One of the biggest stars of the adult industry, Tera's made a name for herself as a performer, model, business owner—and, come this January, as an author, as well. Lucky for us, Tera was able to take time out of her busy schedule to chat with us on the phone about the changes she's seen in the adult industry over the past ten years. Click through to read her thoughts.

Fleshbot: Adult entertainment in 2009 looks a whole lot different than it did in 1999. In your opinion, what's been the single biggest change this decade?
Tera Patrick: I got into the industry in '99 actually, and it's kind of funny that I've been in for ten years because, I never thought that I would be doing anything for ten years. But I think that...there's been a couple changes. One, the amount of talent that's in the industry now has grown immensely. When I started in '99 it was a small group of people. Everybody kind of knew each other, and now I don't
know anybody. And it's really weird. There's not really any stars anymore in the industry, you know? There are so many girls that come in and out and...you don't really get to know anybody. [And] there's free porn all over the internet now. That's been one of the biggest things – the YouPorn. It's changed the way people
view porn. You know, now guys are like, "Oh, why do I have to join websites? I can just go join a free porn site and see whoever I want." And that's devalued the business, I think, quite a bit.

At left: "18 and Nasty #11," one of Tera's earliest movies, released in 1999.

In terms of the talent: you said there are a lot more performers. Do you think that performers get in with a different goal now than they did ten years ago? Have the type of people getting into the industry changed?
Oh yeah, there is no goal (laughs)...When I first got into the business, it wasn't about treating the business like a business. It was just about having fun and making money. And then as I got more famous I realized,
"Oh, you know, I need to have a plan." I mean, if I'm going to get anything out of the business I need to start treating the business like a business. And I tell the girls to do that today because the girls just get chewed up and spit out, you know? They shoot for hundreds of sites or hundreds of companies and then they don't save their money and then they're out of business. And their image is everywhere, blasted everywhere, and they have nothing to show for it.

I tell girls today if you want to get into the business don't shoot for everybody. Open your own website and keep your image exclusive. I think that's the best advice that any girl could take right now, and I think that if you have a goal, the goal is to just come in, make money and you know, treat the business like a
business.

At left: "Island Fever," released in 2000.

Has the business end of the industry changed? There's a lot of talk about porn getting more mainstream—do you feel like it's professionalized, or is it mostly the same as it's always been?
I think mainstream's always been fascinated by porn. I think that the porn industry [is] other Hollywood. Everybody's a fan of porn: it doesn't matter where you go, who you meet, everybody loves a pornstar, you
know? I always say pornstars are the new rock stars. I was at the AT&T store today and everybody's like, "Oh my God, Tera!" Everybody knows who I am. You know, I'm not trying to sound like I'm the example, but...everybody knows who Jenna and I are. It's not just me and Jenna, a lot of people are starting to recognize more and more pornstars, not just because the industry's becoming more mainstream but because porn is so out there. It's all over the internet, it's all over HBO, it's all over Showtime, it's all over the news. You can turn on the news and something's being done, some big deal's being done or...I don't know if it's becoming more mainstream; it's just becoming more into business.

At left: "Tera, Tera, Tera," featuring Tera's first hardcore girl-girl scene. Released in 2004.

You've integrated adult work with mainstream work. Do you think it's becoming easier to do that?
I don't think it's easier for everybody. I don't think it's necessarily easier. I think it depends on the performer, I think it depends on who you are. I think if you're mainstream marketable, yes, it could be easy for you. But I think that most of the girls in the industry can't cross over, and not just because they're not pretty enough...it's just, it's about having the right agent, it's about being in the right place at the right time and it's about what you can contribute. You know, it's not easy to break into mainstream even if you haven't done porn. Think about all the girls that have never done porn that are moving to Hollywood, moving to New York to be models and actresses and they're waiting tables...the entertainment industry as a whole is just a brutal industry to get into, period.

At left: "Flawless," released in 2007.

How has the work that you, personally, do changed over the past ten years?
From '99 to 2001, I shot probably about 50 movies, maybe 60. And then I signed an exclusive contract with a video company and did about four movies, and then I started my own company and shot about 15 movies. And I stopped shooting in 2006. And ever since then I've focused more on—I don't want to use the word "retired." I don't like to say that I'm retired, because to me retired means you don't work at all. I would say I've retired from porn. I will never shoot another porn movie again.

Well, I say that, right, and then you see me in some huge feature. You're supposed to never say never, so I'm never gonna say never. As of today, as of my plans for today, I don't have any plans to shoot any more adult movies. I just wrote a book that I'm very proud of. I have a mobile deal with Giant Mobile. I have a Mistress Couture clothing line, I do a lot of mainstream press and media. I've taken my career in another direction. I don't want to do porn anymore...I've been focusing on doing more mainstream modeling and more mainstream things, and that's just because I—I'm not turning my back on the industry, but I don't believe that you can do porn forever. God bless Teri Weigel and Amber Lynn—they're still beautiful, and there's a lot of beautiful women in the industry that are older that are still doing porn, but it's just not for me. I just want to go in another direction.

At left: Sinner Takes All, Tera's memoir, coming out in January 2010.

Fortunately, the team at Babeland has a much longer memory that yours truly—and they were very happy to sit us down and school us on exactly what's changed in the adult novelty arena over the past ten years. So how far have we come? Read on to find out.

At left: What a difference a decade makes.

The Best Selling Toys of 1999:
Pocket Rocket
Rabbit Habit
Hitachi Magic Wand
Rabbit Pearl
Silver Bullet
Freshman (a hot pink, phallic, sparkly jelly rubber vibrator)
Slimline
Fukuoku 9000 finger vibe
Leo, a silicone dildo
Nubby G

At left: The Rabbit Habit, the iconic toy of 1999. (Thanks, "Sex and the City"!)

The Best Selling Toys of 2009:
The Rabbit Habit and Magic Wand continue to dominate thanks to their brand loyalty. We saw the Mystic, a battery version of the Wand, debut recently and rival the Hitachi for sales.
We Vibe, a clit/g-spot vibe a woman can wear during intercourse, is a one of a kind vibrator that women and couples continue to purchase in droves.
Gigi, a stylish, strong, nicely packaged toy became a runaway hit, with an excellent ‘word of mouth' reputation. Our staff love this toy so much, they literally hand-sell it. If there is universal staff love for a toy, it'll sell.
SaSi, a high tech toy with an iPod-like interface dominated sales in 2009
Form 6, a sleek, high end, design-centric toy introduced Jimmyjane vibes to customers. The brand is making a name for itself.
Laya Spot, excellent mid-range priced toy, fits nicely in one's hand (it's ergonomic) and travels very well. Great gift vibe.
Pure Wand, a really heavy metal g-spot dildo, did great.
SpareParts Harness was popular among harness-lovers.

