Web-journal about working in a porn store.

May 21, 2008 1:28 PM

A friend was telling me about a very well written web-journal about a woman working in a video-porn shop. Where can I find this?

The woman was working there to get through grad school. It was apparently quite interesting and well written. The friend first saw it in 2003 and she had already quit the job and stopped updating by this point. It may or may not have pre-dated the term "blog." That's all the info I have at the moment.

posted by piratebowling to computers & internet (11 comments total)

True Porn Clerk Stories. Some really memorable details in there.
posted by gerryblog at 1:30 PM on May 21 [5 favorites]

A true classic. "We all abuse the hand sanitizer."
posted by adamrice at 1:54 PM on May 21

Seconding "We all abuse the hand sanitizer". I would google it for you now, but I'm at work.
posted by Loudmax at 2:17 PM on May 21

Thanks so much, that first one has to be it.
posted by piratebowling at 2:21 PM on May 21

I'd like to chime in and say that as a former video store clerk, that true porn clerk stories has made my day, a number of times, over a number of years.

Because virtually every one of those stories could've (or did) happen in my store, too.

And yes. Hand sanitizer.
posted by toxic at 2:31 PM on May 21

This thread from just a couple days ago mentions it, which is why I know it. It's certainly worth your while (as is the site mentioned in the initial post--haven't had time to read through the other suggestions there yet though). In addition to being an interesting insight into porn addicts, I thought it was a great summary of the world of retail work in general.
posted by roombythelake at 2:33 PM on May 21

Wow, fascinating stuff!
posted by danb at 3:15 PM on May 21

OK, that journal just killed 2 hours at work. Thank you... that was awesome.
posted by rooftop secrets at 5:10 PM on May 21

Another blog you might be interested in is "Tales of the Boobie Bar", found here on LiveJournal, chronicling the work of a stripdancer. She's got an excellent sense of humour.
posted by Phire at 6:09 PM on May 21

Incidentally, there just happens to be a fairly recent interview with the author Ali Davis over at Huffington Post. She's doing what looks to be a pretty weird podcast that I think I may have to check out...
posted by nanojath at 9:22 PM on May 21 [1 favorite]

Here is another one.
posted by pushing paper and bottoming chairs at 10:28 PM on May 24