Porn industry asks feds for money.
It was inevitable.
In light of the economic meltdown, the porn industry (well, as represented by Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis) is seeking a federal bailout.
Flynt said in a statement: "People are too depressed to be sexually active. This is very unhealthy as a nation. Americans can do without cars and such but they cannot do without sex."
You know, he has a point. This man might be a real patriot.
Really, though, if the porn industry can get government help, can erotica writers and sex book authors be far behind? The value of my 401K has halved, my husband has been out of work for months, and we have a college education to pay for. Paul Greenberg made a compelling argument in the New York Times recently for writers getting a bailout.
Look at it this way. If the porn industry needs a bailout, and writers need a bailout, then sex writers really need a bailout. I'm just saying.
Full disclosure: this blog entry was also published today on my personal blog, The Mind Reels.
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Cynthia W. Gentry is the author of The Bedside Orgasm Book: 365 Days of Sexual Ecstasy (Fair Winds Press), reissued in paperback as Mind-Blowing Orgasms Every Day: 365 Wild and Wicked Ways to Revitalize Your Sex Life (Quiver). She is the co-author of What Men...
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I want one, too!
Yeah! No fair! And where's the bailout for foolish money mistakes from younger days? That's the one I'd sign up for.
Judging from recent news headlines, the big names don't even need a compelling reason to request a bailout. They'll stick their hands out while presenting the weakest of arguments. Shameless.
Great blog post. If I had money, I'd give you a bailout.
Katie Burke
Yes, I'll take a bailout
Thanks, Katie. And sorry for the late reply--I've been bailing myself out, thanks to foolish money mistakes made in middle age!