Yes. This is actually a thing. “The Sex Factor” is a reality TV show which will be a contest between 8 men and 8 women to get some kind of major porn contract. This is what a porn culture is: when we further silence the realities of women in porn by broadcasting this rose-tinted view of what life for a porn star is.
No women of color. The ONLY people who have a chance at a “glamorous career” are white women.
Not even a disclaimer about the harms that this could do to someone’s body, emotional health, or reputation.
They are encouraging teenagers to post naked pictures of themselves on social media
Mainstream media including The Daily Beast, Time Magazine, Rolling Stone, are covering this without any criticism whatsoever.
When the porn industry has this much control of the media, these are the types of stories that get attention: carefree, glamorous, unharmed women.
There is a way to make this backfire. Use this as an opportunity to spread the truth. Use your social media platforms to show the reality of porn: the coercion, the abuse, the degradation, and the effects of it all. Don’t let this go unchecked. This is disgusting, but it’s also an opportunity.