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Traci Lords- One of the biggest scandals of the 1980s

Anyone else remember all the hoopla surrounding porn star Traci Lords in the 80s?!

Man, we don’t get big scandals like this anymore!

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by Anonymousreply 209September 17, 2022 8:57 PM

Found an article from 2020

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by Anonymousreply 1September 4, 2022 1:00 AM

Homegworl looks great in OP’s pic. I always found her rawther homely.

by Anonymousreply 2September 4, 2022 1:02 AM

The lines around her mouth make her look far older than 16

by Anonymousreply 3September 4, 2022 1:08 AM

She was a very attractive very young girl with nice tits/body. She also fucked and sucked on camera.

The porno girl like Traci was Jena Jamison

by Anonymousreply 4September 4, 2022 1:11 AM

"Man, we don’t get big scandals like this anymore!"

And this makes you sad?

by Anonymousreply 5September 4, 2022 1:13 AM

The government sure pulled her videos quickly when they found out she wasn't of age.

by Anonymousreply 6September 4, 2022 1:13 AM

R4 what???? Traci and Jenna were both porn girls.

by Anonymousreply 7September 4, 2022 1:14 AM

I met her at a dinner her record company threw when she had an album in the mid 90’s, she was sweet and lovely.

by Anonymousreply 8September 4, 2022 1:15 AM

I actually read her autobiography. The poor kid was basically trafficked and got through her porn career stoned out of her mind. John Waters made a respectable woman out of her!

Johnny Depp tried to fuck her and she turned him down. Good survival instincts.

by Anonymousreply 9September 4, 2022 1:15 AM

Her pop album from the mid-90's was surprisingly good.

by Anonymousreply 10September 4, 2022 1:28 AM

How many lesbians have gone to town on those tittays?

by Anonymousreply 11September 4, 2022 3:12 AM

My friend's Dad owned a 7/11 type store and would always give me a copy of the dirtiest magazines that came through, like a post-jerk-off hand-me-down. Her photos and stills from her films would often appear in Hustler and others

I remember the day the news broke about her being a minor, and we sat there unknowingly surrounded by underage porn

by Anonymousreply 12September 4, 2022 3:38 AM

I always found her story interesting. She was a big porn star who made her money all before she was 18 and only one of her videos are legally available and was made after she turned of age. What motivated her to keep this up? I don't think porn paid that much back then. Was she an addict who did it for drugs? I saw her True Hollywood Story but I forgot the details.

I also know the Penthouse with Vanessa Williams nudes is out of print because of Traci's photos. Ironic is Brooke Shields infamous nudes were never taken out of print.

by Anonymousreply 13September 4, 2022 3:40 AM

R13 wait. You don’t think porn paid much in the 80s as compared to today? You have it backwards. Porn paid a lot back then, and if you were someone who got people to buy copies you were paid a lot, like A-List of porn (Jenna Jameson was making 7 figures per movie in the 90s/00s).

Today, because of the internet, porn pays HUNDREDS. That’s it. That is why so many now do OnlyFans etc. because there isn’t money in porn anymore.

by Anonymousreply 14September 4, 2022 3:48 AM

R14 I didn't know that. Thanks. So, she was rolling in dough. I can definitely see why she kept at it as long as she could. Traci reminds me of that case of that underage twink that operated his own webcam porn website for years before getting busted at 18 and having to rat out his clients to avoid charges against him.

by Anonymousreply 15September 4, 2022 3:56 AM

R15 she didn’t work long enough to make that much unless her first movie was a smash. But she would have been making 5 figures max if so in the 80s.

Savannah was making 6 figures per movie in the earlier 90s before she killed herself.

by Anonymousreply 16September 4, 2022 4:01 AM

She was great in John Waters' films, on Roseanne, and on her one episode of the Gilmore Girls. She's got a naturally sweet, funny quality, and I think it is terrible so few would give her a chance.

by Anonymousreply 17September 4, 2022 4:03 AM

Fun fact, websites like Cam4 and Chaturbate used to let anyone on with a webcam. You didn’t need to verify your identity with them at first, but because so many minors were going on and jerking off on cam they then had to start the verification process where you had to send in info and your ID etc. to be able to cam.

by Anonymousreply 18September 4, 2022 4:03 AM

R18 Sounds about right. I heard similar stories of Yahoo and AOL chat rooms in the late 90s and early 2000s

by Anonymousreply 19September 4, 2022 4:08 AM

She was also on Melrose Place (briefly.)

by Anonymousreply 20September 4, 2022 4:10 AM

I think one of her songs was sampled for the Mortal Kombat movie

by Anonymousreply 21September 4, 2022 4:12 AM

She was no Tracy Lord.

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by Anonymousreply 22September 4, 2022 4:13 AM

She was also on "Married With Children."

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by Anonymousreply 23September 4, 2022 4:14 AM

Traci with "Deep Throat" star Harry Reems.

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by Anonymousreply 24September 4, 2022 4:15 AM

R24 that's Ginger Lynn

by Anonymousreply 25September 4, 2022 4:16 AM

1987 article

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by Anonymousreply 26September 4, 2022 4:17 AM

1986 article.

Wow, she made 75 films before she was 18 and was a top selling performer. That means yes, she was making bank.

And that means she filmed 75 porn movies in less than 2 years.

