Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On—The Production

I first heard that a sequel to Hot Girls Wanted was being made about three months ago. A performer I followed posted about being approached for filming. He rejected the offer immediately. I shared his discomfort. The first Hot Girls Wanted was a documentary film carefully designed to manipulate the viewer into feeling disgust towards… Continue reading Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On—The Production

Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On—The Subjects

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  Hi @netflix where is the button for Please Don’t Show Me Celebrity Documentaries Objectifying My Marginalized Cohort? — Lorelei Lee (@MissLoreleiLee) April 23, 2017 I want to believe with all my heart that material can be made about sex workers that doesn’t demonize or belittle us. I want to get the same feeling chefs… Continue reading Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On—The Subjects

Gia Paige After Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On

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In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On producer Rashida Jones reflected on the mistakes that were made with the original documentary: “I think that many people within the industry felt like the movie marginalized and further stigmatized sex work, which was not our intention at all.” It’s perplexing to reckon… Continue reading Gia Paige After Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On

The Week in Links—February 6th

  Rashida Jones replied (respectfully!) to Kitty Stryker‘s post earlier this week on Tits and Sass, and the two engaged in brief dialogue. Thailand is amping up arrests of sex workers in an attempt to appear to be compliant with US regulations on trafficking. SWOP-Seattle has written an open letter to lawmakers, asking them to stop bills that… Continue reading The Week in Links—February 6th

Sex History: A Response To Rashida Jones And Her Critics

Rashida Jones at the premiere of I Love You, Man, at South by Southeast in Austin, in 2009. (Photo by Flickr user thomascrenshaw)

Rashida Jones, one of the producers of Hot Girls Wanted, a new documentary on the amateur porn industry, recently proclaimed that women do not derive pleasure from performing in porn. “It’s performative,” she explains, “women aren’t feeling joy from it.” She proceeds to ask, “What is the real cost [of performing in porn] to your… Continue reading Sex History: A Response To Rashida Jones And Her Critics