At left: Je Joue's SaSi.

What, in your opinion, were the best (meaning highest quality, best user experience) toys on the market back in 1999?
Rabbit Habit and Rabbit Pearl sales skyrocketed thanks to an appearance by the Rabbit Pearl on Sex and the City in 1998. These vibes (one has an attached battery pack, the other holds batteries in base of vibe), which were already popular among fans of g-spot/clit stimulation (hence our reference to them as "Dual action" vibes), received mainstream legitimacy and started surpassing the Hitachi in sales. It's a much sexier vibe; we sometimes joked that the Hitachi was the vibe of choice for first wave feminists (who had so few choices), but the Rabbit won over the 2nd and 3rd waves! And really, who wouldn't be tempted by the promise of little rotating pearls massaging your sensitive bits while rabbit ears tickle your clit?!

The Pocket Rocket was/is a powerful, wonderfully-named mini vibe, and so discreet you could carry it around in your handbag for easy access, which was empowering.

The Fukuoku, a fingertip vibe, was also a fairly recent innovation around then, and the ability to add "vibration" to a hand job, a massage, or for extra oomph during sex, was well-received.

At left: The Fukuoku.

What are some of the best (again, highest quality, etc) toys on the market now?
Gigi, Form 6, SaSi, We Vibe—all innovations that are designed specifically to enhance women's sexual experience in new ways. Fun Factory's silicone toys are a huge improvement, too. And even the beloved Rabbits from Vibratex appeared a few years ago in Elastomer version, in response to the phthalate concern. And not to be overlooked is the Silver Bullet vibe, a low cost vibe with a surprisingly strong vibration, and more durable than cheaper vibes.

At left: Lelo's Gigi.

What's been the biggest change in the sex toy industry over the past decade?
Probably the same changes you see in the rest of the manufacturing world: stronger, smaller motors; more advanced technology (programmable!); and improved materials like silicone and elastomer. Even wood dildos, which were more popular in the ‘70s, are making a comeback thanks to the green movement.

But hands down the biggest recent change is the proliferation of designer, luxury vibes. These toys deliver incredible functionality (think programmable, customizable, rechargeable, etc), plus they're aesthetically pleasing, featuring tasteful, sophisticated designs. Designer toys are typically made of high quality silicone, are often rechargeable, are texturally pleasing, are usually either waterproof or submersible, and are contoured to fit (and more effectively stimulate) a woman's body. They are typically packaged in attractive, satin-lined boxes so opening the box makes you feel the way you would purchasing some coveted piece of jewelry or a new fragrance.

This category makes up the highest increase in Babeland's sales for the past several years. Sales of luxury vibes (average price point is $120) have risen by four times during the recession. Women are investing in pleasure!

At left: JimmyJane's $3250 Little Platinum Eternity.

Has American culture become more accepting of sex toys/masturbation over the past decade?
Absolutely! Sex toys may have had their coming out on Sex and the City, but [now they've] finally moved into the "cool to own one" realm. Stars like Eva Longoria, Madonna, the Beckhams, Rihanna and Britney have all been "caught" shopping or talking about sex toys. Mainstream magazines are much more likely to cover them—just this year, we appeared in a Time Magazine feature on eco-sexy toys. HBO has filmed Babeland three times, most recently during a ‘Kinky crafting' event.

By seeing images of sex toys reflected back by popular culture in ways that are not stereotypical or demeaning (until recently they could just be counted on as the butt of a joke), the rest of the population finally gets the message that there might be something they're missing out on!

At left: Vibrators, one of Oprah's favorite things.

What do you think the sex toy industry will look like in another ten years?
The industry itself will probably not change much, except that the big players will try to capitalize (as they always do) on the innovations of the cutting edge smaller players by introducing their own versions of luxury toys (without the quality). Consumers will finally start to become more brand savvy. It's no accident that Hitachi has been a top-seller for decades. Sure, it's a powerhouse, but it has a brand name for quality behind it, and the toy has always lived up to that. The marketing has just been missing good, reliable brands, and that's what Lelo, JimmyJane, Vibratex, and Fun Factory are delivering.

We'll definitely continue to see the high product sector roll out—with engraved, diamond encrusted vibrators being more available to the general population (at least the wealthy ones). Phthalate toys, which are still fairly common in typical adult stores, will be gone, thanks to the consumer-savviness of the buying population. And we're still waiting for a really good cyber-sex toy.

At left: the Real Touch...the future of toys?

You may know Courtney as the founder of indie porn site NoFauxxx.com; she's also one of the fine minds behind Good Releasing's Reel Queer Productions. And now, her thoughts on how the adult industry has evolved through out the '00s.

At left: Courtney Trouble.

Adult entertainment in 2009 looks a whole lot different than it did in 1999. In your opinion, what's been the single biggest change this decade?
I'm young, so the past ten years of porn have really been all I've truly experienced, but I've got to say that in the past ten years, I have seen so many independent porn ventures rise and fall on the internet. A good few of them, including my site NoFauxxx.Com, have really succeeded in creating a long-term brand and legacy, while others came and go like night clubs. With this whole do-it-yourself dot.com take on pornography, I think many subcultures have been able to create, sell, and experience pornography, which I could be wrong but I don't think that was happening in the 80s or 90s. Porn has really moved away from something that lives, breaths, and does payroll in "Porn Valley" and become somethign that anybody can do, and making a living from, all over the world. I think the single biggest change has been not just the internet, but the internet's ability to let subcultures and independant pornographers reach worldwide audiences, making limitless room for creative pornography projects. The big companies can complain all they want about how the internet has killed their profits, but the plus side is that people like me have a chance to do our work and gain visibility.

At left: Baron, shot for NoFauxxx in 2002.

