My First Porno: Or, How I Learned to Stop Trusting “Loveline”

by Siouxsie Q February 26, 2014

In the winter of 2009, I sat in my tiny bedroom in the Inner Richmond — a glorified laundry room with a linoleum floor and a futon mattress in the corner. I stared at my laptop screen. On it flashed the model application for The Crash Pad Series, an independent queer porn site based out of San Francisco. I recognized many of the models on the site — some from porn, most from dance parties in the Mission. The site was bright and friendly looking: soft lines with pink and white letters. Everyone…