There were fifty thousand reasons not to trust him. Only she wouldn't learn them until it was too late.

By the end of 1995, Lords divorced her husband of five years, Brook Yeaton. [53] In 1996, she appeared in a commercial for GUESS with Juliette Lewis. [54] 1997–2002: Profiler, Blade and First Wave [ edit ] I am aware of the definition and as I have not seen the images in question, I think it can be presumed that someone posing for Penthouse would be posed in some suggestive / erotic way. Let us not forget that the Supremes upheld the Knox conviction which, as I recall, involved video of fully clothed little children, not doing anything particularly erotic but the camera was zoomed into their (fully covered) “naughty” areas. Maybe this does it. Peter Bloch, Penthouse's then-executive editor: "It was the best-selling issue of Penthouse of all time. Hands down. A complete sellout in, like, two days. You couldn't get a copy. So there were guys paying—and this is something I saw with my own eyes—a dollar for a peek. A peek!" Dougherty, Margot (September 11, 1989). "What Hath John Waters Wrought? A Musical with a Cast You Wouldn't Believe". People. Archived from the original on June 4, 2009 . Retrieved March 15, 2016. The story of Traci Lords, though, doesn’t seem like the most obvious Hollywood saga—after all, it takes place over the hills in the San Fernando Valley. But for Anolik, host of the new podcast Once Upon a Time in the Valley, Hollywood and the porn industry that Lords dominated in the mid 1980s are far more closely related than either might admit. “The porn industry is overtly about what the movie industry is covertly about: sex and fantasy, objectification and exploitation,” Anolik said. “It’s the movie industry without the pretense. Or the hypocrisy.”

Traci’s story brings up so many questions about consent and sex work, and there don’t seem to be any easy answers. Did it settle anything for you on whether what happened to her was “right” or “wrong”? Yes, most certainly there is a hysteria about sexting. Yes, some attitudes have changed so that seemingly every instance of nudity is a sex crime… Because my mind is in the past (the mid-eighties) and in the gutter (the porn biz) for reasons that will become clear, I've spent a lot of time thinking about the September 1984 issue of Penthouse . How to convey the magnitude of the frenzy? Hefner emerged from the scandal looking like the Not-So-Bad guy. He certainly said all the correct things about respecting a woman's sovereignty over her body and image, her right to say no. a b c Krajicek, David (May 26, 2005). "Traci Lords". Crime Library. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015 . Retrieved March 15, 2016.

Jordan, Jennifer. "Traci Lords refuses to go topless due to breastfeeding", ParentDish, November 3, 2008. I felt," Williams said of the moment she learned that she'd appear in Penthouse, "like I had been raped." Kuzma (age 14) as a freshman at Redondo Union High School in 1983, the year before she illegally entered the porn industry. And I teamed up with Ashley West to investigate the mystery, because how could I dream up a better partner? He’s the creator of the Rialto Report, a web and podcast channel that documents the golden age of porn, and was a consultant on all three seasons of HBO’s The Deuce. Plus, Ashley has his own special connection to Traci, which will be revealed in episode six. Falzone, Diana (August 31, 2017). "An adult industry past can be awkward when starting a new career". News.com.au.Steve Rag (= Tim Greaves): Norma K. nr. 1-2 and Nora K. nr. 3-6 (England 1990–1992): Traci Lords-fanzine In 1991, Lords starred in the thriller Raw Nerve and the action crime film A Time to Die. Lords appeared in such popular TV shows as Roseanne, Married... with Children, MacGyver and Hercules. She continued modeling and walked the runway for fashion designers such as Janet Howard and Thierry Mugler. [43] 1992–1996: Breakthrough, 1000 Fires and Melrose Place [ edit ] McCabe, Bruce. "Details profiles actress-with-a-past Traci Lords: 'I was never a victim,' she says". The Baltimore Sun, April 23, 1995. Williamson, Kevin. "Traci Lords hooked by porn again" Archived March 15, 2015, at archive.today, Canoe.ca, October 31, 2008.