Another reason porn blows (and not in the good way)
Battling referrer log spam. Oh joy. Because I really don’t have anything better to do with my afternoon than figuring out why our site’s access logs are clogged with hits from bogus sites about horny Russian teenagers with webcams. (Although, to be fair, the party poker and online casino sites are just as bad with this practice.)
As I was muttering curses under my breath researching this phenomenon, it also made me think about the place of porn in our society — how sad it is that sexually explicit material treads almost exclusively in the gutters and bad neighborhoods of our awareness, presenting itself like a marginally criminal enterprise even when it’s perfectly legal. Vice. I realize that for some people, the illicitness is part of the thrill, but when it’s always like that? All the fucking time??? It gets old.
I’d like to be able to tell people what I do, what Tony and I do without it being met with suspicion. I’d like to not be assumed off the bat to be a merchant of sleaze — see Tony’s recent experience on the Ovusoft bulletin boards (Hard times at Ovusoft) for an example that left me seething.
If there’s going to be a revolution, can it start already? Huh?
p.s. for anyone curious about the referrer log spam thing, I found the following article helpful — Proposal on referrer spam with some recommendations for bloggers to help make this practice less appealing to spammers.
April 27th, 2006 at 6:13 am
“I’d like to be able to tell people what I do, what Tony and I do without it being met with suspicion. I’d like to not be assumed off the bat to be a merchant of sleaze —”
I thought of this comment of yours when I watched the very charming “Making Of A Love Scene: section of Damon and Hunter: Doing It Together and thought of the vast distance between what you make and sleaze. Different animal, different planet! That’s a lovely film you’ve made Peggy, the BTS is fantastic too, I loved it. Congratulations. Mwah.
April 30th, 2006 at 2:54 pm
Thanks so much, Ell. *smewtch!*
May 21st, 2006 at 8:17 pm
I’m sorry you guys were miffed by the Ovumafia. I logged into the Sexuality forum today and found the url to your site. I can’t tell you how good it feel for a woman to watch sex unfold and feel GOOD about it. Most of the time sex portrayed through the media makes me feel inadequate or embarassed.
This felt good. It felt real. It felt honest. And it made me wish my husband got home a lot earlier from work!
Just watching the previews for the films made me feel alive. There’s so much irony in today’s sexuality. First it’s thrust down our throats, then we feel ashamed by our own lack of hollywood magic.
I agree — what you’ve made is art. It’s fabulous.
Don’t let the Ovumafia get you down. I’m showing my husband your site tonight and hoping he’ll love it just as much as I do!
May 22nd, 2006 at 4:19 am
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May 22nd, 2006 at 4:39 am
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