Porn Stars | Mr. Pink's Blog - Part 37

After Deen, Kink Revises Rulebook

When Stoya alleged her former boyfriend James Deen was a rapist, a claim supported by at least four other women also claiming to have been assaulted in some fashion or another, it almost seemed like the accusation could signal the death knell not only for Deen himself and possibly Stoya, but for companies like Kink.com and Evil Angel, companies that had built their empires on shooting porn that pushed boundaries of taste, decency, legality, and artistry. Although both studios (and others) dropped Deen after the Stoya’s accusation caught on, Kink has been the only one to address its on-set environment and its responsibility to all its workers, onscreen or otherwise.

Adding verbiage to its Model Bill of Rights and Model Expected Behavior Guidelines (expanded from Model Rights and Responsibilities) to address concerns raised not only by those who claim to have been assaulted by Deen while at Kink headquarters in the San Francisco Armory, but by other pressing lawsuits contingent on OSH guidelines and the enforcement (or not) thereof, Kink clarified its amendments to the documents to Vocativ, which shared many excerpts.

Key changes directly inspired by the alleged incidents involving Deen include the following from the Models Rights and Responsibilities:

– I understand that no one has a right to my body besides me, on-set or off. No one has the right to physical contact with me, on set or off, without my consent.

– If any of the above is violated, either explicitly or in spirit, by any staff, performer, crew or visitor, I can and should report it to the talent department. I understand that anything I tell the talent department will be kept confidential, if I request it, except in the case a criminal offense (e.g, sexual assault, theft), in which case law enforcement will need to be contacted.

Two very important stipulations there, folks, and hopefully ones that will ensure better safety for all those stepping into the Armory to make some smut. Kink spokesperson Michael Stabile called guidelines “living documents” open for molding and updating as performers and employees “help identify places where [Kink] can strengthen protections.”

Now, if you’ll allow yours truly an editorial moment for one minor criticism of Kink’s new decree… First of all, nobody, not even some girl needing a ten-minute break from her Hardcore Gangbang debut, can smoke inside the San Francisco Armory. Really, Kink? You couldn’t install a little mobile air-filtering chamber – perhaps a leftover from the Water Bondage prop department – and let a fucked-ragged Kink first-timer take a drag to settle her nerves. She has to go outside? How long will it take her to get dressed and find a spot 20 feet from any Armory door or entryway? This is an outrage. All the other changes are solid, though, Kink. Nice work.

A New Year Porno After-Party

New Year’s Eve has something for everyone: romantics can flit around a party hoping for that dreamy midnight kiss, curmudgeons have even more to complain about than usual, drunks are supplied with all the booze they could want, and the most sexually eager of us have plenty of opportunities to present themselves as the first of a year-long string of good decisions. Then again, with many NYE revelers left feeling not only hungover but generally disappointed in the party, the people, the moment itself, perhaps a New Year’s Day pick-me-up is what’s required. Something to steady your stomach, stiffen your dick, and lift your spirits, sir?

Brazzers is never a no-show to a party and this one is no different. Quietly popping online yesterday as a NYE warm up, MILFs Like it Big invited a super-busty British redhead to its NYE party and then made the mistake of letting her get bored. Jasmine James shows what can happen when a lonely and bored woman starts opening her host’s bedroom doors during a raucous NYE party only to find a college-aged Chris Diamond beating his meat. “Now here’s a party game I can get behind,” she thinks and starts her 2016 off to a rather felatious start, wearing a little ‘HAPPY NEW YEAR’ tiara the whole time!

Pushing the partying even harder, though, is Naughty America site My Friend’s Hot Mom. Not content to lap up the attention and gratitude given the host of a successful party, Julia Ann finds herself flirting with Eva Notty. Whisked off to a spare bedroom, Eva soon finds Julia’s advances irresistible (but quite surprising since they’re both allegedly straight), only to have the throes of their liquor-ignited passion interrupted by Axel Aces. Hell bent on preventing their guests from finding out about their little tryst – why? who cares? be yourselves, ladies! – the pair of MILFy sexual mavens ensure his silence with some attention all his own.

Now, if this pair of New Year’s porn updates don’t have you looking at the rest of 2016 more fondly, perhaps they’ll give a little perspective and put your own erotic pursuits on the right track. Or perhaps they represent mistakes of the past year, opportunities not seized or shitty situations let stand. Either way, as you contemplate the year ahead and at the very least start 2016 off with a self-applied orgasm with Brazzers and Naughty America as stimuli, remember to keep your thoughts, your desires, your very 2016 firmly in the Pink.

Happy New Year!

Another Very Brazzers Christmas

Looking back a few years, Naughty America was easily the most Christmas-obsessed porn studio around, releasing as it did in 2013 a four-part Naughty Office epic that saw Madison Ivy, Brandi Love, Lexi Belle, and Veronica Avluv tear Bill Bailey apart in no short order. Recently, though, it seems NA has given Christmas the shaft, now offering fans a single holiday scene, maybe two if they’re lucky.

