She left home and now lives with a friend’s family, paying some $300 a month for food, utilities and rent, according to the profile.
“The only hard thing so far is making sure I have enough money,” she told the paper.
The piece also mentioned that she had fallen victim to scams, that her body acne had once disrupted a planned shoot and that she had faced threats. Here’s an excerpt from the piece:
Although Fink makes a livable income through her adult entertainment career, as well as her second job as a dish washer, she admits the industry is not always glamorous; workers are constantly at risk of being taken advantage of due to their occupation.
“People assume that just because you’re in the industry, you would do sexual things with anyone, and that isn’t true,” Fink said. “Adult entertainment is a job just like any other job. There’s always that risk of getting kidnapped or possibly not even knowing what to do after your career is over and trying to find work after that.”
Ms. Fink told The Times that she had been making her own online pornographic videos since turning 18 in September. She also began working as a stripper recently. She said she was enthusiastic about being profiled in The Voice, seeing the article as a way to address rumors and meanspirited gossip about her work in pornography.
“I don’t see the story as too taboo — I want to inform people about this topic, that it’s not just all fun and games the entire time,” Ms. Fink said. “I know for a fact that I’m not the only person at school that’s thought about porn.”
The story of the paper’s standoff with the school district has been reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, The Associated Press and The Washington Post. Ms. Fink said she hoped that the publicity would have “a positive effect” on her career: maybe some scenes in movies, “possibly new friends in the industry.”
The school district’s involvement with the article “shocked” the group of teenagers behind The Bruin Voice, an eight-page paper produced through an elective class, said Ms. Kirkeby, the managing editor and news editor. The last time The Voice was so at odds with officials, the principal at the time confiscated 1,700 copies after it criticized the school’s safety policy. The principal later released them on the district’s orders.
“It was the same as the profiles we do for every issue, like a star athlete; just a student sharing her story,” Ms. Kirkeby said of Ms. Fink’s profile.
Friday’s issue is the fifth of the year. After receiving copies from the printer, students stuff them with an advertisement — such as a coupon for a $10 discount on a driver’s education class — and then distribute them to classrooms.
Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/business/media/school-newspaper-porn-article.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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