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Stoya on Ethics, Porn, and Workers' Rights
I got screwed on my first porn contract. I was naive enough to sign a stock agreement, and what I've learned from my early dealings is that a fair deal in porn means making sure that the exploitation is mutual and balanced. But for other workers in...
Stoya in Praise of the Posterior, AKA the Butt
On Tuesday I was in Las Vegas again, and my trip had me thinking about butts. The vast majority of the butts I see in person belong to people who work in pornography or are involved in other sorts of work in front of cameras or on stages. Which is why...
Stoya on Starvation Economies and Getting New Cats
I've only encountered the concept of starvation economy in BDSM-practicing and polyamorous communities. How it is possible to have enough love for more than one partner? With lovers, jobs, and with cats love is not so much a problem of vanishing...
Natural Beauty Is Just a Marketing Tool
In porn, one of the things I'm marketed as is "all natural." This phrase basically indicates that I have not had breast implants or other obvious plastic surgery. It has absolutely nothing to do with whether I've dyed the hair on my head, what...
So You Want to Perform in Porn
If you read that and thought, 'Why yes, I do want to perform in porn,' this is for you. If not, please feel free to read along for potential entertainment value. Or put the computer down, and go do whatever it is that people do on Fridays.
Stoya on Peeking Behind the Porn Curtain
As a culture, we are fascinated by what entertainers and public personalities do when they aren't at work and how they became who they are. This is why demand for biographies, interviews, and backstage/on-set photographs exists. The superficiality in...
The VICE Podcast Show - Stoya on Gender Roles and the Future of Monogamy
'The VICE Podcast Show' is a weekly unedited discussion in which we go inside the minds of some of the most interesting, creative, and bizarre people we come across. This week, host Reihan Salam talks to adult performer and VICE columnist Stoya about...
Art Is Just as Powerful as Protest
Getting people to care and want to learn about things that they don't see as directly impacting their lives can be difficult. Which is why I believe that wrapping points and ideas up in pretty or exciting packages is just as valid a tactic as...
Stoya on How to Perform a Meathook
There's a frequently repeated anecdote about 20th century ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky from one of his early shows in Paris. Someone asked him if it was hard to perform one of his celebrated leaps—to stay suspended in the air in a way that appeared...
Stoya on Why Las Vegas and Megachurches Are the Pinnacle of Human Achievement
Humans are by no means the only animal that engages in behaviors which do nothing to directly contribute to the survival of the individual or species as a whole. However, we do seem to do it harder than any other creature.
Stoya on the Metaphysics of Cocksucking
"What's your number-one tip for giving the best blowjob?" This question drives me insane.
Stoya on the Pitfalls of Heteronormativity and Monogamy
Being outside of heteronormativity tends to come with a need to consider one's personal views on roles in relationships, how our appearance affects the way we are perceived, what sex actually is, what monogamy is, and what arrangements are right for us.