You launched NoFauxxx in 2002. What was the industry like back in those days? What motivated you to start your own site?
I dind't have much part in the "Industry" until much more recently. Back in 2002, I was 19, living in Olympia as a tiny Riot Grrrl nugget, and rebellious against not only mainstream porn but alt porn that wasn't inclusive of people of larger sizes, varied genders, or racially diverse. SG lived in Portland and was still considered the most empowering porn out there, and it still didn't feel like enough - and that was really the motivation behind starting the site. The term "Queer Porn" didn't exists what-so-ever, even though a few things like Ssspread.Com and SIR Productions were making what I would consider "queer porn" back in the day. But nobody called it that until No Fauxxx hit the scene. So, for me, I was creating images for fun, not realising that what I was doing was creating a genre for my work and others to follow.

At left: Tom and Huck, shot for NoFauxxx in 2003.

How has NoFauxxx changed over the years?
It started out as such a tiny site, with just me and a few of my brave friends from Olympia. I was a phone sex operator and was really obsessed with having a balance of "fantasy" and "reality" in my work, so No Fauxxx became an outlet for me to make erotic art that showed the "reality" of the sexuality in my community. The photos were DIY digital on a bulky Nikon CoolPix, couldn't get them much larger than 600 pixels, and didn't even own a light set, studio props, or a video camera. I shot people's "realness," asked them to be themselves, and shot in very natural, intimate places. The goal of realness is still a factor these days, but there's a lot more tools of the trade and high-concept storyline on my set these days. I still really love shooting someone masturbating with no makeup on, that will never change - but I've evolved to use better tools to get that done.

At left: Trouble, shot for NoFauxxx in 2004.

Has it become easier or harder to be an indie pornographer since the beginning of the decade?
In my case, easier. People have really caught on to the indie and queer porn movements, and I feel like investors/producers are more open to picking up DIY film makers to make porn for them because they've realise that, "Hey, these Porn Valley DVDs aren't selling like they used to, but this tiny little company's movies are flying off the shelves." I don't disrespect the work that L.A. performers and directors do, but I do think that the "market" is looking more now towards the kinds of porn that I make - indie, chemistry-driven, fun, creative... The generic stuff just isn't catching the consumer's eye anymore. As far as self-promotion and marketing go, at the beginning of the decade, being active on message boards, link exchanges with other sites, and buying web and/or print ads were really crucial to the success of a small porn site, but now with all the social networks like Twitter and Facebook, just being there, being personal, and being generous with freebies has been enough to keep new visitors coming to my site all the time.

At left: NoFauxxx in 2005.

How has the SF porn scene evolved over the past decade?
Ten years ago, SIR Productions was making films and Good Vibrations had a few titles. SIR even won an AVN Award for Best All-Girl Feature. There really wasn't much going on here aside from that, and hadn't been since the "Golden Era" of SF porn production with the Mitchell Brothers and all that stuff. I musn't forget to mention that GAY porn has ALWAYS been in SF and I don't know much about that industry or how it's changed in the past decade, except with their self-imposed mandatory condoms (wish I could say that about LA) and of course, evolving with the internet just like the rest of us.

Now, you've got all sorts of things going on. To break it down there are 3 main directors; Myself, Shine Louise Houston, and Madison Young; and then the production company Trannywood Pictures, and of course, Good Vibration's Good Releasing launch just this year. (I am the headlining director for the Reel Queer Production line under GR) Now we are seeing porn media from LA and New York take interest in our movies and our stars. A year ago we were breaking into parties at AVN, handing off our burned copies to people like Fleshbot and XBiz. Now they come to us, and this year, nobody's gonna kick anybody off the red carpet at AVN for being a dyke. Just in this past year we've really made it happen, and I think more and more people are looking to SF for great porn of all kinds.

At left: Madison Young, shot for NoFauxxx in 2006.

Has Porn Valley become any more accepting of different body types/genders/etc? If so, what's been the motivating factor?
Kind of. Belladonna cas cast SF queers like Syd Blakovich and Jiz Lee, and hot fatties like April Flores just recently, and some other production companies have accepted them with open arms as well - sought them out even. Vivid has a Vivid Alt division run by artist & pornographer Eon McKai and that has brought more subculture flavor, diversity in the types of women you see in porn, into the spotlight. I don't think you saw many brunette tattooed hipsters in Vivid movies in the 90's. Our subcultures have become porn genres, and again I think it has a lot to do with growing presence of independent adult work and art on the internet.

At left: Avarice, shot for NoFauxxx in 2007.

The internet has obviously had a huge impact on the adult industry. What's been the best change the internet has brought to the adult marketplace? The worst?
The two biggest changes I think have been of course, peer-to-peer file sharing, and social networks. A big company might say that tube sites, torrents, or P2P will be the death of them, and it sucks for the performers to have their scenes blasted for free all over the internet, but I don't think that the tube sites are really hurting the smaller companies at all. It's kind of like when Napster came out and everybody was getting free music, it was almost a socialist thing - the big companies were loosing money, and the small companies and independent artists were getting more exposure, more fans, and more people buying their records and concert tickets. It all really depends on how you look at it, or where you are on that spectrum. And as I said before, having social networks around allows us to market ourselves for free and with a truly personal voice, and that's something I'm sure seemed absolutely impossible 10 years ago.

At left: NoFauxxx in 2008.

Any thoughts on what the industry will look like at the end of the next decade?
I'm seeing events like the Feminist Porn Awards, and the Berlin Porn Film Festival, become more prevalent. I think we could be headed into another "Golden Era" like the 70's when porn was revolutionary, shown in theaters, talked about in colleges, and not taken so much for granted. There are brilliant artists making films and independent companies coming out from their "underdog" status. I think at least for the next few years, porn will be seen more as Art than trash. I can't say it will last another ten years, but I am happy to be a part of it for the long haul.

At left: NoFauxxx in 2009.

In addition to serving her Fleshbot consituents, Joanna's been running groundbreaking altporn site Burning Angel since she founded it with a few friends in 2002. We checked in with Joanna to see how the alt genre—and industry at large—have changed since she first stripped off for the web.

At left: A young(er), less tattooed, and introspective Joanna Angel.