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by Anonymousreply 27September 4, 2022 4:19 AM

Other porn stars who worked with her said she was a total professional who never showed up high or drunk.

by Anonymousreply 28September 4, 2022 4:27 AM

So, she was greedy and loved the money and kept working illegally and risked everyone's jobs and reputation. I'm not mad at her but she was irresponsible in a way that still betrayed her age.

by Anonymousreply 29September 4, 2022 4:29 AM

Reputations? Numerous people who worked in the business got locked up and placed as sex offenders because of her lie.

by Anonymousreply 30September 4, 2022 4:31 AM

Ginger Lynn said publicly in interviews that Traci definitely seemed to know what she was doing and it was all willing

Now Ginger is claiming she was raped by Ron Jeremy after filming sex scenes with him in three different decades

by Anonymousreply 31September 4, 2022 4:34 AM

And she shows no remorse for it.

by Anonymousreply 32September 4, 2022 4:35 AM

Traci having a recurring character on Gilmore Girls is probably the most legitimate acting crossover ever by someone who did hardcore porn

That show still has a pre-teen/tween audience and was marketed heavily toward them. Also Gilmore Girls has insane amounts of dialogue and isn't the easiest acting for someone with little experience

by Anonymousreply 33September 4, 2022 4:40 AM

Martin Scorsese actually considered her for Casino. He felt she would be perfect for the role of Ginger, but he ended up going with Sharon Stone.

by Anonymousreply 34September 4, 2022 4:44 AM

R31 there are people who’ve said the men who were casting her knew it all along too, that she was lying. But they claim they didn’t know.

Didn’t Brent Corrigan pull the same stunt as her years later? She must have been his inspiration.

by Anonymousreply 35September 4, 2022 4:49 AM

[quote]and only one of her videos are legally available... R13

Oh, dear.

by Anonymousreply 36September 4, 2022 4:51 AM

Brent Corrigan is a failed actor and a hot mess. He's not nearly as cool as Traci. Brent keeps quitting and returning to porn after he gets dumped by sugar daddies. Traci left got some good roles and made some bomb ass trance music and never looked back.

by Anonymousreply 37September 4, 2022 4:57 AM

It’s illegal to own the penthouse issue that cost Vanessa Williams her Miss America crown because traci was the centerfold in that issue. It can only be sold if the photos of lords are removed.

by Anonymousreply 38September 4, 2022 4:59 AM

I remember Nancy Reagan inviting her to the Whitehouse, which cause controversy.

by Anonymousreply 39September 4, 2022 5:04 AM

Traci probably learned a lot about blowjobs from Nancy.

by Anonymousreply 40September 4, 2022 5:06 AM

[quote]I remember Nancy Reagan inviting her to the Whitehouse, which cause controversy.

I remember when we had a porn star living in the White House, which cause no controversy.

by Anonymousreply 41September 4, 2022 5:10 AM

I don't recall any story about Traci being invited to the White House by BJ queen Nancy Reagan. No story, no pics.....never happened.

by Anonymousreply 42September 4, 2022 5:28 AM

Traci would have been the perfect spokesperson for D.A.R.E. - "Hey kids I survived being a teenage porn star who fucked old men for money and drugs, don't do what I did. Dope is a joke!"

by Anonymousreply 43September 4, 2022 5:31 AM

Or, "Just Do It! Afterwards, You Can Reinvent Yourself!"

by Anonymousreply 44September 4, 2022 1:21 PM

I was working at Video West in West Hollywood went the underage shit hit the fan. We had to pull all her videos (which sat in a box in the back for years). Only a few people asked for them, and we denied ever having them.

I applaud what she did when she turned 18. She was very shrewd to make sure the only legal video of her was the one she owned the rights to when the scandal broke. The only people she hurt were exploiting a child sexually for money, so I don’t care what happened to them.

I’ve seen her since on stage, in Women Behind Bars in LA. She’s may not be much of a nuanced actor, but she plays camp extremely well.

by Anonymousreply 45September 4, 2022 1:32 PM

She was in two episodes of "Married, With Children."

She played a dental assistant to Joe Flaherty's dentist in the hilarious "Tooth or Consequences" episode.

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by Anonymousreply 46September 4, 2022 1:56 PM

R29 wasn't she blackmailed by her mother and her boyfriend? The fact that she stopped as soon as she was legal and could decide on her own it means she wasn't completely willing of doing those movies but she saw them as the only way to have an income.

by Anonymousreply 47September 4, 2022 2:11 PM

I think one could safely say Traci Lords was from a MAGAt background, R47, if that term had been around 45 years ago.

by Anonymousreply 48September 4, 2022 2:14 PM

Traci Lords plays the mom in "Excision" (2012). It's a small part, but she's quite believable.

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by Anonymousreply 49September 4, 2022 2:19 PM

R47 Damn, that's awful. I really need to read her autobiography.

That's actually very similar to Justin Berry the underage webcam porn star who operated his own website and got other teens to perform with him. He had a much older customer who became his business partner and procured him costars. His father also found out and still helped him and filmed his scenes to get a cut of the profit. Berry became a drug addict and kept making porn after he was 18 with underage teens and when he was found out by some writer from the New York Times. Berry agreed to help the writer expose the clientele effectively scoring a plea deal and claiming he was groomed to perform on camera. Berry served no jail time despite still making porn and working underage teens after 18.

by Anonymousreply 50September 4, 2022 2:23 PM

R45, okay, we know you're cute because VW boys were all cute except for Lyle. What wonderful memories. Shopping for porn at VW and waiting for new releases as if they were big Hollywood productions.

by Anonymousreply 51September 4, 2022 3:04 PM

So sad that a young life was ruined like that. These porn makers must be super fucked up individuals. They must have had an idea. Don't blast me for not reading the article to find out the details. I don't have time for that shit today.

