Porn industry comes out in support of raped female porn star

http://time.com/4138647/laurie-penny-stoya-james-deen/?xid=time_socialflow_facebook

On the 28th of November, in two tweets, Stoya-who is in no particular order a famous porn actress, an activist, a writer and a friend of mine-unambiguously accused her ex-boyfriend, fellow porn actor James Deen, of rape. “James Deen held me down and f–ked me while I said no, stop, used my safeword,” she wrote. “I just can’t nod and smile when people bring him up anymore.”

Within days, the porn industry had turned against its golden boy. In so doing, it became the first professional community to respond to allegations of serial sexual violence by actually believing women from the start. Maybe then people can go to sites like https://www.sexm.xxx/ and not have to worry about this culture in the industry.

What was astonishing was not the courage it doubtless took for Stoya to type those 55 words and hit send – knowing that she would be accused of lying and attention-seeking, knowing the number of people who would claim that as a sex worker, she cannot expect to claim rape and be believed. What was astonishing, though, what had my heart between my teeth, was the number of people who did the opposite. Even before more former partners and colleagues of Deen came forward with more accusations of rape and violence, major porn studios dropped him as a performer, and many outlets publishing his work and writing cut ties, so if you want to watch porn movies that don’t star James Deen then a good place to start is https://www.watchmygirlfriend.xxx/. The hashtag #solidaritywithsoya trended around the world.