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"The ones who AREN’T addicted to ... anti-depressants"



This is interesting because Shelley herself admits to being bi-polar and this attitude would seem to imply she's off her meds.

Anyway, I couldn't resist, here's the reply I just emailed to Luke:


Shelley,

Actually, I read both your blog and your site before I commented, they were the basis of my observations. You want an example of a porn chick who didn't have a bad background - how about you for starters? It was you I had in mind when I spoke of "normal parents who just don't understand where they went wrong". "Neglect"? Sorry I read the whole of your parents' account and I don't see it. Misguided perhaps, but not neglectful. You say you began having sex at (gasp) 16 years old, but also talk of having been "introduced to sexuality" at 9 by other kids. If this went beyond the typical "playing doctor" you'll have to explicate, otherwise it sounds like you're trying to cast normal sexual development as "sexual abuse". Your views are colored by an extreme religious perspective that (according to your site) even views mere masturbation as a problem to be tackled. Do balanced people care if guys whack off? Obviously no church sees mastubation as holy, but the sensible ones place it very low on the scale of things to be concerned about.

It's ironic that you assume I'm not interested in helping people, because in fact I've been heavily involved in activities your blessed church would heartily approve of, I just don't need a pastor to tell me what's right or wrong. So you found God, good for you. Maybe it's instinct for you to be on your knees in front of someone, but not everyone is ready to flip from one extreme to the other. You'd help a lot more people if you stepped into the middle ground between whore and godly wife to educate people on the health risks, damage to future prospects and utter emotional devastation that sex work ultimately yields - without preaching the Gospel or pushing a false predator/victim scenario. Instead you sit on the sidelines and cream off the already disaffected souls that approach you, so you can boast about how God is working through you.

You're adamant that girls in the industry have issues, but I wasn't disputing that; What I was attacking was the one-dimensional notion of cause-and-effect that you are peddling. It's simplified, superficial, self-serving snake-oil that purposefully avoids the hard questions. It's dishonest to ignore the role immaturity, self-indulgence and lack of foresight play in the decision to become a sex worker. Since you're a Jesus freak, let me put it Christian terms: the magic word is TEMPTATION. You succumbed to it, your forgiveness is conditional on nothing but genuine repentance, yet still you seek to shift the blame. Do you think Mary Magdalene gave Jesus a sob story about her childhood?
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"If I were a guy, not swallowing would be a deal breaker. So what if you cook and clean? I can get a maid for that." - Gia Jordan