I follow a lot of porn stars on Twitter and they pump their movies/sites/appearances hard. So hard that I’ve unfollowed many of them. I never feel like you’re over doing it or “shamelessly promoting” yourself. I like knowing what you’re working on and it never feels like promotion. Just a girl talking about her day at work. Just so happens your work involves sex.

I voted for you and hope you win. You’re a small voice being heard in a big world. We need more women like you to represent. Good luck!

(I’m tellin you though, twitter is where it’s at. That’s where I found out about you)

=)

Granted porn is a business like any other, it is always endearing to see people involved in it who while always being cognizant of the proverbial “bottom line”, still put in vast amounts of time, energy, passion and ahem, sweat. One could liken it to the music business by analogy-initially when people are younger they are entranced by whatever is “popular” and that serves as the catalyst to delve deeper into other genres etc.-case in point: I love death metal but initially many eons ago liked the so-called “popular bands”, naturally my tastes have evolved but these were impetus to explore. By extension, as the above poster has so rightly pointed out, the “mainstream” in porn is good insofar as providing a platform to delve further into niches and find performers who subscribe to a certain aesthetic, creative standpoint or “vibe” we can identify with.

For my part I honestly can’t remember how I found out about Joanna Angel and her work-it was back in the halcyon days of 2006 and although the “punk” aesthetic is not my thing in the strictest sense per se, I have always respected her commitment to staying true to her artistic vision and not compromising for the sake of greater financial gain at the expense of integrity. Well that and the admittedly typically male reasons for watching said films; something about being in the middle of two or more women resonates with my primordial cave-man sense.

That said, forgive the dissertation-but my overriding sentiment is that all in all it’d be nice to see Joanna go on to bigger and better things and be at least the foremost of the “independent” companies out there, if not “kicking more goals” for the humble, true-to-themselves and their fans pornographer.

thank you so much for commenting on this I really appreciate it!

xoxox

First, some background. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. I moved upstate to the capital area of NY for college and have lived here ever since (a loooong time). In this college town, there is really only 1 store that sells adult films that range many studios and genres. Also, tattoos are just starting to become popular here. It’s not really my thing, but whatever. Couple all these things together, and you can understand how I had never heard about Joanna and Burning Angel until this summer.

I started using twitter in the spring, and started to notice that a lot of the people I was meeting were following Joanna. So I started following Joanna. In my following, I started to hear about many of the things she was working on, but I still didn’t know what she did or why she was popular. So I did some research, and looked into getting a movie with her. Being that I am also a fan of Sasha Grey, I was hearing lots of stuff about one called “I want to F*ck Your Sister,” so I picked it up. I thought it was hilarious. I thought the scene with the two of them and James Deen was hilarious, because it starts out, and here’s Joanna (an obviously Jewish and Proud-to-be-so girl) running out of ingredients for “Jewish Wedding Soup” (something I’m still not sure is even real) so she runs out to the store only to have Sasha (her “sister”) steal her man. A couple of other plot twists happen, and it was just a brilliant scene.

I was kind of taken away with how Joanna was able to have fun with it and show some personality. This continued throughout my following of her on twitter. I also started following James Deen, and at some point over the summer, they started hyping the making of the newest BA dvd (LA Pink) release, and I got curious, so followed closer and did some research.

I decided I was going to buy it, not because I was into girls w tats, but more because it was something I followed and saw unfold on twitter. I purchased it and received it last week. We just finihed watching it and it’s great. There’s actually a plot, and the same personality I mentioned above was obvious in the writing and delivery.

Had it not been for the mainstream release above and twitter, I wouldn’t have gotten exposed to Joanna and Burning angel. I think that it’s clear that she has built a great company that makes entertaining films. While I think it’s important to be exclusive to Burning Angel, I also think that there is some value in doing the mainstream releases that would be lost by refusing to do so. If you can keep it to titles/studios/directors whose creative interests match yours, then it’s something that can continue to be beneficial to gaining even more exposure/revenue.