Började läsa boken främst för att stärka mina argument kring mitt fördömande av porr. Att kolla på porr gynnar sexuella trakasserier och våldtäkter. Även om Jenna Jameson är för porrbranchen och ser denna som hennes väg till kvinnlig makt har boken styrkt min egen etablerade uppfattning om porren. Här är fem saker som framgår i boken som du kanske inte visste om:

1.Porrbranchen är extremt mansdominerad. All personal bakom kameran är 9,9 gånger av 10 män. Därav uppkommer ett klimat som är oerhört farligt för de kvinnliga porrskådespelarna.

2.Mutor. En porrskådespelerska blir som debutant erbjuden ett kontrakt där hon får välja det hon är beredd att göra framför kameran. Exempelvis Girl om girl, Girl on man, analt, oralt, trekant, bondage, extrem bondage osv. Detta för att ge henne en känsla av kontroll. Men kontraktet är inte bindande. Ju fler filmer hon spelar in desto mer kommer hon bli mutad att tex ha sex med män om hon inte vill- spela in analsexscener som hon inte vill och ha trekanter hon inte vill osv. Summorna hon erbjuds blir högre ju fler gånger hon säger nej och därav tackar de flesta skådespelare ja i slutändan. De flesta porrskådelspelare ”går därför nästan alltid med” på någon de sagt nej till.

3.Indirekt prostitution. Många av de managers/kamaramän/ producenter etc. med makt är utom förstahandsyrket även porrstjärnor i grunden. Om någon väldigt gärna vill ha sex med en specifik porrstjärna så löser han det. En del av dem har sina egna produktionsbolag och kan då kolla in de stjärnor de tycker är snygga. Därefter betala en summa och bestämma ”du och jag i en scen”(även om han är manager, och ska arbeta som manager inte porrskådis på pappret.)

4.Psykisk ohälsa. En hög andel av de som arbetar inom porrbranchen är psykiskt nedbrutna. En del sedan innan och det är anledningen till att de söker sig till porrbranchen till första början. De resterande blir det av branschen. Det ser vi på den höga självmordsstatistiken bland sexarbetare.

5. Drogberoende- de flesta sexarbetare arbetar i en miljö där drogmissbruk/alkoholmissbruk är en norm och drar in dem i detta. Vilket i sin tur leder till att de går med på mer som de inte vill framför kameran för att ha råd med beroendet.


Med andra ord- jag är emot all typ av sexarbete. Att gå på strippklubb, se på porr, köpa sex, köpa nakenbilder, eller delta i annat sexköp på plats eller på nätet är en dealbreaker. Och borde vara det för fler än vad det är idag.

Att sexhandeln är så utbredd tyder endast på det växande patriarkatet. Min respekt går till de livsöden som sexhandeln har tagit. Mörkret i denna bransch är (kan jag lova er) bottenlöst.

Boken är för lång och tar upp mycket onödigt. Ca 7 olika förälskelsefaser och tappar mot slutet tråden.

Last week I went to Florida to sit on the beach for a few days. I brought with me Dickens' 'Our Mutual Friend' and Jenna Jameson's autobiography. I started reading Dickens on the plane, but about 25 pages into it I decided I simply wasn't in the mood for a classic and cracked open How to Make Love Like A Porn Star, and I could not put it down. I spent the next few days at the beach happily reading-- it was bliss.

I appreciated 'experimental' or creative layout of the book, the only part I could have skipped was the transcript of her and her family reminiscing-- yawn. I wants more stories of sex, drugs and rock star cock!

This book contains adult material....duh

This book is enjoyable but it really depends on what you are hoping to get out of it.

Going into this I knew absolutely nothing about Jenna Jameson and quite frankly, I don't know if I would have been able to pick her out of a line-up. (This has now changed since this book has approximately 3,000 billion pictures of Jenna in various stages of undress.)

No, I'm not a fan, the reason I picked this up was because I had recently watched the Lovelace bio-pic starring Amanda Seyfried and I really loved it. Before that I watched  The Notorious Bettie Page and was enthralled so I thought this book would be right up my alley, and at first it was.

