Reporting from the Adult Entertainment Expo: Porn fans aren’t what they used to be, and James Deen just wants to talk about pandas. | Amanda Hess @ Slate Magazine
Now that porn is a normal, everyday thing, typical viewers are less likely to see porn performers as objects to either venerate or degrade. While this humanization can feel good—Deen loves to talk pandas—the shrinking pool of porn money does not. The question of how to get performers compensated for their work remains.