Big Thoughts from a Tiny Girl with Charity Bangs: Can Porn have Professionalism in the Workplace?

ABSOLUTELY! Just because the culmination of our jobs includes someone inserting a penis into our bodies doesn’t mean we don’t need to encourage a new environment that is both professional and respectful. Too long have we allowed the degradation of this industry into a form that almost rewards those who are flaky, late, strung out, or just all around unprofessional. Let’s all begin the long process to bring back some decency here folks, or seriously, we’re not going to have an industry to work in.You’re thinking there’s no way right?

Well if you’re that big of a pessimist to think nothing will ever change, please stop reading now. No one said it was going to be easy, EVERY single day I hear horror stories of girls showing flaking, either with a lame excuse, or sometimes no excuse at all, they just don’t show. And when they do, well, you all have heard the stories too, the talent will be strung out, or uninterested in working, or maybe just, and it’s sad that this is on the lower end of the spectrum, just not as good looking as in pictures. So what do we do about it? Well we band together and stop this Middle/High School popularity contest we have, and begin sharing work and information. I know if you’re Girl A and you go out the night before with Girl B, you all have a good time, get hammered, maybe even a little recreational drug use, that’s fine, but girls, that’s PERSONAL. The next day a director asks you who you want to work with, I know you like that girl and all, but she is more than likely NOT the best fit to WORK with. Yes, there’s a difference in WORK and PLAY. So you tell the director you want to work with Girl B, and guess what, your shoot day comes and she doesn’t show up, guess what, you don’t work either, kind of hard to do a girl/girl shoot with just one girl. But let’s say she does show up, well, she got wasted the night before and now she looks like shit, and if she looks like shit, guess how your girl/girl scene is gonna look? So yeah, you’re friends with her and you got her work, but at what cost? That scene will be out there forever, and it’s not going to look any better as time passes. I know as much as I like, PERSONALLY, any girl out here, I am NOT going to recommend her for a scene that will make me look bad! PERIOD! No exceptions.

This is just the first step in a long marathon we must all run, and it won’t be easy, bucking the trend never is, but if we change the industry together, even if it takes 20 years, that’ll be more to show than any number of scenes or awards you can obtain. I know personally, I would rather leave a legacy than a mantle full of any awards.

The next step is unclear, but a couple weeks ago, I tried to get others who do believe we can change the industry together, and vowed to form a professional association (which some have likened to a sorority or fraternity within porn). With this association, we can all share our thoughts and ideas on just how to make this difference. Many great ideas have already been thrown out, and I’m in the process right now of instituting some of them. The first great idea was a review system that includes a mediation board. The days of spewing unfounded rumors on twitter should be behind us, I mean come on people, our FANS are on twitter, that should be a place to interact with fans, and share POSITIVE thoughts, no air everyone’s dirty laundry. Let’s create a new place where if Talent A has a PROFESSIONAL problem with Talent B, they can bring that to the attention of the board, and FACTS can be gathered. Not this current situation where if Talent A has a PERSONAL problem with Talent B, they start bad mouthing them with terms like trashy, skanky, etc. These are all words which describe a personal problem you have with someone which should have no bearing on the workplace, I know you may not like some other girl cause you think she “looked at your man the wrong way”, but honey you still need to work with her, don’t let the popularity contest continue by saying, “well I’m more popular, so I’m going to tell the director either she leaves or I do, and I know he’ll make her leave because I’m more popular”, not, why do we allow that as a community to happen?

To conclude on a topic I could talk about for days, this is just the beginning. This is also the best time to join the association, your ideas and thoughts WILL be heard and you have a real chance at making a difference. So where do you go to find more information, well the first stop should be www.ForPorn.org/blog , this is where upcoming meeting notifications will be posted, and all official Adult Industry Performer Association (also known as the Fraternal Order of Pornographers) news can be found. Stop in today and be part of the solution, not the problem.