If you’ve ever watched porn, or lied about watching porn, or wondered what it might be like to “act” in porn, or generally pondered porn’s place in our collective consciousness (unconsciousness?), have we got the story for you. Susannah Breslin—who has written extensively about the porn industry—takes us inside the world of male porn stars. They are, apparently, desperate for more than a good fluffer. They’re desperate for… love.
As Breslin writes, “Stripped of their clothes by the medium, stripped of their dignity by the nature of their work, and stripped of their pride by the all-seeing, unblinking eye of the camera that followed their every desperate thrust, Porn Valley’s working stiffs offer a peek behind the curtain of masculinity at manhood laid bare.”
I feel the need to comment, but am not sure what to say. Such a sad industry and life for these men. Brava to you for taking on writing about it.