An explicit look into the world of porn, from a woman who was a superstar in the industry. Small, aka Ashley Blue, weaves through the intricacies of a decade in and out of the adult film industry, love, drugs, and her own firebrand of what it means to live ecstatically.
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I was responding to a modeling ad. I was nervous, but I needed a job. I’d been fired, asked to quit, and just plain not shown up for my last four jobs in five months. I wanted to figure out all the answers to life on my terms. #2 I was too young and shallow to understand anything beyond skin-deep attraction and barfly philosophies. I loved meeting new men and going off to have sex. I never thought of it as giving it up. I got something out of it. #3 For some rare, minority breed of women, it’s the high fashion catwalk. For the rest of us, it’s porn. I was ashamed because deep down inside, it turned me on. I was allured because I didn’t realize how much it turned me on. #4 I had once cheated on my boyfriend Tyler, and I didn’t tell him or anyone else about it. I thought he would never know, and therefore it would never hurt him. I was only twenty years old, and there were a lot of dudes around.
How does a girl go from being a shy, awkward bookworm to the biggest porn star in the world? In Sinner Takes All, Tera Patrick reveals all, including: her career as an international model; losing her virginity at fourteen to a thirtysomething photographer; learning oral sex techniques backstage at a Guns N' Roses concert; having an orgy with a team of firefighters; her unglamorous job in a nursing home; her first forays into the adult movie business; and how, with her husband's help, she launched her own multimillion-dollar empire. Along the way, she dishes on the emotional side of being Tera Patrick, writing candidly about her battles with depression and anxiety. She also discusses finding true love and building a healthy marriage, achievements that many consider to be impossible in the world of porn. Featuring hundreds of photos, plus diary pages and scintillating sidebars, Sinner Takes All takes the tell-all to raunchy new heights.
An award-winning, popular actress in the porn industry describes her unusual life and discusses her views on women and sexuality as well as offering an inside look into the porn industry and her relationships with other actors, including her husband.
Split Lips unites a slew of Los Angeles's predominant artists to present a remarkable anthology, granting readers a multi-faceted perspective on intimacy they otherwise may never know.Love knows no boundaries, a timeless concept revisited and drilled deep into the psyche through tales of unthinkable fetishism, secretions, esoteric romance, insecurities, hedonism, and even grief. Visions of intimate relationships transform when filtered through the minds of peculiar writers, sex workers, filmmakers, musicians, and other eccentrics. By spilling their guts, these brave storytellers may leave an imprint on yours; now open up as they have for you.Featuring stories by Oriana Small, Kris Kidd, Chad Fjerstad, Chris Zeischegg, Ariel Rosenberg, Niko Sonnberger, and more.
Philosophy, Pussycats, & Porn is a series of essays, blog posts, and stories surveying more than a decade of poignant journalistic accounts from internationally recognized writer, actor, and pornographer Stoya. Stoya provides crucial examinations of systemic biases toward sex workers and how sexuality is reflected in society. Stoya often points her journalistic lens inward, providing us with personal, illustriously detailed stories of her life, her collaborators, and how she has built a flourishing media haven in the face of a culture that is still learning how to handle public discourses on sex work
“Erica Garza has written a riveting, can’t-look-away memoir of a life lived hardcore…In an era when predatory male sexual behavior has finally become a topic of urgent national discourse…Getting Off makes for a wild, timely read” (Elle). A fixation on porn and orgasm, strings of failed relationships and serial hook-ups with strangers, inevitable blackouts to blunt the shame—these are not things we often hear women share publicly, and not with the candor, eloquence, and introspection Erica Garza brings to Getting Off. What sets this courageous and riveting account apart from your typical misery memoir is the absence of any precipitating trauma beyond the garden variety of hurt we’ve all had to endure in simply becoming a person—reckoning with family, learning to be social, integrating what it means to be sexual. Whatever tenor of violence or abuse Erica’s life took on through her behavior was of her own making, fueled by fear, guilt, self-loathing, self-pity, loneliness, and the hopelessness those feelings brought on as she runs from one side of the world to the other in an effort to break her habits—from East Los Angeles to Hawaii and Southeast Asia, through the brothels of Bangkok and the yoga studios of Bali to disappointing stabs at therapy and twelve-steps back home. In these remarkable pages, Garza draws an evocative, studied portrait of the anxiety that fuels her obsessions, as well as the exhilaration and hope she begins to feel when she suspects she might be free of them. Getting Off offers a brave and necessary voice to our evolving conversations about addiction and the impact that internet culture has had on us all—“a profoundly genuine, gripping story that any reader can appreciate” (Vice). “In reading Garza’s insight into her own experiences, we better understand ourselves” (The New York Times Book Review).
