Girlvert
A Porno Memoir (Anniversary Edition)

Let's talk about pornography. It's come a long away, baby. (And—oops—gotten some in your hair.) One thing's for sure: it's certainly graduated from its niche status as the pastime of oily, pervy Buddy Hackett types to become a load-bearing column in the temple of our zeitgeist. I mean, who hasn't se......more

This is a difficult book to review because while I didn't like it I did learn a lot from it about the industry. Sadly the book itself was a failure in many ways. Starting off with the writing, while the author is not without some talent in setting some scene and describing some pretty gross situatio......more

Frightening what the human body is capable of. A sad look at the low self esteem of these 'stars' and the need to be completely off their heads on drugs to go through with what they do on camera. Fascinating read.......more

I wasn't sure how to rate this. It's always hard for me to rate memoirs because it feels weird to evaluate such a personal story. I admire and appreciate anyone who is willing to expose themselves by writing a book about their most personal experiences. The actual story being told in GIRLVERT is pr......more

Oriana Small is a big talent as a writer. And one of great charm as well. And it is unusual (for me) to find great charm in the world of Porn. Nevertheless "Girlvert" is a journey into the heart of the valley (San Fernando Valley to be exact), the headquarters that is everything Porn. I used to work......more