Fleshbot: Adult entertainment in 2009 looks a whole lot different than it did in 1999. In your opinion, what's been the single biggest change this decade?
Joanna Angel: I wasn't in porn in 1999—I was in my first year of college and I knew nothing about the industry at the time. However, just in the years I have been in porn I have seen a lot of changes. There were probably more changes in porn this decade than there ever have been. I would say the biggest change is the image of the porn star. If you look at the porn stars who were popular in the 90's, and the ones who are popular now... it's a complete difference in looks, and personality. If you look at the more popular girls today—like Jenna Haze, Sasha Gray, Belladonna, Alexis Texas—they are all natural. They could walk down the street and blend in with the other hot girls on the street—they don't look like a different species of people who belong on a separate island. Not to say there aren't unnatural boobs in porn anymore—however, the image of the porn star has changed too. Porn stars in the 90's were completely untouchable. No one knew what their personalities were like at all.... it was almost like.... no one was supposed to. Now people really get to know the porn stars they look at through MySpace and Facebook and Twitter—even in the movies themselves, people include more interviews and behind the scenes than every before. In the 90's, the image of the porn star was a very mysterious thing—like they were trained to just look hot and fuck.

At left: "Burning Angel: The Movie," Burning Angel's first movie.

You started Burning Angel in 2002 with a couple of friends from college. How has the site changed since the early beginnings?
Jeeze. It has changed a lot! We went from being one website with about 5 photosets that were updated every 2 months or so (along with band interviews—those were always there)—to a network of 6 websites that get updated with photos daily, and videos weekly, along with message boards, blogs, and an entire community. It basically went from a weird hobby to a career. We're not just a porn site right now—we're a porn company. As much as we have changed though, the theme of the website has stayed the same and you can tell that I am still the same person that I always was....I'm just a little smarter now.

At left: "The Re-Penetrator," released in 2005.

Burning Angel is seen as one of the foremost examples of "altporn." Has the altporn scene evolved/changed much since it first began? What's been the biggest change?
I think altporn is still growing and it hasn't hit its peak, and it will still go through more evolving and changing. When BurningAngel first started, we just had photos on there. It wasn't until a few years later where we started adding video and became a hardcore porn company. The idea of altporn used to only be associated with pinup style photography with alternative models.... now I think "altporn" has actually... well.. become porn.

At left: "Porny Monster," released in 2006.

You're a prominent female director and business owner. Have things gotten easier for women in power in the adult industry? Harder? Or are they about the same?
I think that aspect has stayed the same. I honestly don't notice the hardships of being a woman business owner that often, because I just don't let it be a problem. I think girls have a lot of power in this industry and they always have, it's just up to them whether they chose to use this power to do anything constructive or not. In the recent times, more women have taken more control over their careers.... I think porn attracts less lazy people these days than it did before. In general, I just think people now treat this more as a business and less like a party—I think there was just too much money in porn in the 90's and no one ever had to think of a plan B. I don't think the girls had any idea that that money would ever disappear. These days people don't have that delusion anymore, and it has made everyone (girls included) work harder and smarter.

At left: Joanna Angel, hard at work.

The internet has obviously had a huge impact on the adult industry. What's been the best change the internet has brought to the adult marketplace? The worst?
Well, I am a product of the positive things the internet has done. If it wasn't for the internet, I wouldn't have been here at all. I was in college when I started my website. My roommate and I met in our school dining hall and brainstormed how to do this. We didn't even think about going to Los Angeles and trying to set up a meeting with Hustler or something. That was completely unfathomable. In the old days, the only way to make it into porn was if you found a way to team up with one of the big companies. The internet has made it possible for perverts across the world to make their own movies and have an easy way to get it out there. You don't need a fancy distribution deal anymore to call yourself a "pornographer". The downside is [that] it has become almost a little too easy to make a porn.... so everyone is making porn, and as a result, the market is saturated and there is just way too much of it out there. And of course.... dun dun dun (put some creepy music on)—the worst thing the internet has given way to is tube sites and torrent sites that just have endless amounts of free porn. I mean, that's cool for your average Joe out there looking to jerk off—but it's not great for the people trying to make a living off this. However, music and mainstream Hollywood has suffered from the same problem and I am sure it will be fixed one day soon.

At left: "Cum On My Tattoo 2," released in 2006.

Has anything changed about the performers who work in the industry? Is a different kind of talent attracted nowadays?
As I mentioned earlier, there are a lot more natural beauties in porn now than there ever were before. I also think that performance is a lot more important now than it ever was. The girls in the movies now really fuck their brains out... and I feel like some of the older pornos it looks like the girls are just lying there. I feel like the only qualification to do porn in the 90's was to be really really hot—and if you weren't hot, well you should go to your local plastic surgeon and fix whatever is slightly imperfect about yourself. These days, you need to be dirty and actually love having sex.... if you don't.... you will get less work. You can't really just survive on looks alone anymore.

At left: "POV Punx 2," released in 2008.

Has public perception about the adult industry changed much since 2000? Is adult entertainment more accepted, less accepted, or about the same?
I honestly think it's about the same. There is a lot more porn now—which has created more porn fans.... as well as more haters. I don't think there will every be a point in time where you can sit at a dinner table and have someone say "I'm a receptionist" and someone else say "I'm a porn star" and everyone will just act completely normal and act as if the two are equal. Porn will always be a little taboo and shocking.... if it wasn't... well it just wouldn't be any fun anymore now would it?

At left: "LA Pink," released in 2009.

Any thoughts on what the industry will look like at the end of the next decade?
That is a scary thing to think about but—hopefully—all the free porn on the internet will be regulated somehow and we can all get out of this hole that we're in. I have faith in my industry and I think everyone by the end of this decade will find a solution to the problem. I think everything will be a lot more community based, and while I don't think DVD's will completely die, I do think that there will not be nearly as many of them coming out. I think companies will start putting all their content online, and save their best stuff for DVD, so it's more of a collectors' item than anything else.

At left: Joanna Angel...hard at work.

We spoke with Joone, Digital Playground's founder, and Adella, Digital Playground's Director of Marketing and Sales, who gave us their take on how the industry's evolved over the '00s.

At left: Rocki Roads, Digital Playground's first contract star, and Raven Alexis, one of their newest. Images courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

Fleshbot: Adult entertainment in 2009 looks a whole lot different than it did in 1999. In your opinion, what's been the single biggest change this decade?

Joone: 1999 was the rise of internet pay sites and the rise of DVD sales. Now 2009 is the fall of DVD sales and pay sites.

