Op-Ed
Dante Colle Pens XBIZ World Op-Ed on Bridging Straight, LGBT Markets
"Sexually fluid leading man" Dante Colle has penned an op-ed for the January issue of XBIZ World about "bridging straight and LGBT stardom and building careers in both worlds," noted a rep.
Sheena Rose Pens Op-Ed for XBIZ World on Transition to Content Creation
Sheena Rose has penned an op-ed for the current issue of XBIZ World, now available digitally.
Op-Ed: Adult Industry Has Much Better Track Record Monitoring User-Generated Content Than Big Tech
The article posted by the writer Nicholas Kristof on December 4 in the New York Times tells a heart-wrenching story with a narrow focus on only one company and one issue that plagues many giant tech companies on both adult entertainment and mainstream platforms, including but not limited to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, XVideos, Pornhub and virtually every platform that accepts user generated content (UGC) on a massive scale.
Adreena Winters Pens New Op-Ed for XBIZ World
Adreena Winters has penned her second op-ed piece of 2020 for XBIZ World. Her new column is about juggling clips with content for her official site.
SBA Loans Expert Pens Op-Ed Against Arbitrary 'Prurient' Clause
Attorney Derek Adams, an expert on Small Business Administration (SBA) loans, has penned an op-ed arguing that the SBA “can and should refrain from applying its ineligibility rules" — including the so-called “prurient clause” that discriminates against sexually oriented businesses — at the time of loan forgiveness.
Op-Ed: Mashable's 'Porn Week' Shows Mainstream's Struggle With Fair Adult Coverage
Mainstream entertainment and tech news site Mashable published in the last few days a series of articles centered around the adult entertainment industry under the banner “Porn Week.”
Op-Ed: When Adult Performers Go M.I.A.
Covering adult entertainment much of the time is no different from covering mainstream entertainment, but occasionally there are situations that highlight the differences between both industries and cultures.
Maitland Ward Pens Pro-Industry Op-Ed for The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast published on Saturday an op-ed written by Maitland Ward entitled “How Porn Saved Me From Hollywood,” illuminating her journey from mainstream actress to award-winning adult performer.
Op-Ed: International Sex Workers Day in a World Under Lockdown
The 2020 commemoration of International Sex Workers Day (originally known as “International Whore’s Day”) sees the militant marches for sex worker rights of years past — a yearly push for life-saving visibility epitomized by brandishing red umbrellas — replaced by a sobering assessment of how COVID-19 protocols worldwide have essentially put sex workers’ right to work in the hands of uncaring government officials.
Op-Ed: Even If My State May Allow Porn Shoots, I Won't Break Quarantine (Yet)
Before the pandemic started, I shot all my updates for my paysites in Las Vegas. I'm a Nevada resident and my LLC is based here. I have plenty of performers who are aching to get back to work and would jump on a local shoot if I offered one. I'm pretty confident many of them have stuck to their quarantine and I’ve studied up on cleaning protocols and how to not spread COVID-19 on a set.
Op-Ed: Stormy Daniels Blasts Discrimination Against Sex Workers, Adult Industry
Op-Ed: I’ve been receiving a flood of messages from people in the adult industry this week asking for my advice, all about the same topic. This morning, I woke up to another one. This time it was from a dancer in Portland, Oregon. She was desperate for help to pay her bills and reached out to me for money.
APAG's Alana Evans Pens Op-Ed Calling SBA Loan Application 'Discriminatory'
Alana Evans, president of the Adult Performers Actors Guild (APAG) penned an op-ed for mainstream news site The Daily Beast about “how discriminatory it is that the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus excludes sex workers.”
Op-Ed: '#NoNutNovember' and the Prudish Cult of Semen Retention
Halloween is behind us and we’re moving into the cornucopian glory of November, the month renowned for Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Black Friday and, among a small-but-vocal internet cult with utterly unscientific notions of the relationship between semen retention and personal success, #NoNutNovember.
Op-Ed: Katie Couric's Porn Bashing is Scarier Than You Think
Katie Couric recently kicked off her new podcast with an episode titled “Is Violent Porn Changing Us?” The premise of the installment is that porn has become the de facto sex education for young people, and is teaching them bad things.
Op-Ed: 'Bareback' is Obsolete
It's time to evolve past exploiting outdated, illicit thrills that once surrounded condomless gay adult movies.
Op-Ed: Here's What Happened With the Mia Khalifa Interview
Regardless of what you might have read this week in mainstream publications, Mia Khalifa is not, and has never been, “a porn star.”
Op-Ed: Can Sex Workers Ever Trust Kamala Harris?
“Have you heard? Kamala Harris is in favor of decriminalizing sex work.”
Stormy Daniels Advocates for Strippers' Rights in L.A. Times Op-Ed
2019 XBIZ Awards host and Crossover Star of the Year Stormy Daniels advocates on behalf of strippers in an L.A. Times op-ed titled "Stormy Daniels: Strippers need to be treated as freelancers, not employees," published today.
Anna Bell Peaks Pens Op-Ed for XBIZ World
Anna Bell Peaks has penned an op-ed for XBIZ World about living her “dream life” as “a cam girl, a CEO, a CPA and a porn star.”
Op-Ed: Maureen Dowd's Dangerous Blame Game Lands on Porn
It turns out that pot isn’t the only vice that Maureen Dowd can’t handle. The writer, a mainstay of The New York Times op-ed section, ranted to The Irish Times yesterday about the driving role pornography supposedly plays in the sex lives — including non-consensual experiences — of young women.