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Jon Ronson on free porn, anxiety and empathy

Life and Art from FT Weekend

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The Risks in Withholding Judgment

I was loving so much telling this happy porn story that when I saw unhappy things I didn't treat them with the respect that they deserved. So yeah so I've learned my lesson from that because I very much don't want to be an ideological journalist. But you know like if you want to get into porn get into porn but don't get into porn because your boyfriend you know is kind of coercing you into doing it. It's really true. Quite often English for some reason. We call them suitcase pimps because all they seem to do is hold the girl suitcase while she shoots the scene. Don't know why.

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