by Anonymousreply 52September 4, 2022 3:27 PM

Why does everyone think she was some big victim?

by Anonymousreply 53September 4, 2022 3:54 PM

Actually, R52, nobody had any clue she was underage. It was shocking to everyone. It was not something everyone was “in on” and just went with.

by Anonymousreply 54September 4, 2022 3:57 PM

Because she was, R53. The ADULTS never looked out for what was in her best interest, they just wanted to use her for profit. She was only 16 when she started. I understand she had a fake birth certificate but still, no one was looking out for her.

by Anonymousreply 55September 4, 2022 3:59 PM

If she hadn't moved to Hollywood and got involved in the porn industry I can imagine a 1000 scenarios where her life would have been 10x worse.

by Anonymousreply 56September 4, 2022 4:01 PM

R55 this was the 80s. Background checks weren’t how they are now.

by Anonymousreply 57September 4, 2022 4:01 PM

R57 I agree, but that doesn't exonerate anyone. She was the victim, not the porn industry.

by Anonymousreply 58September 4, 2022 4:03 PM

R57 Yeah. That's a big issue with 70s to 90s porn and even in the 2000s with all the old webcam porn that's spread on every porn hosting site. There's no telling how old these performers were.

by Anonymousreply 59September 4, 2022 4:04 PM

That’s why Tumblr got rid of the porn. Apple was removing it from their App Store and trying to block apple users from using the site because so many minors were uploading JO and sex vids of themselves. We had 13 and 14 year olds uploading jerk off videos.

Ridiculous.

by Anonymousreply 60September 4, 2022 5:23 PM

R12 I want to hear more stories about you and your friends dad looking at porn, I feel there’s more to this story than you are letting on…

by Anonymousreply 61September 4, 2022 5:33 PM

Traci should do a Faye Dunaway biopic.

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by Anonymousreply 62September 4, 2022 8:19 PM

Minors wanting to put their shit out there is dangerous. You can watch it not knowing they’re 16 but still get in trouble if caught watching it law enforcement knows that person is 16.

It’s a real issue. I knew this chick who kept getting added to this WhatsApp (or Kik, can’t remember) group by 13/14 YO guys she knew because they were related to a friend who kept annoying her to show her tits to them. She didn’t wanna snitch and get them in trouble so she blocked them but they always found ways to add her again until one day they sent her D picks and that’s when she got them in trouble. She told them they can’t be doing that they can get someone in trouble. Including themselves

by Anonymousreply 63September 4, 2022 8:25 PM

I used to get her mixed up with Rebecca De Mornay

by Anonymousreply 64September 4, 2022 8:29 PM

[quote]Now Ginger is claiming she was raped by Ron Jeremy after filming sex scenes with him in three different decades

No one could ever willingly fuck that hideously ugly asshole.

by Anonymousreply 65September 4, 2022 8:33 PM

There’s a video of her Women Behind Bars on Broadway HD

by Anonymousreply 66September 4, 2022 9:40 PM

For anyone interested in Traci Lords, this podcast is a must listen. Really, really interesting.

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by Anonymousreply 67September 4, 2022 9:46 PM

R65 she obviously did on video many times spanning thirty years

by Anonymousreply 68September 4, 2022 9:51 PM

She risked people's "reputations"? These people were all trash!

by Anonymousreply 69September 4, 2022 9:52 PM

R65 he was the top male performer for many years

by Anonymousreply 70September 4, 2022 9:55 PM

R70, because he was so fucking ugly that most the men watching imagined they could get the hot women he was fucking. I'm just saying no women ever actually wanted to fuck him. They did so because they knew it was the only way they could have a career.

He's now constantly the focus of sexual assault charges.

by Anonymousreply 71September 4, 2022 11:06 PM

Men in porn have always been props. He has a big dick and knew how to use it. That’s why he was one of the biggest porn stars ever.

It was a job. They were fucking him for a paycheck.

by Anonymousreply 72September 4, 2022 11:09 PM

Ron Jeremy was the Jake Cruise of straight porn. They gave ugly men the idea that they could fuck hot people.

by Anonymousreply 73September 4, 2022 11:15 PM

Jake Cruise didn’t have a 9 inch dick and started his own site to play with young hotties. Ron was hired by studios and paid big

by Anonymousreply 74September 4, 2022 11:21 PM

I used to write online porn reviews in the early 2000s and decided one day to be really snarky and bitchy like the Hollywood Kids.

I reviewed one of Jake Cruise's videos and wrote how he was the worst part of the video and how he should remain silent on the other side of the camera. His humor and constant Catskills-comedy jokes were so corny that it took me out of the scenes

He wrote an angry letter to the company owner and threatened to pull all of his videos if they didn't delete the review

by Anonymousreply 75September 4, 2022 11:50 PM

Brent Corrigan said he ain't gay no more.

by Anonymousreply 76September 4, 2022 11:58 PM

I still would

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by Anonymousreply 77September 5, 2022 12:01 AM

What's interesting about Ron Jeremy is that he never thought about a career in porn. His girlfriend at the time sent his picture into Playgirl magazine and that's what got him started.

