On the mainstreaming of porn in America

Susannah Breslin has an interesting essay up on her blog today about the purported "mainstreaming" of adult entertainment in America. Sure, it's moving in that direction, she argues, but it's not there yet -- for a reason. Here's the kicker:

In an abandoned building, I watched while Jenna Jameson and T. T. Boy had sex that night. T. T. Boy looked like a construction worker trying to run a jackhammer through cement. After the pop shot, the P.A. stepped forward because his job was handing T. T. Boy a paper towel. Not long ago, I came across a photo from the set of a porn movie. The girl in the picture is a porn star. Her eyes are red. Her mouth is agape. There is a dog bowl on her head. On it, someone has scrawled: STUPID WHORE. The real Porn Valley remains behind closed doors. The reality is too hardcore for reality TV--and America.

Link to "The Opacity of Pornography."

Image: from the "Pornoland" series by photographer Stefano De Luigi. Link to his portfolio (includes nudity).