Stoya

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Stoya is an American pornographic film actress, model, and writer.[1] She began her porn career in 2007 in the alt porn scene, and since 2009 has also worked in non-pornographic media, including the 2016 lesbian fantasy series Dagger Kiss. Since 2019, she has co-written the sex column "How to Do It" for Slate under the byline Jessica Stoya.[2]

Early life

Stoya was born in Wilmington, North Carolina[3] to a Scottish father and a Serbian mother.[4] She was named Jessica after Jessica Savitch.[5] As a child, she wanted to become a dancer, and started dance lessons at the age of three. She was home-schooled and received her high-school diploma before the age of sixteen.[6] Because her father worked in IT, Stoya had access to electronics and gaming equipment, through which she developed her love of technology.[7] "I was three when I was using DOS. My mom taught me how to read, and my dad taught me how to navigate DOS."[7]

After moving to Philadelphia, she attended a summer program at UArts. Some of her jobs in Philadelphia included being a secretary, flier distributor, and a go-go dancer. Stoya appeared in several music videos for bands that, according to her, "no one will ever hear of."[3] In May 2009, Stoya said that she would be moving from Philadelphia and relocating to Los Angeles in the fall of that year.[7]

Pornographic film career

Stoya began posing for adult pictures for a friend,[5] which eventually led her to modelling and working for alt-erotic websites. She chose her stage name based on a shortened version of her grandmother's Serbian maiden name[6][5] and trademarked the name in 2009.[6]

Stoya was featured in two DVD productions for Razordolls, and she made a non-sex, cameo appearance in two Vivid Alt titles[8] before being contacted by Digital Playground with a proposition to perform in a hardcore lesbian scene with Sophia Santi. The scene in question never happened, but, in August 2007, she met with several Digital Playground representatives and was asked if she would star in a pornographic scene with male talent. After careful consideration, Stoya agreed.[3]

In October 2007, Digital Playground signed her to an exclusive, three-year contract.[9][independent source needed] Stoya is regarded as the company's first alt porn contract girl.[10] The first scene that she shot for them was for Stoya Video Nasty (promoted on the DVD box as the first film featuring her engaging in heterosexual intercourse), but her first movie released by the company was Jack's POV 9.[3][8]

In 2012, Stoya was named by CNBC as one of the 12 most popular pornographic film actresses.[11]

Even though Stoya was under exclusive contract with Digital Playground, Evil Angel director John Stagliano received "special permission" in 2013 to cast her in the sequel for the adult film series Voracious.[12] As of 2014, she left Digital Playground and focused her career on directing. She financed and directed her first film in February 2014.[13] On March 4, 2014, Stoya and Kayden Kross created the pay-per-scene pornographic website TRENCHCOATx. In addition to running the site, Stoya performed in and also directed some of the films.[14] In 2018, Stoya launched the website zerospaces.com with her business partner, comedian Mitcz Marzoni.[15]

Mainstream acting

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Stoya in "The Kingpin of Pain" (2009)

In 2009, Stoya appeared in her first non-erotic film project as Kamikazi Shegun 5000 in the award-winning 48 Hour Film Project short film "The Kingpin of Pain".[16]

Stoya appears as a main cast member in the 2016 lesbian fantasy series Dagger Kiss.[17]

In February 2018, Stoya starred in the Serbian sci-fi film A.I. Rising (also known as Ederlezi Rising) in the role of the android, Nimani, on a space mission with a cosmonaut played by Slovenian actor Sebastian Cavazza. The two become romantically entwined when the cosmonaut starts to believe there might be something human inside his android companion.[18]

Stoya has acted in two of Dean Haspiel's Off Broadway stage plays: Harakiri Kane (Die! Die, Again!) (2017)[19] and The Last Bar at the End of the World (2018).[20]

Writing

Stoya has written sex advice columns for Slate,[21] Vice,[6][22] The Verge,[23] and Refinery29.[24] For her Slate column, "How To Do It", she uses the byline Jessica Stoya.[25] She has published pieces in The New York Times,[5][26][27] New Statesman,[28] Esquire,[29] and The Guardian,[30] as well as an article in Porn Studies, a peer-reviewed academic journal.[31] She published her first book in 2018, entitled Philosophy, Pussycats, and Porn, a collection of personal and critical essays.[32][33]

Personal life

Stoya has acknowledged the importance of social networking in her career;[3] she was active on MySpace, Twitter, Tumblr,[34] and various Internet forums.[independent source needed]

In June 2009, she was reported to be dating Marilyn Manson,[35] but they later broke up due to Manson's touring schedule.[36] Afterwards, she dated pornographic actor James Deen for several years.[37][38] In 2015, Stoya publicly accused Deen of raping her,[39] writing on Twitter:

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James Deen held me down and fucked me while I said no, stop, used my safeword. I just can't nod and smile when people bring him up anymore.[40]

Deen denied Stoya's allegations, calling them "false and defamatory".[41] Following Stoya's tweet, eight other women went public with assault allegations against Deen,[42] while Stoya herself became a target of online harassment.[43] Several adult film studios severed ties with Deen,[44] and the website The Frisky terminated his column.[45]

Selected publications

Awards

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."About Jessica Stoya – Hello, I'm Stoya". Retrieved October 10, 2024.[dead link]
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Jessica Stoya". Slate. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stosuy, Brandon (January 18, 2008). "An Interview with Stoya". The Fanzine.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Charlatan's conversation with adult film star Stoya". The Charlatan. Ottawa. September 3, 2012. ISSN 0315-1859.
  5. ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stoya (March 9, 2014). "Can We Learn About Privacy From Porn Stars?". The New York Times. p. SR5. ISSN 0362-4331. Template:Proquest.
  6. ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hess, Amanda (April 24, 2013). "Stoya, Pop Star of Porn". The Village Voice.
  7. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wink, Christopher (May 27, 2009). "South Philly's Stoya: adult film it girl on DOS, social media and leaving Philadelphia". Technically Philly.
  8. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sullivan, David (December 6, 2007). "DP's Stoya Makes Her Boy/Girl Debut in Jack's POV 9". AVN. Archived from the original on December 4, 2009.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Digital Playground Announces the exclusive signing of Stoya" (press release). Digital Playground. October 18, 2007. Archived from the original on December 15, 2008.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stroud, Matt (November 12, 2008). "Meet South Philly's Stoya". Philadelphia City Paper. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Morris, Chris (January 18, 2012). "The Dirty Dozen 2012: Porn's Most Popular Stars". CNBC.
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  23. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stoya (July 18, 2015). "Please meet our new sex columnist, Stoya". The Verge. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  24. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stoya (January 31, 2014). "The Best Sex Advice, Courtesy Of Stoya". Refinery29.
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  26. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stoya (March 4, 2018). "Can There Be Good Porn?". The New York Times. ISSN 1553-8095. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  27. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stoya (March 16, 2018). "What Is Porn?". The New York Times. ISSN 1553-8095. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  28. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stoya (June 1, 2015). "What porn actors don't talk about". The New Statesman.
  29. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stoya (November 4, 2013). "10 Things Stoya Learned from Masters of Sex". Esquire.[dead link]
  30. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stoya (November 16, 2012). "Making porn actors wear condoms is not the best way to protect us". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  31. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stoya (2014). "Feminism and the mainstream". Porn Studies. 1 (1–2): 201–202. doi:10.1080/23268743.2014.888256. ISSN 2326-8751.
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