What’s your side hustle? Do you have one or do you put all your focus on your day job?
According to “A Scene Is Just A Marketing Tool: Alternative Income Stream In Porn’s Gig Economy” by USC women’s studies professor Heather Berg, the lousy monetary structure of porn has made side-hustles essential to the economic survival of porn stars.
In interviews with over 80 porn performers, Berg discovered that “for all but the most popular performers (and then usually for only a short term), there are simply not enough film performance gigs to sustain an income,” leading performers to monetize the more “quotidian moments of their lives.”
Who’s the dude in the picture? He’s kind of hot.
Happen to be a woman pursuing a career in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics? You can now earn a scholarship from a somewhat unlikely source: Pornhub. And no, you don’t have to take off your clothes.
The porn site on Thursday launched its second-annual Pornhub Cares contest, offering a $25,000 scholarship to one woman pursuing a STEM-related career.
“We recognize that women are vastly underrepresented in tech-related fields and want to do our part to change that,” Pornhub Vice President Corey Price said in a statement. “As scientific and technological innovations continue to shape our everyday lives, it’s especially important to cultivate STEM knowledge and skills. With our scholarship this year we are hoping to empower the next generation of female innovators.”The contest officially kicked off today, and runs through Nov. 30; the winner will be announced by the end of December. Entrants are required to submit an essay between 1,000 and 1,500 words answering the following question: How are you working towards making the world a better place?
That’s fucking amazing!
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Your Belief in Porn Addiction Makes Things Worse (Psychology Today)
It’s no surprise to me that the label of porn addicts predicts fear, distress, depression and anger. Over recent years, I’ve seen many vulnerable people call themselves a porn addict, with much shame and fear, despite using less porn than many other people. As with Grubbs’ research, I’ve found that this self-imposed label has much to do with moral values about sex and pornography, and often comes from an impoverished understanding of human sexuality. People walk into my office reporting this, and contact me online, after they’ve been shamed and labelled in online discussion groups. When one has little understanding that ALL people struggle at times with their sexual desires, it’s very easy to listen to moralizing proclaimers of doom, and declare one’s sexual desires to be abnormal and unhealthy.
Shame is a killer.
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