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by Anonymousreply 78September 5, 2022 12:21 AM

Op seacow Ed.win you are insane.

by Anonymousreply 79September 5, 2022 12:23 AM

Traci has always lied about her time in porn. She probably always will. She was the one that got a fake ID and a very convicting one at that. It even fooled the US government which issued her a passport. The ID said she was born in 1962. Everyone thought she was in her early twenties. She was not trafficked. That's an insult to people who actually were, especially very young ones.

by Anonymousreply 80September 5, 2022 12:26 AM

r24 I'm masturbating.

by Anonymousreply 81September 5, 2022 1:35 AM

r24 That guy looks like the prototypical 1980's child molester uncle.

by Anonymousreply 82September 5, 2022 1:41 AM

The Brooklyn Seacow Ed.win hopes one of the underage boys he catfishes gets a fake ID and does porn like the whore Traci.

by Anonymousreply 83September 5, 2022 1:42 AM

R81, fakegay

by Anonymousreply 84September 5, 2022 1:48 AM

Her real name is Nora Kuzma and she's from Steubenville, Ohio. Not far from The Burg.

by Anonymousreply 85September 5, 2022 1:52 AM

[quote]Reputations? Numerous people who worked in the business got locked up and placed as sex offenders because of her lie.

Caveat emptor. *shrugs*

by Anonymousreply 86September 5, 2022 2:58 AM

R84 insufferable gay

by Anonymousreply 87September 5, 2022 3:01 AM

R77 Here's Ron today, just for you. Enjoy!

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by Anonymousreply 88September 5, 2022 3:16 AM

She was so hot. Now, she's not. Bet her farts are silent.

by Anonymousreply 89September 5, 2022 3:57 AM

" She was not trafficked."

Because she had a fake ID?

What a lame excuse even for a pedophile.

by Anonymousreply 90September 5, 2022 8:33 AM

R87, you must be fake too. Homophobe.

by Anonymousreply 91September 5, 2022 8:36 AM

Love her. Her album produced by Juno Reactor is pretty good. She seems to have good sense of homor and doesn't take herself too seriously. She shows up in the occasional gay indie (aka low budget) feature.

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by Anonymousreply 92September 5, 2022 8:43 AM

Oops, ... good sense of humor ...

by Anonymousreply 93September 5, 2022 8:46 AM

R87, signed up for the vagina pleasing class at IML, barf.

by Anonymousreply 94September 5, 2022 8:50 AM

I loved her on Roseanne.

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by Anonymousreply 95September 5, 2022 9:04 AM

She is a competent but limited actress. She had a very traumatizing childhood. It isn’t surprising that she went into porn. However, it doesn’t sound like anyone forced her if you read her auto biography. I am pretty sure she knew exactly how she wanted things to go down.

by Anonymousreply 96September 5, 2022 2:20 PM

The thing is I can see she has fucked-up adults around her and probably no real role models to guide her. But she was 16 and went into porn and stayed far longer than she had any reason to other then liking the money. It was very dirty and fucked-up part-time job for her that paid way more than babysitting or McDonald's. She simply got greedy and stayed. She got out after she made her money, turned 18 and got off scot free because she was a minor and admittedly she was careless and naive. Was a victim of her circumstances but used that opportunity to make money and get autonomy. I wonder never condone this but she really doesn't seem like she was forced nor that she really is regretful of it. She probably just considers herself lucky and while not proud, isn't particularly ashamed either.

by Anonymousreply 97September 5, 2022 2:26 PM

*would

by Anonymousreply 98September 5, 2022 2:28 PM

R91 = homophobe

by Anonymousreply 99September 5, 2022 2:48 PM

I worked at a video store just after the story broke that Traci was underage.

The store had to pull all her videos but then they didnt know what to do with them. Did they drive them to corporate and risk being charged with possessing child porn. Did they keep them in the back office and risk being charged with possessing child porn.

I think corporate came and got them. Who knows what happened to them after that.

I was working at the store when Traci's only legal porn film, Traci I Love You, was released. It was constantly rented.

by Anonymousreply 100September 5, 2022 2:58 PM

R91 represents the most insecure, hysterical, terrified-that-gay-men-might-become-straight-and-not-be-attracted-to-me fear I've seen on the DL

by Anonymousreply 101September 5, 2022 3:09 PM

R97 whether she stayed or not doesn’t change the fact that she was a minor.

by Anonymousreply 102September 5, 2022 3:10 PM

R102 She broke the law knowingly. She still should be held accountable for that. Minors get charged for murder, violence, traffic violations, theft, etc. In many cases tried as adults. Many of which still come from poor or broken homes. So what makes her special?

by Anonymousreply 103September 5, 2022 3:14 PM

*who

by Anonymousreply 104September 5, 2022 3:17 PM

Nina Hartley - single and ready to mingle!

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by Anonymousreply 105September 5, 2022 3:23 PM

If you listen to the podcast linked above, Traci was an exhibitionist long before porn. She declared in junior high that her life goal was to be a playboy centerfold. She had sex on the hood of a car at a crowded party with everyone watching. She was very damaged—no doubt. But she sure wasn’t shy.

by Anonymousreply 106September 5, 2022 3:32 PM

R94 does not have a cell of testosterone

by Anonymousreply 107September 5, 2022 3:35 PM

Who's the morbidly obsese middled aged drunken lesbo rubbing her hairy meat flaps over this?

by Anonymousreply 108September 5, 2022 3:38 PM

We all knew girls like Traci in high school. The ones who will put themselves in dangerous situations and live wildly. Try to get into bars and college parties. Will try to seduce their male teachers. Get their boyfriends to commit crimes. They are every parent's worst nightmare and especially if they have a negative influence on their own well-behaved child. Traci reformed herself and got sober but she truly should count herself lucky. Today teenagers do get punished for putting sexually explicit material out there by the law. Too many adults who get unsolicited pics or had a hookup with a teen who lied about their age have gotten in trouble. People are aware of how teens can be monsters.

