intentions.
I don’t trust anyone who says they do pornography simply out of love.
It’s not that I don’t think one cannot love to do pornography: I was certainly far more motivated by love than by money.
It’s just that love alone does not carry one through the treachery of the adult industry. There has to be other motivation: often it is money, often it is narcissism or a desire for attention, sometimes it is a belief in some kind of porn-fueled mission for the good of society.
Usually its a desire for money or attention, however. I’m not going to lie: my motives, good though they may have been, were hardly untainted by such base desires.
The problem with pornography – or at least, a problem with pornography, is that it is so inextricably tied in with the personal. There are so many bodies and emotions and feelings and neuroses bound into the art, far more than any other field, that its difficult to treat it as though it is just another industry.
You can try, but you’d be lying to yourself.
The thing about pornography is that there’s always more beneath the surface.
I remember looking at Nakkidnerds back in the day, as well as Raverporn and your own site, ThatStrangeGirl….I remember some of the sets you reference on this blog. thanks for sharing what was going on then. A behind the scenes look, if you will
I can say that at the time it was seemingly cool to look at relatively normal, cute girls buck naked.
It feeds into a fantasy but becomes old and the slippery slope sends you to places you maybe shouldn’t go. It can also be a crutch, keeping you from going into the world and experiencing mature adult relationships devoid of fantasy.
I think sex positive adult sites are fine, especially if the woman is in total control of what she’s putting out there. It seems a lot of people I used to look at back in the alt porn heyday are as disillusioned as you are. You don’t see so many of the webgirls and photo sets don’t update like they used to. I’d like to think both the voyeurs and exhibitionists got smarter, more mature, and ready for the world. It certainly looks like you have Good luck