{"id":33705,"date":"2017-05-12T00:30:06","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T00:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=33705"},"modified":"2017-05-12T00:33:32","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T00:33:32","slug":"porn-star-says-netflixs-hot-girls-wanted-turned-put-danger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=33705","title":{"rendered":"Porn Star Says Netflix\u2019s \u2018Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On\u2019 Put Her in Danger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Netflix\u2019s docuseries about the intersections of the sex and technology, <\/span>Hot Girls Wanted<\/em>, has sold itself as a humanizing look at the sex work industry. But despite its good intentions, the docuseries has been under fire for allegedly exploiting the same workers the title claims to defend. Most recently Gia Paige has come forward, stating that the documentary\u2019s use of her legal name alongside her porn name has put her in real danger.<\/p>\n

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Gia Paige (the actress\u2019 porn name) is one of the few subjects who has been featured in both <\/span>the original documentary <\/span>and its follow up, <\/span>Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On<\/em>. She appears in the docuseries\u2019 fourth episode <\/span>\u201cMoney Shot,\u201d <\/span>which reconnects with Riley Reynolds, another subject from the original documentary. The episode follows Reynolds\u2019 growing adult film business while exploring racism in the porn industry. Paige appears briefly in the episode, but because \u201cMoney Shot\u201d uses her real name in one scene and the episode uses a scene she allegedly asked its directors to cut, Paige has started speaking out against the <\/span>Netflix <\/span>documentary. \u201cThere are many dangers of having your identity exposed as a sex worker,\u201d <\/span>Paige said in an interview with The Daily Dot.<\/p>\n

Turned On<\/em> <\/span>was released on April 21. Within a week of the docuseries\u2019 premiere, Paige claims that people had used the series to determine her real name and harass her:<\/p>\n

\u201cSomeone [figured] out my last name and [did] extensive research on me and all of my family. They\u2019ve been busy sending all of them envelopes filled with photos of me from the industry,\u201d she said. \u201cSome stranger knows where all of my family is. I can\u2019t put that kind of fear and anxiety into words.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Paige initially didn\u2019t want to work with <\/span>Jill Bauer, <\/span>Ronna Gradus, and <\/span>Rashida Jones <\/span>again. Bauer and Gradus both directed and produced the original documentary as well as the follow up, while Jones has an executive producer credit. According to The Daily Dot interview, Paige refused to participate in the follow up series for several months until she had a meeting with Bauer about personal boundaries. At the time, the performer says she was told the docuseries would likely not be called <\/span>Hot Girls Wanted.<\/em> <\/span>Since the premiere of the docuseries, Paige has aired her frustrations on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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HEY @hotgirlswanted<\/a> REMEMEBER WHEN YOU PROMISED TO CUT MY PART BC YOU WERE TRYING TO MAKE ME TALK ABOUT MY FAMILY AND I WAS UNCOMFORTABLE<\/p>\n

\u2014 Baeelzebub (@GiaPaige) April 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n