by Anonymousreply 109September 5, 2022 3:41 PM

R108 you?

by Anonymousreply 110September 5, 2022 3:42 PM

Love her and she's always been an ally.

by Anonymousreply 111September 5, 2022 3:42 PM

What laws did she break repeatedly?

by Anonymousreply 112September 5, 2022 3:48 PM

I think she regrets doing porn mightily. Maybe she has thought about the fact that her career in show business wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for porn but I know she got a lot of therapy after the scandal. The fact that she lied and said she was too high to know what she was doing indicates that she feels some degree of shame about it.

by Anonymousreply 113September 5, 2022 3:57 PM

R112 She lied about her age to perform in porn films and pose nude. She was repeatedly lying for 2 years. That's illegal. It's like someone under 16 with a fake driver's license, drove for years. Someone underage who bought and sold alcohol for years using a fake ID. Or someone with a fake doctors certification ran a practice for years. I understand she was a minor. But then why do teens get charged as adults when it comes to murder, theft, vehicular manslaughter and rape? But not lying about their age and possessing a fake ID to perform in porn which is a federal crime? The inconsistencies of the law here are what bothers me.

by Anonymousreply 114September 5, 2022 4:01 PM

[quote] The inconsistencies of the law here are what bothers me.

Sure it is. That’s why you’re championing porn producers who hired underage sex workers over the teenager they used

I think trafficking minors is a much bigger crime.

But apparently, she must be punished for being trafficked.

by Anonymousreply 115September 5, 2022 4:09 PM

R115 She should be punished for lying about her age. Yes I do believe so. She's an enabler and just as scummy.

by Anonymousreply 116September 5, 2022 4:14 PM

She had a fake ID. No one was doing anything to her intentionally.

by Anonymousreply 117September 5, 2022 4:27 PM

Yes and while I completely understand the whole thing was illegal and her videos and pictures were rightfully pulled off the market. How is it the fault of the studios, film crew and costars who didn't know? Yes I'm aware porn is filled with utter scum who exploit others. But Traci was complicit in this and she knew what was she was doing and simply was fueled by greed. Most people at her age know the difference between right and wrong but she simply did not care and made her money. I don't feel bad for the porn studios though but I don't feel bad for Traci either. She was not a victim, she treated it like a job and bailed when she could.

by Anonymousreply 118September 5, 2022 4:31 PM

Her first husband was Brook Yeaton. Bus mother is Pat Moran,, one of the original Dreamlanders.

by Anonymousreply 119September 5, 2022 4:41 PM

^His

by Anonymousreply 120September 5, 2022 4:50 PM

Harry Reems was up for the gym teacher role in "Grease" but was replaced by Sid Caesar when the studio rejected Harry because of his porn career

by Anonymousreply 121September 5, 2022 4:50 PM

Anyone who thinks Traci Lords was trafficked knows nothing about her story. She was not kidnapped or abducted. She had no pimp taking all of her money and holding her captive and beat or threaten her. She was never a prostitute forced into hooking or fucking random strangers. The stories are not comparable and it is disrespectful to real trafficking victims to compare the two.

by Anonymousreply 122September 5, 2022 5:29 PM

[quote]I used to write online porn reviews in the early 2000s

This is why I love DL so much

by Anonymousreply 123September 5, 2022 7:44 PM

Aw. She played porno producers.

So what? She beat the scum at their own game.

by Anonymousreply 124September 5, 2022 11:07 PM

R107 = woman

by Anonymousreply 125September 6, 2022 2:22 PM

You’re both boring, r125

by Anonymousreply 126September 6, 2022 5:54 PM

126=bisexual

by Anonymousreply 127September 6, 2022 6:36 PM

Porn stars may have gotten paid way more back then but I heard the work conditions were abysmal and there were less protection for porn stars compared to today due to the heavier stigma of sex work then. It seemed way more male-dominated too. I don't think any of the women who make bank on OnlyFans or are operating their own webcam or porn sites or even writing and directing their own porn would want to go to the 80s.

by Anonymousreply 128September 6, 2022 8:19 PM

R128 women were making the money. Men are nothing but props in porn.

by Anonymousreply 129September 6, 2022 8:39 PM

Women were making more money, because of their pimps / husbands / managers negotiating their salaries.

by Anonymousreply 130September 6, 2022 8:51 PM

R130 false. Women have ALWAYS made more in porn than men because men are the biggest consumers of porn. They pay to see the women. In the past, men had their favorite porn actresses and they would always make sure to see their latest movie. Like an A-List star.

by Anonymousreply 131September 6, 2022 9:02 PM

Traci picked the wrong film business, with her looks, brains, drive and loose morals, she could have been a legitimate movie star. Just like with television crossovers, you can't be corndogged en masse, and then be taken seriously by the public. Instead of mind seeing a character, you keep seeing her ......

by Anonymousreply 132September 6, 2022 9:11 PM

R129 No male porn stars are props and yes in straight porn, women make more. Porn and modeling are probably the only two industries, women make more than men. But majority of porn producers, writers, directors and studio owners were men back then. Hence it was a male-dominated field. Today it's even with more female porn producers, writers, directors and studio owners than ever before. Women have more autonomy and power in the adult film industry that I really doubt that they would want to go back in time when all the power was in the hands of men.

by Anonymousreply 133September 6, 2022 9:22 PM

R133 we are speaking about porn performers. No one is worried about the cameraman or writer in porn.

