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“The systems of patriarchy are really threatened by sexual liberation, especially female sexual liberation.”

— Stoya

SHOW DESCRIPTION

Location: Brooklyn, New York
Date: Friday 15th November
Company/project: hellostoya.com
Role: Pornographic Actress, Model and Writer

The porn industry is estimated to be worth around $97 billion, 25% of all internet searches are porn related, and 98% of men and 78% of women watch porn. So why is such a huge industry consumed by such a large percentage of the population viewed with so much stigma?

People working in the industry face a constant battle with financial censorship. Banks regularly close accounts, credit cards are often rejected, and payment processors can be hard to come by. From financial censorship to a lack of regulations, sex workers are exploited and abused, despite being an industry which is entirely legal in the majority of countries.

In this interview, I talk to pornographic actress, model and writer Stoya. We discuss what it is like to work in the porn industry, the stigma & discrimination in the sex industry, how it affects her outside life and financial censorship.

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SHOW NOTES

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Mentioned in the show:

Defiance: Social Sex Revolution | Cindy Gallop
What Bitcoin Did: Holly Randall on Porn, Censorship and Bitcoin
What Bitcoin Did: How Crypto Protects Sex Workers with Ameen Soleimani & Allie Eve Knox from Spankchain
The New York Times: Opinion | Can There Be Good Porn?
The Guardian: Stoya: 'I thought female sexuality was an OK thing?'
The Guardian: How Stoya took on James Deen and broke the porn industry's silence
The Guardian: Making porn actors wear condoms is not the best way to protect us | Stoya
BBC: Louis Theroux, Twilight of the Porn Stars
Wikipedia: Roll Red Roll
VICE: Dating, Travel and the Porn Industry | How Stoya Makes it Work for Her
VICE: Stoya on Gender Roles and More: VICE Podcast 005
Slate: Why Are We Still So Worried About Watching Porn?
Wikipedia: Measure B (disambiguation)
Wikipedia: Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act
Business Insider: FOSTA-SESTA anti-sex-trafficking law has been a failure: opinion
Rolling Stone: Four Porn Performers Accuse Top Agent Derek Hay of Sex Abuse, Trafficking
VICE: Why Was the Entire Cast of WWE's 'SmackDown' Trapped in Saudi Arabia?
Emily Nagoski, Ph.D.

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