"The Mount Rushmore of Adult Entertainment has four heads: John Holmes, Marilyn Chambers, Jenna Jameson, and Seka. That's it; there ain't no more." - Bill Margold, famed adult film actor, agent, producer, director, and activist Seka-The Platinum Princess, the Marilyn Monroe of Porn, the queen of XXX cinema's Golden Age, and John Holmes' favorite leading lady. Seka is a legendary performer in the annals of adult cinema, and many would say the greatest. Seka's name was so big in XXX that her name above the title was not enough-her name had to be in the title! Seka's real life story, though, is as enigmatic as her screen persona. She was never a victim-on-screen or off. This is no tale of remorse, abuse, or self-destructive behavior. Seka was post-feminist before the term was born. Inside Seka is the story of a survivor, a trailblazer, and an icon-still one of the most popular and famous porn stars ever; the last of the natural beauties. "Before the Jennas, the Bree Olsons, or the Savannas, the undisputed blonde bombshell of XXX movies was Seka, which makes her story so important in the history of adult entertainment." - Ron Jeremy, porn legend, holder of the Guinness Book of World Records for "Most Appearances in Adult Films." "From calling the shots in a film genre in the days when it was completely controlled by men, to standing and being heard at the infamous Meese Commission, Seka shatters the myth of the poor little victim who lost her way. Don't expect excuses and apologies. This is one blonde bombshell who lives by her own rules." - Candida Royalle, author, entrepreneur, and erotic film pioneer "She was one of the hottest girls in the XXX business, able to seduce any man she wanted. So it should come as no surprise that her story is riveting." - Larry Flynt, Hustler magazine Kerry Zukus is the author, co-author, or ghostwriter of over 40 books, including From Harvard to Hell and Back, the upcoming Inside the Hotel Rwanda, and Book of the Month Club Feature Selection The Fourth House.
The Biggest Names in the Adult Entertainment Biz in One Big Tell-All! "A fascinating peek into the sex lives of porn's top stars. A juicy read!"— Anka Radakovich, sex columnist, British GQ “I can't stop reading this! Enlightening and insightful, revealing, arousing, and tips from the pros! This is like the Kinsey Reports of adult entertainment for our generation.”—Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, guitarist for Guns N' Roses “This is the only book that has kept our hands off each other and on the pages! Two peckers up!”—Sal Governale and Richard Christy, The Howard Stern Show “Confessions of the Hundred Hottest Porn Stars offers a rare and insightful glimpse into the minds of adult stars—their secret sexual fantasies, preferences, and vulnerabilities. Lainie Speiser has a unique rapport with adult industry actors that enables her to elicit heartfelt revelations from those who are used to hiding behind carefully constructed facades. No other book has ever shed so much light on the inner erotic world of the sexiest and most sexual women and men in the universe. A must-read for anyone who wants to learn about the origin of sexual disinhibition, become a better lover—or simply to get turned on!"—Victoria “Dr. Z” Zdrok, author of Dr. Z on Scoring “This book is a pleasurable romp into the secret lives of the most beautiful and intriguing women in the world of porn. As a fellow 'Sexpert,' I found this book to be fascinating as it captures the naughty and nice secrets of porn stars who are usually very elusive. Lainie Speiser is a porn pioneer and this book of short-tales is packed full of secrets that are both sexy and surprising.”—Kristin Davis, The Manhattan Madam, candidate for governor of New York 2010 "Lainie Speiser has fulfilled every porn fan’s fantasy by getting inside the minds—and bedrooms—of the industry’s most popular stars. An intimate, fun and sexy read!"—Eric Danville, author of The Complete Linda Lovelace The stories don’t come any more sexy, funny, or raw than they do in Confessions of the Hundred Hottest Porn Stars. They’re all here. One-hundred of the world’s most famous porn stars—including Nikki Benz, Tera Patrick, Nick Manning, Jesse Jane, Sunny Leone, Tabitha Stevens, Ron Jeremy, Breanne Benson, Brooke Haven, Mr. Marcus, Brittany Andrews, Stoya, Joanna Angel, Lupe Fuentes, James Deen, Bree Olson, Kayden Kross, Kelly Divine, Misty Stone, Peter North, Taylor Wane, Phoenix Marie, Evan Seinfeld, Gina Lynn, and Sophia Santi—and they’re not afraid to share their innermost thoughts on: —what really turns them on —their favorite sexual positions—both on- and off-camera —their innermost sexual fantasies —the fun of threesomes, foursomes, and orgies —the joys of double penetration —being married to another porn star and why open marriages and relationship work best Penthouse publicist and columnist Lainie Speiser, who has worked behind the scenes of the adult industry for 20 years, gets the hottest people in the business to open up and share their secrets, offer advice on sex, and tell you about their hidden desires and favorite toys. The stories are shocking, gripping, surprising, and fun, revealing what these porn stars really think about themselves and their sex lives. And each confession is accompanied by the star’s favorite photo.