by Anonymousreply 134September 6, 2022 9:25 PM

R134 The point I'm making is. Men controlling the scenes wouldn't necessarily be concerned with how the female porn stars feel and probably make them do humiliating and uncomfortable sex. Now that there's more women working behind the camera and writing scripts. Female pleasure is more attended to and the environment is probably less awkward for the women performing on camera. The 1980s was still a very misogynistic and conservative time. Female porn stars and other sex workers were seen as filth and nobody cared about their abuse or rights being violated. Today with sex work being less stigmatized, there's more focus on protecting female sex workers including porn stars. Is what I'm saying that difficult to understand?

by Anonymousreply 135September 6, 2022 9:37 PM

[quote] [R130] false. Women have ALWAYS made more in porn than men because men are the biggest consumers of porn. They pay to see the women. In the past, men had their favorite porn actresses and they would always make sure to see their latest movie. Like an A-List star.

My point was that the male porn producers had to deal with other men when it came to negotiating the women's salaries, and these porn producers couldn't low ball them. The managers got more money out of the porn producers and then kept most of it. The women remained exploited in the industry by both the porn producers and their own managers, husbands, pimps.

by Anonymousreply 136September 7, 2022 12:00 AM

R126=bisexual

by Anonymousreply 137September 7, 2022 1:11 AM

R137 =flaming homo

by Anonymousreply 138September 7, 2022 1:21 AM

R137 = neglected by parents who really wanted a girl and got an incredibly feminine,, weak, feeble, meely-mouthed, insecure, sad, depressed, frustrated, disappointing homosexual "son" who they have nothing to do with anymore

by Anonymousreply 139September 7, 2022 1:24 AM

R128 Actually, porn was easier back then for the women. The women didn't have to do anal or rough scenes and could still work a lot. Plus, they could do other easy work like porn store signings and stripping and make good money, no sex needed. There was more stigma about being a porn star back then though. Porn stars today really need to hustle to make money or do what fans want to see.

by Anonymousreply 140September 7, 2022 1:25 AM

139, you described what is Oscar gold. Swinton is smart, like a fox. Probably will win more awards.

by Anonymousreply 141September 7, 2022 1:29 AM

John Leslie and Traci

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by Anonymousreply 142September 7, 2022 1:30 AM

Women in porn were paid well. Men never were. That’s why some straight men would do gay porn. It paid a lot more than being a man in straight porn.

by Anonymousreply 143September 7, 2022 1:31 AM

R142 ummmmmm

by Anonymousreply 144September 7, 2022 1:51 AM

Met her at her record signing at Tower Records in NY. Still have the CD. We were one of the first in line and I had the "Cry-Baby" movie poster and the record people were panicking thinking someone would have some porn to sign, but she signed it. Met her a few times later at CHILLER where she does really well.

by Anonymousreply 145September 7, 2022 1:53 AM

I remember listening to a podcast about her. It was an interesting listen

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by Anonymousreply 146September 7, 2022 2:03 AM

R122 That might be true. But the bottom line, a 16 year old girl was getting fucked on camera by adult men. She got herself into that mess which must say something pretty bad about her earlier childhood. The men got off on how young she looked. At the end of the day, they adults are also responsible. It's a sad story all around.

by Anonymousreply 147September 7, 2022 2:35 AM

R142 That scene is child porn as is that entire page.

by Anonymousreply 148September 7, 2022 10:49 AM

Her only legit porn which she owns was shot in Paris. At the end this guy Dominique St. Clair leaves with her in a limo. He was really cute and did some gay porn before he crossed over to straight but none of the gay stuff is anywhere online or DVD.

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by Anonymousreply 149September 7, 2022 5:31 PM

80s French porn had the best twinks. Twinks in both gay and straight porn.

by Anonymousreply 150September 7, 2022 9:08 PM

[quote]I don't recall any story about Traci being invited to the White House by BJ queen Nancy Reagan. No story, no pics.....never happened.

Traci was featured in Nancy's "Just Say Ho" campaign.

by Anonymousreply 151September 8, 2022 2:09 AM

I though it was "Just Say Blow"

by Anonymousreply 152September 8, 2022 2:25 AM

I googled her and it's odd to see her now as a frumpy, middle-aged woman with bad fillers. To think that the woman you see now was involved in a national sex scandal is almost incomprehensible.

by Anonymousreply 153September 8, 2022 2:37 AM

We all age dear. She isn’t 18 anymore.

by Anonymousreply 154September 8, 2022 2:51 AM

R147 It's a bit presumptuous to say all of the men (and why no mention of all the adult women she worked with?) that worked with her "got off on how young she looked." The all thought she was of legal age. The men didn't get to pick and choose who they have to work with, and it doesn't necessarily mean at all they're attracted to the person they're working with. Jerry Butler wrote in his book that he didn't like working with her, calling her "porky and lazy." He talked about a number of other women he worked with that he wasn't attracted to as well. It's their job to get it up, on and off when called on to, if they're turned on or not. And that was before Viagra and other ED drugs.

Porn is work. And unlike prostitution, the performers in the scene are not necessarily attracted to each other at all. There have been numerous stories of people working together in porn that couldn't stand each other or weren't attracted to each other in the least. And in prostitution, the person hiring the prostitute is at least visually attracted to them enough to want to have sex with them.

by Anonymousreply 155September 8, 2022 2:55 AM

She did not look like a teen in her CP vids. She looked like a woman with baby fat on her face still.

