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Porn: Made in NYC
October 05, 2005
Last night when I got home I had a voicemail from Joe Gallant: “Wow, baby, look at you, you’re all grown up! The Time Out photo looks great, you’re so happy and beautiful. Be my bride!” I first met Joe when I was 21 and an effusively nerdy and intense kid, researching smut to my heart’s content for the Museum of Sex. Joe’s right – I’ve really grown into myself, body and brain, since then.
So yes, Jefferson – your comment was spot on. The rush to leap into discussion with my parents was a bit of preemptive damage control, as my visage and a few of my words grace page 30 (the whole page) of Time Out NY this week – and there’s no doubt that the article or at least word of it will reach my pervy dad. I’m featured as part of their cover story:
It’s a pretty terrific article that made me swell with pride for the sleaze of my city. Joe’s Black Mirror gets a lot of attention in the piece, with mentions of a nice variety of other companies that are creating a real and diverse alternative to the porn coming out of CA. Perhaps this is best summed up by what Kenny Law, an editor at Screw, is quoted saying in the article: “There’s a punk, underground attitude here, due to a lack of money that you don’t get on the West Coast. It’s real and relatable. It’s not just some palm trees swaying in the wind.” The photo essay includes Angel Baby (my personal fave and long-time masturbation inspiration), Brenda Staudenmaier, Anne Hanavan, Keith Crass, Guy Gonzales, Erika Kole, Heather Reznor, Big John and of course yours truly, all shot by the funny and awesome Brad Nelson.
It’s a rare picture of Audacia Ray – I’m laughing my head off, whereas I’m usually so serious when I pose. So, a different kind of picture, much more of a portrait than most of the photos you’ve all seen of me. I’m excited – and let me tell you, this thing has been on the stands for less than 24 hours, and nothing flushes out long lost friends and lovers like an upskirt shot in a major New York entertainment magazine.
If you can’t read it, the text says: “Audacia Ray: ‘I’m the news & shorts editor of $pread magazine, a new sex-workers’-rights magazine. I write a blog at WakingVixen.com and do porn reviews, erotica and personal essays for a variety of publications. I also get naked for fine art and porn projects, am a professional foot and leg fetishist and teach HIV prevention workshops.’”
Posted by Dacia at October 5, 2005 04:17 PM
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You are a wonder, Dacia, an absolute wonder.
Posted by: Balthazar B at October 5, 2005 04:51 PM
::grins:: awesome awesome
Posted by: Lioness at October 5, 2005 06:02 PM
Not that it matters, because you obviously have a legion of fans, but I think I’m getting a crush on you. I love the way you use language (I’m a writer and thus a word freak) - congratulations on the magazine spread!
Posted by: Joshua at October 5, 2005 11:38 PM
Damn. I knew I should have gotten your autograph when I had the chance. ;) I wonder what the odds are on finding a copy at my local B&N? Yeah, you may need to save one for me.
-G
Posted by: Garrison Steelle at October 6, 2005 09:52 AM
That is so freaking awesome. One day - and that day is now, it appears! - I can say that I knew you when. :)
Posted by: Belle at October 6, 2005 11:38 AM
I was thrilled to find you nestled in the pages of my Time Out this morning over a cup of coffee. Dazzling wit, beautiful smile, and flashing panties?! You’re a credit to us all.
Congrats! xxoo Cherry
Posted by: Cherry Bomb at October 6, 2005 12:59 PM
I was thinking, based on an earlier post you made, that the production end of porn might make sense as a career step for you. Not neccesarily the photography or webmastering parts, but the design and people-wrangling.
Have you ever considered starting up your own pay-site with various models? Something like what the people at Cybernet Entertainment do? they’re the folks who produce (among other things) fuckingmachines.com and waterbondage.com
Posted by: Josh Jasper at October 6, 2005 04:36 PM
Great, save some copies for the kiddies. You’re not going to take many better pics. Cheers, ‘VJ’
Posted by: VJ at October 7, 2005 04:02 AM
You’re marrying Joe? I thought he was a lesbian …
Congrats on your continued fame. It’s good you do this now, so that later you will be able to offer evidence that your success was not simply due to your great mind.
That photo does capture your laugh.
Posted by: Jefferson at October 7, 2005 10:51 AM
You really look great in the pic in Time Out.. Way to go girl!
Posted by: Ali at October 11, 2005 12:06 AM
Dacia, you rock!
I spent some hours trawling around bookstores in London for that Time Out NY. And it was worth every penny for that unbeatable proximity-to-celebrity thrill it gave me to see your fab-glam picture and think “oooh, I had her linked way back when she was just a wee little blogspot blogger with no pictures.”
Congrats, congrats!
Posted by: MonMouth at October 11, 2005 04:53 AM
Congrats, this is absolutely fantastic. Just why don’t they sell copies over here in Germany? You have avid readers here as well.
Posted by: Lyssa at October 11, 2005 05:19 AM
I guess the TONY Porn in NYC issue musta sold out pretty fast cuz I’m just now reading this from a ish I five-finger-discounted from my workplace’s library bin. Glad I did, cuz I’m gleaming your site from your appearance and I woulda missed it had I not copped it. As an erotica artist and writer, For a while now, I’ve been cultivating my own little network and avenues of inspiration and muse for my arts, separating the wheat from the chaff in what catches my fancy and gets my juices a-churnin’. And now I’m including your joint in the mix. Keep on showing out, lady, you are beautiful!
Posted by: Irezumi Kiss at October 23, 2005 03:21 PM
