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Originally Posted by kane
In the case of the cop in the post I made when she was 19 her mom got sick and she was in college. She had two choices. Either find a way to make enough money to help her mom out while she was in school or quit school and get a full time job. Through a series of event she met some people who hooked up with a content producer and she ended up making about 8-10 porn movies over the course of a year. She made enough to help her mom who then got better and she left the biz. Then almost 20 years later someone found out about it. She came clean. She even pointed out that she never lied about her past because she was never asked about it, but still it cost her her career. Even if she wins her lawsuit and they are forced to hire her back they will be doing everything in their power to find a reason to fire her.
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That's fucked up. I really hope she wins. I saw the other day that January Seraph started Adult Performers Association. Refreshing b/c I don't think there has ever been such a group. Unless you count the FSC, of course, which I don't because they kind of suck. Here's the link.
http://adultperformers.org/
What kills me is how the guy who made the first post has a 2001 join date. He has absolutely no excuse to be such an idiot. The only thing I can think of is that maybe it's kind of like how when my grandparents gave me $2K to invest in the stock market when I was 8 years old. I used it buy shares for companies that made the toys, video games, and candy that I liked at the time. Probably not the wisest investment strategy, but it was still worth over $60K when I was granted access to the account after finishing college. Point being that even someone with the brain of an 8 year could have been somewhat successful in this industry if they had started at around that time.
I've only had a limited amount of interaction with girls (performers) in the industry, but most of them seem to be pretty intelligent. At least more so than the majority of mid-twenties girls that I know or have known here where I live. I certainly doubt many of them would know how to get or what to with 70,000 followers on Twitter. It's actually really funny to think about it. Porn stars are essentially running their own companies whereas many girls of the same age in my town are still getting coffee for their boss.
I don't want to judge anyone though. Maybe Dark Jedi and people who think like him just happen to live in places where the girls are more attractive, career oriented and competitive. Or in a city that is both more intellectually and more culturally stimulating than it is here. Maybe their logic can somehow be justified. I'm just not really feeling it.
