Porn Ed. by a Porn Vet

Growing up, my first experience with porn was watching late-night premium channels that would play sexy shows when kids are usually fast asleep. These shows usually open by telling a story, playing out some chance encounter, and eventually having soft-core sex during the last five minutes. In the digital age we live in now, porn can be viewed online at any time, anywhere.

In a recent episode of This is Life with Lisa Ling, Lisa breaks down the hot topic of pornography and opens a discussion around youth exposure to online porn. The episode inspired me to share my perspective and offer my own two-cents about porn literacy. With online porn being so accessible and growing at such a fast rate, I don’t know why we aren’t talking about it often and openly.

Take It From Me

I starred in my first porn film at 22 years old, playing a girl-next-door. I played a super smiley girl cooking in the kitchen, who magically decides to run around outside topless, then notices her neighbor watching and invites him over for sex. (I’ve never been that bold in real life. I don’t even know if I’d do something like that today.) Then the boy comes over and we have sex in a bunch of acrobatic positions, and I ask him to spray his load all over my face. I remember asking, the film crew, “Do people really do that?”