Adella: The porn "stereotype" is less obvious today. Porn is no longer taboo and you can't fit it in a neat little box, so it's rarely what you expect. The days of bleach blonde hair, spray on tans, inflated implants, bad scripts, amateur camera men and pizza delivery boys are out. Today's best porn celebrates unique content. Top models show a range of beauty and sex appeal, from natural, brainy and pale, to muscular, athletic and sculpted. The best scripts are thought out, fact checked, and contain elements of comedy, drama or horror. Directors work with top of the line production equipment. Studios employ wardrobe consultants, location scouts and post production staff straight out of Hollywood. There is a definite blending of the entertainment industries; mainstream films show more sex and porn films show more action and storyline.

At left: "Virtual Sex with Jenna," released in 1999—and one of the top selling adult DVDs of all time. Image courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

Has anything changed about the type of content that Digital Playground shoots? Are there new genres or formats that you've broken into?

Joone: In 1999 we were only producing DVDs, CD-Rom and VHS. Today in 2009 we are producing DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, Mobile content, VOD, Internet, TV, and Toys. We have also increased our budget and production values in 2009 to fit the demands of the consumer.

Adella: In 1999, we had only produced a couple of DVDs, most of our original content was interactive, originally produced for CD-Rom. We released Virtual Sex with Jenna Jameson and Rocki Roads Wet Dreams on DVD in 1999. Our main revenue stream came from licensing digital content from adult studios afraid to invest in the digital medium after both CD-rom and laser disc formats had crashed. Early in 2000, we produced Island Fever and Forbidden Tales, but even then we released on VHS and DVD—VHS sales were still significantly stronger.

At left: "Jesse Jane: Erotique," released in 2003. Image courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

The internet has obviously had a huge impact on the adult industry. What's been the best change the internet has brought to the adult marketplace? The worst?

Joone: The best change is getting closer to the fans, while the worst is free porn and piracy.

Adella: Autonomy. Piracy.

At left: "Island Fever 3," the first HD pornographic film, released in 2004. Image courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

Has anything changed about the performers who work in the industry? Is a different kind of talent attracted nowadays?

Joone: Most talent now are just looking at doing gonzo shoots. Getting in and get out. They are not looking at doing features and becoming a star.

Adella: I think brains are the current sexy.

At left: "Babysitters," released in 2007. Image courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

Has public perception about the adult industry changed much since 2000? Is adult entertainment more accepted, less accepted, or about the same?

Joone: The line between adult entertainment and mainstream entertainment is blurring, and adult is more acceptable now than 10 years ago.

Adella: I think the public perception of porn is changing towards acceptance. Church loses power, while sex gains power—evolution.

At left: "Cheerleaders," released in 2008. Image courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

Any thoughts on what the industry will look like at the end of the next decade?

Joone: Less producers / studios and better movies.

Adella: Porn will be regulated, centralized and easy to obtain anonymously in any format, on demand. It will lose some of its power and mystique as it becomes more accepted. There will more crossover between sex and non-sex films in every regard.

At left: "Pirates 2," released in 2008—and, to date, the most expensive adult film ever produced. Image courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

As it is with all sex tape stars and starlets, it's important to remember that there's more to Shauna Sand than the scandal surrounding her personal porno. Between modeling, acting, and designing she somehow finds time to be a mother. Even when life gets messy (and, as you will read, it really does), she takes everything one step at a time. As you click through this phone interview with a gallery of sex tape stills, you'll discover that Shauna is a multi-faceted woman (you might even like her, we do).

· Shauna Sand Exposed (shaunssandexposed.com)

Fleshbot: What have you been up to recently? Any new projects in the works?
Shauna Sand: I was in Paris for a while. And I did a TV show there because I speak French. And I did a magazine cover. So that was really a lot of fun for me. And I'm going to start filming…a reality show for Germany called Red. And I'm appearing on Leave It To Lamas, which is on the E channel, and that should be airing this week or next week.

What first got you interested in nude modeling?
Well, you know, I've lived in Europe, and you go to the beach a lot without a top; I was always very comfortable with my body. When I was 19, my friend worked at Playboy out in Mexico and he offered me to do the cover… I was a student in France, and my mom said if I ever did that she would disown me, so, you know, I didn't do it, but I wanted to. And when I graduated from school in Paris, then I went back to San Diego to film Renegade, that's where I met Lorenzo [Lamas], my second husband, and I told him that I wanted to do Playboy…. He said, "Don't do Playboy Mexico," because he was friends with an editor of Playboy America, and that would be a better magazine for me to be in…. I sent them like a composite of what I looked like with makeup and a different variety of looks, and then what I look like at five in the morning, naked, with no makeup, crawling out of bed.… So they showed them to Hef, and he just went crazy and I shot right away, my centerfold, and I did a bunch of videos. And I worked with them for a while.

Image of Shauna Sand courtesy of Vivid (vivid.com)

Speaking of videos (poor segue, I apologize), you mentioned in an interview with TMZ that you had made several sex tapes with your boyfriend. Is it something you regularly do?
When I said videos I was referring to Playboy videos that I did...for Playboy TV. As far as um…other videos, like sex tapes, I do have a few. I locked them up in a safety deposit box because I don't want them getting out, but my third husband who's a complete psychopath has a few that he better not release or he's gonna have a big problem.

We'll definitely give him the word. How do you feel about porn in general? Do you watch any?
Not really. I don't. I've watched very little porn in my life. I think it's more of the perverted boyfriends and husbands that I've had that wanted to shoot me, you know? It's not really something that I do on a regular basis. Although, I like making them, I have a lot of fun.

Image of Shauna Sand courtesy of Vivid (vivid.com)

One of the most popular stills from your tape is of you, dripping with ice cream. I'm sure a lot of us are wondering: what's your favorite ice cream?
Haagen Daas, my favorite! It's melted. I ordered it and I went down to the bar to get some wine and I came back and it was melted. My boyfriend was tired and he wanted to go to sleep, so I had to wake him up. It was a big sticky mess though.

Image of Shauna Sand courtesy of Vivid (vivid.com)

Do you often combine food with sex?
It's not something I do on a regular basis, and I'll only do it if it's in a hotel because it's a big mess, gets all over the sheets; it's a disaster. I mean, I'll do anything, but it's not something I do on a regular basis. It was worth it but it's better if someone else cleans up the next day. I did do that once [before] with an ex-fiancée. We decided to order strawberries with whipped cream and a lot of chocolate, melted chocolate. It was the biggest mess you've ever seen, but it was in a hotel so it was ok. I highly recommend only doing that in a hotel. It was all over the towels, the bathroom, the walls; it was like… I don't think they were very happy with me after that. I think I've been banned from that hotel.

