How We Become Who We Are, Porn Valley Edition

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“As I recall it, when I asked the porn star about her background, she explained that when she was very young—a toddler, I think—her father killed her mother and then killed himself.”

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PLAYBOY OR HUSTLER?

Somebody thinks Playboy's December 2013 cover with a Playmate stuck in a chimney resembles Hustler's June 1978 cover with a girl stuck in a meat grinder.

"The 1978 cover of Hustler gained notoriety for depicting a woman like a piece of meat. The cover reads 'We will no longer hang women up like pieces of meat,' and the quote along with the depiction of a woman being made into meat was a direct response to criticism of pornography."

[BuzzFeed]