Also, are we ok with that poster posting a link to CP with her in it?

by Anonymousreply 156September 8, 2022 2:59 AM

"And unlike prostitution, the performers in the scene are not necessarily attracted to each other at all."

by Anonymousreply 157September 8, 2022 3:02 AM

R156 the OP the Brooklyn Seacow is a pedo, everyone knows.

by Anonymousreply 158September 8, 2022 3:11 AM

R158 I’m not the one who linked any of her videos. Dumbass.

But you did.

by Anonymousreply 159September 8, 2022 3:16 AM

R159 Sure Ed.win the pedo seacow. We all know you love teen boys.

by Anonymousreply 160September 8, 2022 3:20 AM

While totally dysfunctional, I always thought she was a shrewd young lady/older adolescent for turning herself in after acquiring the rights to her only legal film. My friends father was obsessed with porn and had a few (illegal) videos. Although I never watch them myself.

by Anonymousreply 161September 8, 2022 3:32 AM

Interesting that some of the pearl-clutchers on here have apparently done exhausting research to determine that every person on Xtube, Xhamster, Xvideos, PornHub are all legally of age with no fake identification whatsoever

by Anonymousreply 162September 8, 2022 9:13 PM

Are you implying that makes it all okay, r162?

by Anonymousreply 163September 8, 2022 9:22 PM

R163 Clutch harder queen

by Anonymousreply 164September 8, 2022 9:32 PM

ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE POSTS DEEP ON A TRACI LORDS THREAD AND OMG I'M SO APPALLED!!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 165September 8, 2022 9:34 PM

It's not okay but so much porn from the 20th century especially foreign stuff and then all the 90s and 2000s internet amateur porn makes it's very likely some people under 18 slipped under the radar.

by Anonymousreply 166September 8, 2022 9:34 PM

You’re full of shit R135. There are NUMEROUS stories of male talent being abusive to girls that have come out over the last few years and those guys continue to work. It’s STILL a male dominated industry and the girls still have suitcase pimps that are guiding them and taking their money. Studio porn doesn’t pay much and as mentioned upthread they have to side hustle more than ever now.

by Anonymousreply 167September 8, 2022 9:36 PM

R166 hopefully your hard-hitting investigation will put an end to it

by Anonymousreply 168September 8, 2022 9:36 PM

Because no one under eighteen know how to record and upload an amateur porn video

by Anonymousreply 169September 8, 2022 9:38 PM

R166 why so much time bumping a Traci Lords DataLounge thread and not Children of the Night, sponsored by Traci herself

by Anonymousreply 170September 8, 2022 9:41 PM

R170 Thank you for telling me off. You know, I definitely learned my lesson and will no longer bump threads because I can. Hey everyone go listen to Traci's podcast!!!! Is this what you wanted to hear?

by Anonymousreply 171September 8, 2022 9:47 PM

R171 what?

by Anonymousreply 172September 8, 2022 9:50 PM

R170, Ok, that is interesting. My father was a doctor and volunteered for Children of the Night, and a dear friend was a social worker who worked with them. They both had horror stories about how abusive/ controlling the parents were and how the law pretty much made them return the kids to the parents.

by Anonymousreply 173September 8, 2022 9:51 PM

And the podcast mentioned, produced and narrated by a woman, throughout this thread slut-shames Traci, disputes every detail she mentions herself in her book and says she was as much to blame as the men and producers because of her fake ID. And how much she got off on older male attention. They describe in detail the sex she had with older men and high school students while she was in high school

by Anonymousreply 174September 8, 2022 9:56 PM

That is why pornhub deleted most of its porn. Too much minor porn.

by Anonymousreply 175September 8, 2022 10:10 PM

Minor porn is different than someone who brought a family member's birth certificate to wait in line at the California DMV to possess an actual legal ID card so she could do porn and pose in Penthouse

by Anonymousreply 176September 8, 2022 10:20 PM

I was naive about those porn sites. I thought for a long time they would never allow CP to be posted though there were so many vids were the participants looked young. One vid I swear these two boys were no older than 12 fucking a girl. One of them came super fast. I remember thinking there’s no way the major site would allow the vid up for years. It had millions of views. It was taken down due to suspected CP. There’s no doubt those boys were 11/12.

by Anonymousreply 177September 8, 2022 10:36 PM

R177 yes it was becoming a real problem, hence Pornhub and some other places cleaning the site and making uploading harder, and tumble cutting the porn all together.

I think it was getting to a point where most of the porn on tumblr that wasn’t pro porn was minors. Remember, Tumblr was used by mostly teens.

by Anonymousreply 178September 8, 2022 10:39 PM

This is why most straight guys and gay guys who like twinks are perverted and why I'm only attracted to men over forty with hairy backs

by Anonymousreply 179September 8, 2022 10:51 PM

R179 Ewww. No, being attracted to a smaller/thin person is in our DNA.

by Anonymousreply 180September 8, 2022 11:05 PM

R180 BARF!

by Anonymousreply 181September 8, 2022 11:07 PM

I'd fuck Traci before a small/thin/hairless wimp like R180

by Anonymousreply 182September 8, 2022 11:08 PM

Maybe it is because I am a gay man, but her tits looked weird to me. Puffy big nipples and tube shaped teats.

by Anonymousreply 183September 8, 2022 11:14 PM

An actor who says he is part black is interviewed during that podcast and said while he was fucking Traci off-camera, she was so into the sex that she spit into her hand, rubbed it on her pussy and said, "Stop fucking me like a boy!"

by Anonymousreply 184September 8, 2022 11:22 PM

Her tits are ugly

by Anonymousreply 185September 8, 2022 11:24 PM

[quote] The poor kid was basically trafficked and got through her porn career stoned out of her mind.