What, to you, makes someone "sexy?"
I've had a thing with French people. I've been married to two of them, and then this guy in the tape I've been with-he's not my boyfriend anymore-for six months. I think it's, like, accents-I only speak French to them so it doesn't really make sense. But I think that they just have something that's very sexy and charismatic about them. Italian people as well.

Image of Shauna Sand courtesy of Vivid (vivid.com)

These days, a lot of celebrities have been making sex tapes and releasing them to the public. When you were making this tape, did you ever imagine that other people would be seeing these private moments?
No. Absolutely not. And when I found that it had been stolen and stuff I really went into shock. I was pretty upset for a week. But then I realized that I should accept it and see it as something positive because it is a beautiful tape. I made it with somebody I really loved and we were having probably one of the best times that I had in my life. So I thought I would take control of the movie. I did the editing, I put the music in, I chose the scenes that I thought were the sexiest-I mean, there's still some stuff that was raunchier, but I thought that we were having a lot of fun and really enjoying each other. I had to subtitle it as well because the majority of it is in French, so I sat there for like 40 hours subtitling it. I was in the editing room for four days, ten hours a day…. When I was done editing it I watched the whole thing in its entirety to make sure that it flowed and everything was perfect, and then I realized: everybody's going to be seeing this. And then I got really freaked out, and then I went to a bar and had a drink. But now I've accepted it.

Image of Shauna Sand courtesy of Vivid (vivid.com)

Do you plan on making more home videos?
I never know what I'm going to do in the future. I'm not planning on it, I wasn't planning on getting into the porn industry, but hey, who knows? You know?

If you had a personal motto, what would it be?
Stay positive in life, and enjoy every moment to the fullest.

Is there anything you'd like to plug/endorse?
Shauna Sand Exposed! That's it!

Image of Shauna Sand courtesy of Vivid (vivid.com)

Hustler's decided to find out: going deep inside Sabrina Deep, asking penetrating questions, they've come up with a portrait of a lady who's happiest when she's surrounded by (and servicing) as many fans as she can handle. Find out what lies deep inside Sabrina Deep—and why she'd rather be hooking up with you than Evan Stone.

· Sabrina Deep: Inside a Bukkake Queen (hustlerworld.com)

But then, just as things were heating up, she took a few years off to start up a family. Fear not, though, this story has a happy ending: this year McKenzie came back—and joined up with the happy porn family over at Digital Playground.

We spent some time on the phone with McKenzie, and learned a little bit about the difference between American porn and British porn, what she was doing while she was away, and, of course, who her favorite costars are. Click through the gallery to read our interview (and to check out hot pics of McKenzie, too).

· McKenzie Lee (mckenzielee.com)
· Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

Fleshbot: What made you first decide to get into the adult industry?
McKenzie Lee: Ever since the age of eighteen, nineteen, I was stripping. So just going into the industry was a real natural progression for me. I lived in a house with two other guys and a girl, and one of the guys was actually a porn actor, and he'd been in the industry like eleven years at that point. We used to rent our house out as a location, and I was always around it, and I just-well, one day I didn't just decide, "Oh, maybe I'll do porn"…I just fell into it. It found me.

Image of McKenzie Lee courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

Did you start shooting in the UK and then move over to Porn Valley?
Yeah, I started shooting in the UK, and then I got contracted to Playboy over there in the UK. I hosted shows, but I was still able to do films, which wasn't in direct competition with the TV program. And then they sent me out here to do the Nightcalls, around New Years Eve '05, and I came out here and figured I would work while I'm out here and then go home, and then three weeks later I got signed.

Is there a difference between porn in the UK and porn in the US?
Oh yeah, there's a major difference. There, it's not so mainstream, it's kind of shoved underneath the carpet. Actually shooting porn is a major undertaking-in the UK it takes a whole day to shoot one scene, here you can shoot like five or six scenes in one day.

There's a lot of kinky British people and European people, so we're not easily shocked, but people don't talk about the industry, [though] they know it's there. You guys make it more mainstream.

Image of McKenzie Lee courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

You were Best New Starlet in 2006, and shortly after that you took a break. What made you decide to walk away from the industry for a little bit?
Well, it wasn't me really walking away from the industry. The contract I was in at the time, they were going through a transition and a change in their whole company structure, so they really weren't doing anything....So it was a great time for me to take a break and have my family. I got married and had two kids in the time that I was away. It was one of those things where I never really left the industry entirely, I just put it on hold for a little bit.

Did you miss performing while you were temporarily away?
Yeah. I really missed performing….and that was a major reason why I came back and came back strong. I wanted to be that girl that I was before, that hardcore performer. I toltally missed it. I love my job.

Image of McKenzie Lee courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

What made you decide to sign with Digital Playground?
Really, I think they're a great company. They do a lot of mainstream stuff as well, they put a lot of great product out there, and for me, I like the whole performing family feel. I like to work for somebody, and I like to give somebody all of me. So in this case it's Digital Playground and I will work my hardest for them. I think they're a good company to work for.

Image of McKenzie Lee courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

Of the performers you've worked with, who's your favorite?
Guys or girls?

Both: give me your favorite guys and favorite girls.
I like the gonzo boys, like Steve Holmes, Manuel Ferrara...I like to get lost in the scene, I like to just be into that guy, and the gonzo guys make it really easy for me, because they have my style of sex. I like to be completely overwhelmed and overpowered and fight for control. The guys that regularly do gonzo stuff really know how to take control and just go for it and let themselves go. So people like that—I like to get lost in my performance. And then girlwise…you know, I haven't really done too many girl-girl scenes here. I'm still trying to explore my favorite girl performers. But off the top of my head, I loved Arianna Jolie when she was around because she was crazy and oozed sexuality. She's a little like Belladonna. She was really great. Belladonna's on my wish list, because I've never gotten to work with her. So girlwise, I'm still looking.

Image of McKenzie Lee courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

Belladonna is a great wish list add—she's pretty amazing.
I just like her passion-she's definitely alive, you know?