I would say that the first half of this book was very interesting as it chronicled her childhood and life as a teen-aged stripper. However, once she becomes established in the adult film industry everything begins to feel very repetitive....I dated this loser and cheated on him with this person and was drunk and did drugs and slept around....again and again. There are a few interesting anecdotes and celebrity cameos: Bruce Willis is an arrogant perv, Tommy Lee is needy and clingy, Marilyn Manson is actually pretty weird, and Howard Stern is nice, well sort of. It had it's moments but overall once you pass the 300 page mark everything kind of runs together and you are so desensitized that nothing is really shocking anymore.

As I said before there are a ton of pictures but very few have captions and none of them are chronological. It would have been nice if the pictures related to what was happening in the book at that time. For example, how about not having a topless photo sandwiched between diary entries from when you were 10 years old. Not only are the pictures shown with no years or dates attached but she rarely references dates or years in her writing which can make it very difficult to follow.

However, if I take a step back I think that the real reason I only 'liked' this over 'really liked' is due to my expectations. Both Lovelace and Betty Page went through some terrible, terrible things but when it came down to it they were just innocent girls that got caught up in a corrupt industry. Both of these ladies turned away from the 'p' word and made good. Jenna's story does not take this direction. This poor girl experienced terrible abuse and was raped several times throughout her life but doesn't ever seek justice or make a stand against rape. In fact there are a few times when she is raped and then makes the monster her boyfriend. All these years later and I don't see a ton of reflection. It's more like oh well, boys will be boys, it all worked out in the end. WTF?! At one point Jenna insists that she still would have joined the adult movie biz even if she hadn't been abused and I find it hard to believe since she herself says at the end that if so and so hadn't raped me I would have never met this person or made this career jump. She actually comes across as accepting of rape and treats it like it isn't as big of a deal as it actually is and that really bothered me. She constantly let's men take advantage of her, in fact a man calls her a whore threatens to kill her dog and she marries him, and that's supposed to be a happy ending?

I guess I was looking for a tale of redemption or empowerment and that's my problem since this book is not obligated to be inspiring.

Overall, her story was interesting but not reflective or thoughtful. I felt like most of the pictures and some of the writing was just fan service. The book is long but she does try to break it up by including diary entries, comic panels, lists, interviews, and pictures...lots and lots of pictures. The first 300 pages are really entertaining and the rest of the book is just a slow decline. Do not read if you are looking for an inspiring story featuring a strong woman.

Interesting. I didn't read it all but I enjoyed what I read.

OK, you already know the stereotype of the Stripper/Porn Actress: Raped at an early age, an emotionally un-involved father, and the meth-head, tattoo shop owner boyfriend--who's uncle raped her and then raped and strangled her best friend.

The author is a self-confessed E! junkie and it definately shows in her writing style. She never seems to let the facts get in the way of a good story. The timeline seemed to jump erratically, and the narrative was constantly interrupted by useless teenage diary entries and family round-table conversations that, in my mind's eye, would have been filmed from a high angle with a grainy black and white hand-held camera. These "intimate moments" often contained contrary facts to what was previously written. Jenna ends the book with her "true love": a man who continually leaves town for month on end, and changes the locks on her when she storms out of the house after arguments involving breaking all the dishes and decorations in the house.

She does add some humorous, if raunchy, anecdotes, pointers for other molestees to get into porn, and a bit of kiss and tell of the A-List. This is an autobiography that could definately have used a better editor.

Now, a number of years after the book was written, it is funny to listen to her bad mouth her former husband.

We really need a system to Down Mod a book this dreadful. I never finished it, even though I was trapped on an airplane with it. No matter it got abandoned in LAX!

