Sasha Grey keynote speaker at AVN show

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Originally Posted by LizAEBN

I can see that.

She may be a porn queen - I'm ok with that.

But she's the most recognisable porn queen in non-adult media since Little Miss Underage, bar none.

I've never seen any other porn personality get as much attention in m/s ad campaigns, movies, or press. Sure, it's all due to porn, but that's kinda an interesting tell in and of itself, I think.

I'm not saying she is mainstream - I'm saying that she's had more wide-spread (heh, pun not actually intended) exposure in non-porn media than any starlet I can think of. And yes, I include Jenna Jameson and Stormy here.

Fair enough, but how does this qualify her as a keynote speaker? Attention in the straight world, other than drive some curious traffic, is not exactly something to aspire to.
We work in a "entrance at the rear" (no pun intended) kind of business. Murky is what we strive for. I am not quit sure why so many porn guys seem to need validation from the square world. And that would be the only reason to make her a keynote speaker and even that is a stretch. Sure I would like to hear her story but more out of curiosity if I happened to be at the show. It wouldn't attract me. She is surfer bait as far as I can see.