I saw Belladonna years ago, when I was working in England. She actually did a film for Harmony Films and I was working a lot for them at the time. And I remember watching her movie and being like, "Wow, this girl's crazy"—like, even her talking, her presence and her talking were amazing. She just oozed sexuality. And that was like Arianna too, she was one of my favorite performers of all time. Yes, she was kind of crazy with the whole performance aspect and stuff like that, but she was so sexual—she could find something sexual in everyone. And that's pretty much like Belladonna.

There's an art to being a great performer, and just loving what you do and finding that little twinkle in somebody, where you can push their button—that's what I love to do.

Image of McKenzie Lee courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

When you're not doing porn, what do you enjoy doing?
Obviously I have two small children, so mostly family stuff. I'm a regular girl, I like to do all the girly stuff and go tanning. Just do all that girly stuff. I love spending family time with my kids, and going places and just showing them the world.

Image of McKenzie Lee courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

· Sasha Grey (sashagrey.com)

Earlier today, we mentioned how "30 Rock" did a "30 Rock" porn on last night's "30 Rock". BSCreview caught up with the lovely Ms. Samson to ask her how things went on the set, what it was like to be Liz Lemon, how hot Tracy Morgan is, etc. Long story short: everything was great. (bscreview.com)

We caught up with Sasha a few weeks ago, and picked her brain about how her life has changed since "The Girlfriend Experience"—and where we can expect to see her over the next few years (spoiler: she's definitely trying to take over the world).

· Sasha Grey (sashagrey.com)

Of course, there's more to Janie than meets the eye (though what meets the eye is definitely enough to keep us occupied for some time). We got a chance to talk with Janie over the phone. Click through to read our interview—and plenty more pictures.

Fleshbot: What were you doing before you signed with Digital Playground? Did you have any idea you were going to start doing porn? Was it spontaneous? What happened?
Janie Summers: Well, I was actually doing porn before I signed with them. I just didn't have a whole lot of scenes. I knew I wanted to sign a contract with Digital Playground, they're my very favorite company—so it just kinda worked out.

How long have you been doing porn?
I started about nine months ago.

Do you do boys and girls, just girls, just boys?
I do both boys and girls.

Image of Janie Summers courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

So what made you wanna sign with Digital Playground?
Well, I had been looking to get a contract, hoping that something would work out because I like the idea of the relationship, just being at one company the whole time and getting to know those people. When I was offered it, I was kind of surprised but really excited and everything just kind of happened really quickly and I contacted my agent and then just worked it all out.

That's awesome. So, have you shot with Digital Playground yet, since you've signed?
I just started working on one thing recently—I live in Ohio so I fly back and forth.

Can you say anything about the stuff you've shot with them?
They told me not to say anything about the stuff I've already shot but my DVD is going to come out soon and that's what we're working on.

Image of Janie Summers courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

What's your favorite fetish?
I really don't mind being tied up at all.

You don't mind or you like it?
I guess I should be cautious when I say that because some people do that very harshly and I don't like that, but I don't mind being taken advantage of and all that.

Do you consider yourself a top or a bottom, generally?
I think when it comes to girls it's a little different. I guess it just depends on how the girl is. Since I have a cute babyface they like to play me in a lot of bottom roles I guess.

Image of Janie Summers courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

So what do you like to do when you're not on set?
Everyone always asks me this, and I think I need to get a hobby. I email with my family and friends a lot and I go to the gym and stuff like that. Not a whole lot.

You're in Ohio right?
Right.

If I were to come to Ohio, what's something I'd definitely have to do?
JS: See a [Cleveland Cavaliers] game....Sports is what I would come see.

Do you think you'll ever move out to LA or are you planning on staying in Ohio?
I kinda wanna see how it works out like this. But I have a feeling it might get a little hectic and I may have to move out there. I'm not opposed to it, I'm just kind of settled in Ohio right now but I could move.

Image of Janie Summers courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

Are there any stars that you're looking forward to performing with—do you have a wishlist of people you'd like to work with?
Yeah, definitely. I wanna work with Manuel Ferrara. And—I've never worked with Belladonna. I'm not sure if she works with that company a lot but if we did that'd be really cool.

If you ever get the chance, go for it because—obviously she's an amazing performer but she's just the sweetest person ever too.
That's so cool.

Image of Janie Summers courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

Digital Playground has a pretty good record of getting its stars in more mainstream fare as well. Would you be interested in being in a mainstream movie or doing stuff like that as well?
This is how I look at it: I really love porn, but I absolutely would jump at any opportunity to do something like that, because I think it's great to be able to try new things and I'm glad that they would actually help us out with things like that. But I wouldn't necessarily just leave porn for mainstream.

Right, so you like doing porn but you'd like to be doing other stuff in addition.
Definitely, because we have down time and there's definitely great opportunities that come about but yeah, I'm definitely excited to still do porn for a long time.

Image of Janie Summers courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

And having done so, we're pleased to announce that Raven does, in fact, live up to the hype. A smart, capable girl who loves Star Trek, World of Warcraft, and, of course, making porn, she's a geek's dream. Add to that the fact that she's got a head for business, and runs not one, but two sites all on her own, and well—it should be easy to see why we're totally smitten. Looking to fall in love yourself? Click through the gallery to read our interview with Raven.

Fleshbot: So just to get started, can you tell me a little bit about yourself? Where are you from, how long have you been doing adult, how did you get into adult?
Raven Alexis: I'm originally from the Northwest and I've been living in Las Vegas for about three years now. I've done a lot of online work; I've done some dvd work as well and I have my own websites that I started and I work really hard on those and obviously now I'm with DP, so that's kind of me in a nutshell.

What made you decide to start your own site?
I've always kind of wanted to have my own website, to start my own business, be my own boss. And it just seemed like the web is where everything is right now.

For your own website, how much of the business end did you do? Were you also doing any technical stuff?
I own and operate them. I do have two webmasters that help me operate them, but I can do pretty much everything just in case someone can't do something. So I edit occasionally, I update the sites occasionally....I'm my own production company, so I try to be as hands on as possible and involve myself in everything a little bit.

Image of Raven Alexis courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

What's the difference between ravenalexis.com and ravensplayhouse.com?
Raven's Playhouse is my first site and it's exclusively solo...solo masturbation, solo stuff. It's much more girl next door, sweet girl stuff. Raven Alex has my boy-girl, girl-girl. It's got kind of a collection of stuff on it. It has a backstage pass area on it where they can actually just kind of see see me in regular life doing regular life things.

