in surprisingly traditional ways and placed yourself squarely into the perverted camp, claiming little in the way of moral rectitude. But doesn’t part of you feel that maybe it’s the rest of the world that’s screwed up morally? You’ve created a life for yourself based on your sexual performances and “perversion.” Do you think maybe it’s the ones wearing the morality police t-shirts that should be considered immoral for calling you the pervert and the degenerate, but still wanting to see the things you do badly enough to sponsor your career through their consumer dollars? In 2011, she published a memoir of her career in the adult entertainment industry, titled Girlvert: A Porno Memoir. [2] Career [ edit ] But times have indeed changed. I wouldn't go so far as to say pornography (in its more vanilla varieties) is mainstream, but it's the dirty secret we all share, with a conspiratorial wink. Naturally, this is the perfect time for a porn memoir like Girlvert by Oriana Small (porn name: Ashley Blue), which doesn't sugarcoat the workaday life of hardcore porn stars and yet somehow, at the same time, manages to create an endearing, sympathetic portrait of the protagonist. However, the overall gut punch of the book is undeniable. This is a woman who has, in the darkest times of her life, been in one of the darkest and most frightening communities in the country and she managed to come out the other side a stronger, balanced person.

Her private sex life has already been quite weird and not for the squeamish. She makes her point clear that she does not regret her choice of going into hardcore porn either. a b Rutter, Jared (January 9, 2005). "The 22nd Annual AVN Awards: A Jenna Jameson Kinda Night". Adult Video News. Archived from the original on April 14, 2008.a b Warren, Peter (February 14, 2007). "Ashley Blue, JM Productions Part Ways". Adult Video News. Archived from the original on October 24, 2007. At the initial stage in this industry, she signed a three-year contract with JM production in March 2004, which ended in February 2007. After that, she entered into a commitment with LA Direct Models. She has co-hosted Playboy TV’s Night Calls Hotline, [1] hosted her own Vivid Radio show, and written for Hustler magazine. [4] In 2003, Blue sued ex-boyfriend and fellow former adult film star Trent Tesoro on an episode of Judge Mathis. [10]

And therein lies the greater problem. I think the narrator does not have enough self reflection to make this story worth more than the sum of its parts. It occasionally dips into the past, psychological reasoning, ethical dilemmas, or philosophical quandaries about pornography, however, too often these come as asides or rhetorical questions asked in the dark. Oriana has a lot of trauma to deal with as well as a lot of joy, but all I got out of it was an endless stream of drugs and disappointment. Additionally, the character portrays herself very passively throughout, asserting most of the decisions were made by men in her life. While this may be accurate, it takes a way both personal responsibility, but more so, an active protagonist. I have read a great deal on torture, and even people who spend years of their life dominated by others finds ways to perceive themselves as actors in their own lives. OS/AB I’m too fat to work for Max. I think he has a certain type of girl that fit best in his starring roles, and I am not quite up to par. But if he would agree to be in a Girlvert… that is a different story… He is a crazy performing artist! I love watching him and that’s really all I need to call him a performance artist. It’s not like studying hard and being a lawyer or doctor. a b Smithberg, Allen (December 21, 2012). "AVN Announces 2013 2013 Hall of Fame Inductees". Adult Video News . Retrieved January 23, 2023. The actual story being told in GIRLVERT is pretty brutal. I don't watch porn but for some reason I like to read porn memoirs. I erroneously thought that this book was a more feminist take on the porn industry. I was wrong as hell. The author specializes in super hardcore pornography that sounds degrading and physically and emotionally painful. I struggled to understand how a woman could perpetuate the intensely negative view of women that her films exemplify. Small says it's acting out rape or violence against women as fantasy, as if that somehow justifies portraying characters who are abused so egregiously, but I know there have to be people who take that subject matter at face value. People who think all women like being handled roughly and demeaned in every way possible. It scares me. Blue has appeared in over 300 adult films and directed 17 adult film features. Her performances include the Girlvert series, [1] which she appeared in under contract with JM Productions. [5] She ended her contract in 2007. [5] Blue won the AVN Award for Female Performer of the Year in 2004 and the AVN Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2005. [1]

Ashley Blue Height, Weight & Measurements

Ashley Blue Wins Partial Judgment From Judge Mathis". Adult Video News. November 25, 2003 . Retrieved January 23, 2023. Ashley Blue has a height of 5 feet 4 inches (1.63 m) and weighs around 54 kg (119 lbs). Her body measurements are 34-24-34 inches. She has brown eyes and dark brown hair. The part where she met her future husband, Dave Naz, was far too rushed as were the parts where she briefly mentioned working for Playboy TV. She never mentioned her coworkers there by name. I think she didn't want to give the females attention in her own book. She featured in `Inside the Porn Actors Studio: Ashely Blue (2006), in an episode of Howard Stern’s Tv series. And from there she got her pseudonym ‘Ashley Blue.’ And it really left me questioning the nature of free will in all of this. The author clearly thought she had free will and was acting under own agency (and not that of her abusive boyfriends, the abusive system, the copious drugs and drink) but do I think she had free will? I don't think I do.