Brazzers, for its part, has made huge improvements over its 2013 seasonal effort – see this Pink’s post for details – and now delivers holiday horniess in a consistently intense and impressive fashion. This year is, of course, no exception. Inviting some of the most popular pornstars of today to don Santa hats and suck dick for the ZZ’s HD cameras, this year’s round of seasonal smut is delivered in four doses timed to ramp up your pre-Christmas excitement and have you aching to unwrap ZZ’s final Christmas episode on the morning of the 25th. First up, the bountiful Ava Addams put on her most Xmas-y lingerie and took to Mommy Got Boobs to wrap her immense bust around the cock of her daughter’s new boyfriend, Tyler Nixon, coaxing from his pecker a huge load of pre-dinner desert.

Those following the unrepentantly filthy Tory Lane may know she ran into a bit of trouble at LAX earlier this year and appeared to take a brief sabbatical from shooting porn as a result. If Brazzers’ latest Big Tits at Work scene is her comeback, it’s a typically Tory-style one. A bitchy boss cavalierly spending her employees’ holiday bonuses then offering her body (every single orifice) as a substitute payment, Tory is well and truly thrashed from desktop to DP by Ramon Nomar, Rico Strong, and Tommy Gunn.

Something many men no doubt wish they were receiving this gift-giving season, a Real Wife Story involving the perfect bride, is something Santa tosses twice to Levi Cash, planting under his tree a pair of Christmas miracles named Peta Jensen and Nicole Aniston. Sharing their bodies beneath the lights and tinsel, these two, also wearing Santa hats for added effect, put on a great show.

Arriving on Christmas Day and starring two of the most enticing young big-assed pornstars around, Santa’s Anal Elves sees ol’ Saint Mick Blue slide his meat-sleigh between their butt cheeks of both Jenna Ivory and Keisha Grey. Pulling Santa away from his demanding work for a moment of relaxation and excitation, Misses Ivory and Grey easily make one of the most appetizing holiday treats Brazzers has bestowed upon its members and fans in recent years. There’s no question about it: when it comes to holiday porn, Brazzers reigns supreme.

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On James Deen and Company

In the wake of accusations of sexual assault and rape leveled at the world’s most famous adult performer, James Deen, by a growing number of his female colleagues, the performer has found himself not only the newest most-hated man in porn, but persona non grata at Evil Angel and Kink.com, two companies that once championed him, for years distributing his distinct brand of rough sex to all corners of the World Wide Web, and aiding his ascension to mainstream stardom.

Numerous voices have been raised since Stoya first dropped her 55-word Twitter bombshell, accusing Deen of rape, including those of Tori Lux, Ashley Fires, Nicki Blue, Kora Peters, Lily LaBeau, and Amber Rayne very few of them with a complimentary word about to the disgraced cocksman. Although obviously reluctant to go into too many specifics, Deen’s former girlfriend Joanna Angel was arguably the most damning, not only telling reporters that she considered Deen “dead inside” and “dead to me” but also that his domineering treatment of her left Angel fearing for her life, a whimpering wounded dog of a person.

While no charges have been pressed and Deen has largely remained silent of the matter aside from an interview with The Daily Beast explaining his position to Aurora Snow, it’s been largely left to others in the industry to shed some light on how the crimes (if indeed perpetrated by Deen as alleged) were ignored, dismissed, or swept under the proverbial rug. And these other voices aren’t necessarily coming from the usual places. Retired dick-thruster Voodoo took to Twitter to point out that Deen and, really, anyone else who doesn’t know when they’re crossing someone’s personal sexual boundaries and potentially committing assault should not be in the adult entertainment industry. Period. Hard to disagree with that!

Arabelle Raphael, an underrated performer seen at Burning Angel and Kink.com, spoke to The Guardian about the controversy surrounding Deen and placed the burden on the culture of the industry itself, as well as society at large. So, an easily solved problem then? Perhaps on an individual level – Raphael heard disquieting warnings about Deen and thusly put him on her “no” list – but when victims are remaining silent of fear of dismissal, unemployment, or public ridicule, it’s no leap to look at the industry in a slightly different way. Aside from obvious measures that could be taken or improved to ensure the on-set safety of all performers, there’s also the issue of subtle coercion and manipulation that encourages those experiencing or witnessing an assault or dangerous, threatening behavior to keep their traps shut lest they destroy any chance of their burgeoning career taking off. Opening discussion of what has until now been viewed largely as an in-house problem to greater society (even if only via hashtags and soundbites) can only serve to increase the public understanding of how sex work can and does fit into the lives of those who choose it as a career path, and the responsibilities of those who consume it.

In the end, business is business, and it’s not exactly surprising that everyone from assaulted performers to immensely powerful studio owners and super-agents are out to protect their earning power and potential profits by at least partially ignoring harmful on-set behavior and conditions, but it’s at least a relief to see that rape and sexual assault is considered in porn to be bad business. With Joanna Angel and Phoenix Marie among those insisting that, even with its faults, the adult industry isn’t inherently unsafe – “I do not want the public to blame porn for anything. I think he is a bad egg. There are bad eggs in every industry.”

Perhaps if less public and media attention was being corralled onto the issue of mandatory condom use and instead towards creating a safe environment for porn workers socially and psychologically, as well as physically, one where performers with histories of abusive behavior are vetted, the groups seeking to exploit the Deen situation to hasten the shutting down or restricting of porn’s relative freedom might actually produce something that does what they always say they want to do: help victims, ensure safety.