How long have you been doing hardcore?
I have been doing it...I want to say for a year and a half now.

And what made you decide to start doing hardcore? Was it something you planned all along?
Yeah, it's definitely something I planned. I wanted to get a lot of solo glamour work under my belt. I wanted to make sure it was the right time and everything. And I've done it exclusively on my own site, on Raven Alexis, so all along I've been wanting to go to the next level. And Digital Playground has definitely been in my sights. I just think they're an amazing company and now I finally get the opportunity to work with them.

Image of Raven Alexis courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

Do you consider yourself a geek? Is that how you self identify?
Definitely, yeah. I'm proud of it.

So what's the geekiest thing about you?
Um, well, there's a lot of geeky things. I play a lot of computer games, I play a lot of Xbox, I go to Comic-Con every year. I have a huge Star Trek thing, I go to Star Trek conventions.... Um yeah I'm very into gadgets, into sci-fi, just not really your typical girl, I guess.

Image of Raven Alexis courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

In terms of gadgets, what are your favorite gadgets?
My iPhone definitely is my favorite. I don't go anywhere without that. My computer. I have several. I have my gaming machines and then I have my laptop.

What kinds of computers do you have?
I have one Mac that I do all my website stuff on, then I have actually my two PCs that I built out myself. They're water cooled; they've got all the latest on them.

Image of Raven Alexis courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

Are you mainly into Star Trek? Are there other sci-fi things you like?
I like Star Trek, it's probably my favorite. Battlestar Galactica is probably my second favorite. I do watch Star Wars. I'm not as into them, but I think I'm more of a trekkie than a Star Wars person, but I like them all and I'll give anything a chance. But I think Star Trek is my favorite and BSG is my second.

New BSG or old BSG?
I would have to say old. I watch the new stuff but it doesn't do as much for me.

And which breed of Star Trek?
The Next Generation.

Image of Raven Alexis courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

I also heard you play World of Warcraft.
Yes, I do.

Did you know there's a porn star guild in World of Warcraft?
I did not know that, no...If there is such a thing I would definitely be interested.

Have you run into any issues with your account? Mia Rose, one of the pornstars who plays World of Warcraft actually had her account banned because of being a pornstar.
No I haven't. I don't really discuss it. You know, I've played it for, gosh, five, six years now. I don't really discuss what I do. I don't you know let it be known who I am or anything like that. Yeah, I haven't run into any problems with that.

Image of Raven Alexis courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

Have you shot any scenes for Digital Playground yet?
Yes, I have. I actually just finished doing something for them that's going to be released hopefully just right in time for the AVNs. We're just focusing on filming as much as we can.

Do you know what it's going to be called or is it still untitled?
I don't. I think they kind of keep those things untitled until the last second, you know?

Can you talk about who did you get to work with?
Oh, I can't actually say who I worked with but it was a great team and they were two of the best performers in the industry so it's not going to disappoint for sure.

Oh, two? Did you do two separate scenes?
It was one scene.

Oh, okay. Oh my goodness. Are you planning on working with males, females, both?
Both, all, you know, as much as I can get. I love sex and I love men and women equally.

Image of Raven Alexis courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

Are there things you haven't done on camera yet that you are looking forward to doing?
I always I want to do new stuff all the time....I'm always looking to kind of push the envelope and do as much crazy kinky fun stuff as possible.

What would you say is your favorite fetish?
Um, gosh. I like BDSM, I like I have a kind of strange mask fetish, kind of like the "Eyes Wide Shut" thing. I have a lot of different kinks that I enjoy, but BDSM is probably the top contender.

Do you consider yourself a top or a bottom?
A top.

Image of Raven Alexis courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

You live in Las Vegas, right?
Yes, I do.

So if I were to come to Las Vegas, what would be something I would absolutely have to do?
Oh gosh. I think probably the most important thing here in Vegas is the old strip, the Fremont Street experience. I have a fascination with all things classic and retro, so it's pretty cool to see the old classic Vegas like you see in all the movies.

Are there things you see as a local that tourists don't normally see?
I think everybody thinks that vegas is crazy crazy 24/7, you know? But there's a huge outdoors scene, = hiking and ski clubs and things like that. There's a huge suburban feel to it as well. So, I think people tend to just see the strip and don't realize how much it has to offer for actually like living here and doing other stuff.

Image of Raven Alexis courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

In addition to being super sexy on cam, Bella's been playing a stripper on screen (and in real life, too), totally revamping her extreme fetish site, and designing some of the sweetest jewelry we've seen in a long time. We never thought we needed a pair of solid gold, police issue handcuffs...but thankfully, Miss Bella has opened our eyes.

· Bella Vendetta (bellavendetta.com)

· Fang Ling Lee (fanglinglee.com)

In the latest installment of Recession Sex Workers, Antonia Crane interviews Zoey Holloway, a retired stripper who started shooting MILF porn when the economy went south—and happens to be very, very glad that she did (and not just cause it's putting money in her pocket, either).

· There's No Place Like Porn, The Unstoppable MILF Zoey Holloway (therumpus.net)
· Photo by Romy Suskin

We know, we know—it's pretty amazing. But that's why she's our Supreme Commandress, right?

· Burning Angel (burningangel.com)
· "LA Pink" (lapinkxxx.com)

Featured in her interviews are Syd Blakovich, Jiz Lee, Dylan Ryan, and Madison Young—all of whom educate her on the ins and outs of a business that's poorly understood by most of the mainstream world. Thinking about getting your own start in adult? Read through the advice given by our lovely Crush Objects...and make sure to see Liz's piece for a thorough outline on exactly what not to do.

· Get Off My Back! (viceland.com)
· This Is How You Do It (viceland.com, via Jiz Lee)
· Photo by Courtney Trouble (courtneytrouble.com)

...and let us in on some of her geekier fantasies. Oh Phoenix, now you've got us thinking about what you could do if you had Jean Grey's powers—and believe us, we'd pay good money to see that!

· Phoenix Askani on Burning Angel (burningangel.com)
· Phoenix Askani on Twitter (twitter.com)
· Phoenix Askani on MySpace (myspace.com)