Originally published at The Well Versed It’s been more than 20 years since Ice Cube directed the world to “Look Who’s Burning” on the classic hip hop effort Death Certificate. In 2012, the answer to that question, apparently, is a whole lot of people. The porn industry was rocked by accusations that Mr. Marcus was…
Dating, getting married, getting divorced, getting back into the dating game, and breaking up has been quite the wild ride. Word to Wind in the Willows. I feel like Mr. Toad—except I’m not going to hell at the end of the ride (I don’t think). After the last major debacle, I read a bunch of…
Originally published at The Well Versed If you missed the memo, Joanna Angel is kind of a big deal. Actually, a really big deal. After starting her company, Burning Angel, in college with her roommate, Angel went from humble beginnings to the pinnacle of the industry as a pioneer of the alternative porn genre. To be clear, Alt…
Originally published at The Well Versed In the world of pop culture, porn may have gone mainstream, but other forms of sex work certainly have not. Namely, prostitution of the legal or illegal kind. Bethany St. James dabbles in the former and longs to rid the world of the latter. An outspoken advocate for legal brothels, Ms.…
Originally published at The Well Versed For better or worse, women in porn are like buses. New ones come every hour on the hour, sometimes faster. For men in the game, the issue is a little more complex. If you’re an avid smut consumer, you’ll notice that there are (maybe) 6 consistent black male stars.…
Originally posted at The Well Versed Some people fall to pieces when a bad thing happens. Other people use bad experiences to springboard to bigger and better things. When disaster hit home, Nyomi Banxxx chose the latter. What started out as a way to make money to support a member of her family turned into a full…
Originally published at The Well Versed You know you have a smash hit on your hands when your song is performed by karaoke enthusiasts across the map and country music cover bands. Most artists wait their entire careers for a smash hit that never comes—Ginuwine checked that off his list at the beginning. As infectious…
Originally posted at The Well Versed There are a lot of porn stars who have Tinsel Town dreams. But not many mainstream stars have dreams of shagging on camera—and of those that do, even fewer will make the jump. Unless your name is James Bartholet. After a successful mainstream career, Bartholet started out doing non…
Originally published at The Well Versed When the words “sex” and “education” are put together, most think of teenagers and health class. As a professionally trained sexuality educator, JamYe WaXman makes a living schooling grown folks on matters of the flesh. TWV sat down with Ms. WaXman to discuss sexual communication, how porn can help…
Originally posted at The Well Versed In the conclusion of our interview with John Stagliano, TWV talks to the director about his obscenity trial, pushing his limits on film and whether or not he’ll jump on the bandwagon and shoot a porno parody.
Anthony Springer Jr. 