I think that like most other readers of this book, I was looking for and expecting a fun, light read,and a personal take on the porn industry from the inside--some juicy details and "secret behind the scene" recollections. There seems to be such a fascination with this industry, with many people wondering "how could they do that", while curiosity gets the best of us. What I got was a much more raw, honest, and personal story of what many consider to be the "Queen of Mainstream Pornography". This book is much more about Jenna Jameson, her life growing up, and the effects it had on her, than the "behind the scenes" commentary I was expecting. It seemed to be an attempt to figure out who she is and make sense of her past and current life. Of course, she is no longer married to Jay (as the book ends off), and depending on which sources you believe, she is either separated from Tito Ortiz, or happily in bliss. Her craving for motherhood is made clear throughout the book with her early first sexual experiences and yearning to have a true "parent" figure in her life. She takes you through her drug addictions, some photo shoots, the making of her movies, many of her sexual trysts--straight or otherwise, her career, her family drama, and her past. The book is rather long; filled with glossy photos and many black and white pictures from her childhood to present day. I would like to see her write a followup to she where she is in her 'head space' now. Her constant searching for approval, belonging, acceptance, and love is clear throughout, and manifests itself in many different ways (sex, drugs, attention seeking behavior, codependent relationships). I hope she has been able to find a bit of closure now that she has a family and has settled down and found some peace. This was definitely a fun book to read--very easy to read and surprisingly a fast read as well. The pictures are explicit (as a warning to those who are not comfortable with overt nudity but definitely add to the book. The book is punctuated by several diary entrees throughout her life, which if real, is a neat way to see the chronic issues and insecurities that have plagued her from childhood and sadly followed her to adulthood. This book is not for everyone, but it is definitely interesting!

Awesome! Recommend this book to anyone who loves a good story
=)

Ależ to jest słabe.
Ta książka jest fatalna pod każdym niemal względem. Wszystko, każdy epizod, każdy dialog, zalatuje fałszem i wewnętrznymi sprzecznościami.
Zdjęcia też takie sobie (a stanowią połowę objętości).
Nawet warstwa "poradnikowa" jest bez sensu bo:
- albo dotyczy wąskiego grona odbiorców (adeptów i adeptek stripteasu)
- albo jest mało odkrywcza (uwagi dotyczące seksu oralnego).
Ogólnie "porady" stanowią bardzo nikłą część tej książki, z czego można wnioskować, że autorka nie miała za dużo do powiedzenia w tej sprawie.
I rzeczywiście jest to głównie opowieść o jej życiu, zmaganiu z patologicznym otoczeniem, narkotykami etc. Ale jak się to czyta, to na prawdę trudno w to wszystko uwierzyć, nie dlatego, że to jest "UNBELIEVABLE" ale dlatego, że jest tak niewiarygodnie słabe albo głupie.

Książka kończy się w 2004, gdy główna bohaterka wychodzi za mąż na miłość swojego życia. Zajrzałem do Wikipedii i wygląda na to, że trzeba by napisać drugi tom, który by się zaczynał już dwa lata później.

P.S. Przeczytałem parę lat temu autobiografię innej ikonicznej gwiazdy porno - Lindy Lovelace, która żyła i pracowała w czasach znacznie trudniejszych (chyba) dla ludzi z tej branży. I tamta książka była dużo bardziej przejmująca i wiarygodna.

What I thought would be a tale about an entrepreneur woman rising to the top of her profession with her talents and business savvy ways turned out to be a boring and sad story of a woman who simply 'spent time with' the right men. Rather than accomplish her success on her own merit, she rode on the coat tails of the men in her life.

Highly overrated. It's really not that titillating or engrossing.

Enough about your father the cop and the seriously unfunny hijinks with your brother.

I skipped about half of this drivel.

If I were Jenna's editor, I might question the chronology of some of this. I suspect some huge liberties were taken here.

Nice to know she lived around the corner from our old apartment on Dickens Street, though!

This was an awful book. The writing is terrible (she refers to genitals as ding dings?), 1/3 of the book is pictures, 1/3 is unnecessary (like her boring diary entries from when she was 12), and the remaining 1/3 is just barely engaging.

The actual parts worth reading include advice she gives to both men and women who want to break into the industry as well as a few experiences with some of the celebrities she has encountered such as Bruce Willis, Marilyn Manson, Wesley Snipes and Tommy Lee.

Everything else is a cliched history many would expect from a porn star: rape, daddy issues which later manifest into poor choices and abusive relationships, and her equation of her self- worth to her sexuality (which she never really acknowledges in depth).