What exactly is the point of being a contract girl? Tera got on a lot of foofy airport/laundromat reading material covers for magazines that nobody reads, but she was still broke at the end of the day. And they do better press than anybody.

So what does it add up to? The girls who grab the lure of the contract are interested in a steady check, even if it's peanuts compared to what they make being squished between bedsprings and the flab of grotesque car salesmen when they're out hooking. You have to look at it through Whore Logic: a steady check means they can spend a set amount each month on oxycontin and other prescription crunk, with their hooking taking care of less essential needs (rent, shoes, their boyfriends' recording studio time, etc).

See, all systems eventually find their correct terminus. In this case, porn's contract whores have Bill Margold, who can give them a teddy bear to hug and the number of some horny johns in Vegas. Perfect.