Oh what horseshit! She got into porn because she wanted to. She wanted the money. She knew what she was doing the whole time. She's a cunt.

by Anonymousreply 186September 8, 2022 11:32 PM

Maybe we can also cry SHAME! AND TSK-TSK! at the clearly neglectful parents of Amber Lynn and her brother Buck Adams

by Anonymousreply 187September 8, 2022 11:45 PM

What does Madonna think of "Dress You Up" playing during Traci I Love You?

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by Anonymousreply 188September 8, 2022 11:47 PM

[quote] This is why most straight guys and gay guys who like twinks are perverted and why I'm only attracted to men over forty with hairy backs

There's a big difference between twinks (thin and boyish looking) and men in their 20s and 30s with fresh handsome faces and lean muscular bodies that aren't hairy like gorillas. I like guys with runners and swimmers physiques with some chest hair and happy trails. I hate shaved legs and pubes. But I definitely do not find hairy backs or very old men attractive.

Also straight guys do not like twinks. Do you mean waifish girls with flat chests? Like Mischa Barton or Kate Moss.

by Anonymousreply 189September 9, 2022 1:06 AM

I wouldn't have said no to Harry Reems and John Leslie at sixteen and seventeen years old either

by Anonymousreply 190September 9, 2022 3:45 AM

Do Me Do Me Do Me All Night

by Anonymousreply 191September 10, 2022 2:04 AM

The porn companies and performers that specialize in porn where performers are made to look like 12 year olds are disgusting.

by Anonymousreply 192September 10, 2022 2:30 AM

That's gross yes R192. But the issue is minor teenagers like Traci who can pass for 18 to 22 at least that fly under the radar. Background checks are way better now.

by Anonymousreply 193September 10, 2022 2:34 AM

R193, but it does make you wonder how many of the performers in those videos like the real thing off camera.

by Anonymousreply 194September 10, 2022 4:39 AM

r192, and yet people were perfectly ok with Britney Spears dolled up as school girl gyrating like a cat in heat singing about doing bad stuff again.

But one is porn and the other is selling pop music.

by Anonymousreply 195September 10, 2022 8:06 AM

R195 and DataLoungers are endlessly defending her baby-girl slut energy yet mother of two teenaged boys self

by Anonymousreply 196September 10, 2022 1:16 PM

I'd seen a show documenting the current production of porn. Was more disgusting than some actual porn I have seen, but if interested look up on Netflix: Hot Girls Wanted.

Seriously fucked up. There's software used to make their actors appear younger than legal age, and there's the basement production porn.

by Anonymousreply 197September 10, 2022 3:12 PM

High School photo one year before she started doing porn

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by Anonymousreply 198September 10, 2022 10:22 PM

Are any of her movies of interest to gay men (hot male porn stars in them)?

by Anonymousreply 199September 10, 2022 11:14 PM

[quote]High School photo one year before she started doing porn

Was she a sophtporn?

by Anonymousreply 200September 10, 2022 11:15 PM

I would say we do get big scandals like that now, but they never really hit that much now porn is so accessible and mainstream. For example, Pornhub taking down loads of underage videos should have been a much bigger scandal than it was. 20 years ago the company would have been closed down.

by Anonymousreply 201September 10, 2022 11:27 PM

This thread isn't as funny as it should be. I'm surprised Traci hasn't become an icon for Gen Z boss babe/OnlyFans admirers. Traci played the sleazy adult film industry and bailed out as soon as she turned 18 and bought the rights to her only legal film which was a bestseller. She actually refused to be a victim and never looked back.

by Anonymousreply 202September 10, 2022 11:56 PM

This boy is in a lot of porn. Who is he? He’s of age. None of his videos have been taken down.

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by Anonymousreply 203September 11, 2022 8:08 PM

R203 BARF PART DEUX

by Anonymousreply 204September 11, 2022 9:02 PM

Laundry Day

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by Anonymousreply 205September 11, 2022 10:46 PM

Still has that insatiable look about her. Like she would love anything you'd throw her.

by Anonymousreply 206September 11, 2022 11:42 PM

"I want to take you all on" read a 1980s Traci Lord's poster

by Anonymousreply 207September 11, 2022 11:45 PM

Many West Coast DataLoungers will be performing "Tracy" acapella to Traci onstage following her performance at the VIP DataLounge Christmas Spectacular 2022 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel if anyone else is interested

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by Anonymousreply 208September 17, 2022 8:06 PM

I listened to that podcast a while back so maybe I'll get some details wrong, but IIRC Traci Lords was first taken for "modeling photos" by her mother's boyfriend, who also had sex with her.

The podcast itself was an odd mix of allegations and counter claims where people involved in the porn scene claim she. was an enthusiastic participant while Traci has said she was raped or coerced into sex on some occasions. One of the pod's hosts is a creepy guy who runs a porn industry news and fan site (going by the description - I didn't bother looking at it.) Both hosts seem to take the position that Traci was a willing participant and are kind of judge-y abut how Traci apparently changed her story after she turned 18.

The reason we have age-of-consent laws is because adolescents often have shitty judgement and make terrible choices. Maybe Traci was an enthusiastic participant, maybe not. People from the porn scene say there was a lot of drug use on set back in the day. So you have an immature brain + drugs + a fucked-up childhood that includes a rapey father figure. I'm not going to judge her for doing it at the time or for saying she regrets it or felt coerced afterwards.

by Anonymousreply 209September 17, 2022 8:57 PM
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