johnjohnston
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I listened to a bit of their podcast. Some interesting insights but nothing that I didn’t already know. And honestly, he’s not really in the world of “straight porn”. He’s still a queer porn performer. Getting a few hetero clips doesn’t really mean that you’ve legit crossed over and are within the world of straight porn.
But he’s definitely starting to try to actively detach from a “queer” image. From being fine with multiple sites referring to him as “straight”, to getting upset for being called out for bottoming off-camera and dating a guy. He’s definitely now trying to be seen as more of a “kinky ‘straight’ guy”. While I also understand that porn is just a game about money and ego and that fluidity, contradictions, hyper sexuality, masculine insecurities, contrasting places in the gender, sexual, affection, romantic, commitment spectrum- these are all common in the porn industry. But his and a ton of guys’ actions and presentation does highlight “straight”/hetero-leaning/non-homo privilege, highlights how many of these dudes are willing to sellout and publicly distance from queerness for female and hetero appeal, highlights that a lot of these dudes see “gay” as a stepping stone or as something pathetic. You can’t participate in that stuff but also want to occasionally lean on your “queer pride” because you still mostly depend on gay porn and your queer male fans. But I suppose this is all par for the course when it comes to porn.
But he’s definitely starting to try to actively detach from a “queer” image. From being fine with multiple sites referring to him as “straight”, to getting upset for being called out for bottoming off-camera and dating a guy. He’s definitely now trying to be seen as more of a “kinky ‘straight’ guy”. While I also understand that porn is just a game about money and ego and that fluidity, contradictions, hyper sexuality, masculine insecurities, contrasting places in the gender, sexual, affection, romantic, commitment spectrum- these are all common in the porn industry. But his and a ton of guys’ actions and presentation does highlight “straight”/hetero-leaning/non-homo privilege, highlights how many of these dudes are willing to sellout and publicly distance from queerness for female and hetero appeal, highlights that a lot of these dudes see “gay” as a stepping stone or as something pathetic. You can’t participate in that stuff but also want to occasionally lean on your “queer pride” because you still mostly depend on gay porn and your queer male fans. But I suppose this is all par for the course when it comes to porn.