“Porn is the billboard. Cam is the product,” my housemate and porn performer in Las Vegas tells me. She makes most of her money from camming: a form of live streaming, where viewers tip for a sexual performance via webcam. For her, performing in porn films is now more of an ad rather than… Read more »
The idea of paying for porn went out of fashion around the same time as the idea of paying for music and movies. There’s still money in the industry, which was worth around $90 billion in 2013, but with young always better and fresh blood constantly coming through, performers have had to work harder to stay in the industry.
You know what they say: if you can think of it, there are probably 100 pornos based on it. I mean, who knew there would be a porno about stealing lemons?
Many people assume that porn is some kind of last resort for pretty people that can’t make it in the big leagues, when in fact for many of today’s Gen Y performers, it could not be further from the truth. They are deliberate, calculated and fiercely ambitious people, who know they can build massive engaged fan bases fast.
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